BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was introduced into the routine immunization schedule in the United States in late 2006 for females aged 11 or 12 years, with catch-up vaccination recommended for those aged 13-26 years. In 2010, 3-dose vaccine coverage was only 32% among 13-17 year-olds. Reduction in the prevalence of HPV types targeted by the quadrivalent vaccine (HPV-6, -11, ...

This study of health care spending an fiscal gear 1974 reveals that, of the $90.3 ballaon spent by the Nation for persoltal health care, 15 percent was spent for the young (under age 19), 56 percent for persons 19-64, and JO percent for those aged 65 and over. The aged individual had the largest per capita medical ball, $1,218; the bzll auas $420 for a person an the intermedtate age group and $...

There were 1323 deaths due to ischaemic heart disease in Belfast from 20 July 1981 to 19 July 1982. Some 496 (37%) of these were in persons aged less than 70 years. By World Health Organisation criteria 247 (19%) of these deaths were classified as definite myocardial infarction and 749 (57%) as possible myocardial infarction. Dyspnoea, collapse, and typical pain were the main symptoms at the on...

Levels of plasma low density lipoproteins (LDL) vary among individuals at any given age and frequently rise with increasing age. Both production rates and fractional clearance rates (FCRs) of LDL theoretically could affect the plasma levels of LDL. To evaluate the relative importance of these two factors, turnover rates of LDL apoprotein (apoLDL) were determined in two groups: 19 young adult me...

objectives: the aim of this study was to describe and explain older adults' perspectives on the experience of their hospitalization. methods & materials: this qualitative research adopted a content analysis approach. twenty seven participants (65-81 years) selected through a purposel sampling from three university hospitals in tehran went through open in depth interviews. all the interviwe...

background: a good proportion of poisoned patients treated at poisoning wards are elderly. this study was designed to evaluate the epidemiologic pattern of acute poisoning in elderly in hamadan, western iran. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, poisoned patients aged 60 years and older treated at department of poisoning of farshchian hospital from march 2008 to march 2013 were...

background postoperative residual blockade, longer duration of action for neuromuscular blockade, and slower recovery were relatively common in elderly patients. objectives we aimed to investigate the safety of train-of-four ratio and clinical tests in the assessment of patient recovery, and to determine the effects of the rocuronium, vecuronium, and cisatracurium on intubation, extubation and ...

introduction: this study carried out to investigate the causes and motivations of older people residing in nursing home. methods: a qualitative description study was designed by choosing a sample of the elderly residing in a nursing home in tabriz, iran. based on purposive sampling, fifteen residents in the age range of 65-85 participated in the study. data was collected through unstructured in...

background: ethical issues are essential components in any piece of research. in fact, they ought to be considered during designing, planning and conducting each research study particularly among the vulnerable. the aim of this paper is to describe and explain some of the ethical issues and challenges faced by a researcher who carried out a research in three malaysian residential homes. materia...

conclusions high quality research is needed to establish the true portray for the prevalence and severity of vasomotor and sexual symptoms associated with distress in iranian women. context the aim of this study was to systematically review published articles reporting on the prevalence of vasomotor and sexual symptoms in iranian women. evidence acquisition five databases including medline, psy...