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Tag Archives: Austria
More on International Comparisons in Life Expectancy: The Impact of Austerity? (BBC News / ONS / BMJ / NHS Choices / King’s Fund)
Summary Increases in life expectancy in the UK may be slowing down; possibly at the fastest rate among the top twenty leading world economies. This slowdown effect was most apparent in women, where the rate of rising life expectancy fell … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, King's Fund, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Society, Austerity, Australia, Austria, Bazian, BBC Health News, BBC's Life Expectancy Calculator, Behind the Headlines, Belgium, Canada, Changing Trends in Mortality in England and Wales: 1990 to 2017, Changing Trends in Mortality: Cross-UK Comparison - 1981 to 2016 (ONS), Changing Trends in Mortality: International Comparisons, Critical Appraisals, Declines in Life Expectancy, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Human Mortality Database, Human Mortality Database (HMD), Increasing Life Expectancy: Trends and Comparisons, International Comparisons, Italy, Japan, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and Department of Sociology: University of Southern California, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy by Neighbourhood, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy of Poorest Women, Life Expectancy: Inequalities, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Marmot Review (2020): Ten Years On, Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health (US), Netherlands, Norway, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Office of Population Research and Department of Sociology: Princeton University, PHE Review of Recent Trends in Mortality in England, Poorest Women’s Life Expectancy, Portugal, Princeton University, Professor Martin McKee: European Public Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Public Health England (PHE), Robert Cuffe: BBC News Head of Statistics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Sir Steve Webb: Former Liberal Democrat Pensions Minister, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trends in Life Expectancy: International Comparisons, Trends in Longevity in England, Trends in Mortality in England, United Kingdom, United States, University of Southern California, US National Institutes of Health, USA
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Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2017 (BBC News / Nature Biotechnology / Parkinson’s UK)
Summary Researchers hope one day to be able to replace the damaged dopamine-producing neurons at the root-cause of by Parkinson’s Disease by injecting new replacement brain cells, possibly derived from re-programmed astrocytes. Full Text Link Reference Brain cell therapy ‘promising’ … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, In the News, International, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Astrocytes, Austria, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), Cell Replacement Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Center for Brain Research: Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Molecular Neurosciences: Medical University of Vienna, Department of Neuroscience: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Pharmacology: Malaga University, Dopamine, Dopamine Neuron Degeneration, Faculty of Medicine: Malaga University, Induced Dopamine Neurons (iDANs), Induced Neurons (iNs), Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology: Karolinska Institutet, Malaga University, Medical University of Vienna, Midbrain Dopamine Neurons (mDAs), Nature Biotechnology (Journal), Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Parkinson's Awareness Month, Parkinson's Awareness Week, Parkinson’s Awareness Week (2017), Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week (2017), Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Professor David Dexter: Parkinson's UK, Spain Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine: Stanford University, Stanford University, Substantia Nigra, Sweden, United States, USA, World Parkinson’s Day
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Alzheimer’s Disease Contractable Via Brain Surgery? (NHS Choices / Swiss Medical Weekly)
Summary Further evidence points to a theoretical risk of Alzheimer’s Disease being potentially transmissible during surgical procedures, in the manner of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Full Text Link Reference New clues that Alzheimer’s may have been spread during surgery. London: NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Abnormal Prion Protein, Aβ Deposition in Grey Matter, Aβ in Blood Vessel Walls, Aβ Seeds, Aβ Seeds: Transmitted Iatrogenically with iCJD, Aβ-Containing Inoculates Induce Cerebral β-Amyloidosis, Alzheimer-Type Neuropathology in Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease After Dural Grafting, Alzheimer’s Disease Contracted Via Brain Surgery, Alzheimer’s Disease Transmission (Hypothesis), Amyloid, Amyloid Beta Protein, Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Amyloid-β Protein, Austria, Behind the Headlines, Brain Parenchymal Aβ Plaques, Cleaning and Decontamination, Congophilic Amyloid Angiopathy, Contaminated Surgical Instruments, Decontamination of Surgical Instruments, Dural Grafting, Human Transmission of Aβ, Human Transmission of Amyloid-β Pathology, Human-Derived Growth Hormones, Iatrogenic CJD, Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease After Dural Grafting, Iatrogenic Routes of Prion Transmission Generalisable to Aβ (Hypothesis), Iatrogenic Routes of Prion Transmission Generalisable to Proteopathic Seeds of Neurodegenerative Disease (Hypothesis), Induction of Cerebral β-Amyloidosis: Intracerebral Versus Systemic Aβ Inoculation, Institute of Neurology: Medical University Vienna, Institute of Neuropathology: University Hospital Zurich, Medical University Vienna, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuroepidemiology, Prion Diseases, Protein Seeds (Amyloid), Protein Seeds of Alzheimer’s Disease (Hypothesis), Proteopathic Seeds of Neurodegenerative Disease, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Alzheimer Disease, Risk of Prion-Like Disease Transmission by Alzheimer- or Parkinson-Associated Protein Particles, Surgical Transmission of Prions, Swiss Medical Weekly, Switzerland, Transmissible Alzheimer's Disease (Theoretical Risk), Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents: General Principles of Decontamination and Waste Disposal, University Hospital Zurich
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Global Atlas of Palliative Care (WHO)
Summary This World Health Organisation (WHO) report found that over 20 million people require palliative care at the end of life. The majority suffer from noncommunicable diseases. The report examines unmet needs internationally, and draws attention to the inequalities between … Continue reading
Posted in End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, Cicely Saunders Institute: Kings College London, Diseases Requiring Palliative Care (for Adults), EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe Task Force, ehospice, Evangelical Lutheran Church: Tanzania, France, Germany, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hospice Casa Sperantei: Romania, Human Rights Watch: USA, Iceland, International Observatory for End of Life Care: England, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kings College London, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Neighborhood Network in Palliative Care: India, Norway, Pain and Policies Study Group: USA, Pain Prevalence, Palliative Care, Poland, Programa Argentino de Medicina Paliativa Fundación, Romania, Singapore, St. Giles Hospice, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, University of Glasgow, WHO Essential Medicines List, WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020, WHO Global TB Program, World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance, Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA)
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