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Caregivers of People with Neurodegenerative Diseases: Profile and Unmet Needs from a Population-Based Survey in South Australia

Abernethy, Amy (MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, 2010)

Introduction: Neurodegenerative diseases (NDD) are characterized by progressive decline and loss of function, requiring considerable third-party care. NDD carers report low quality of life and high caregiver burden. Despite ...
The Effects of Sleep Hypoxia on Coagulant Factors and Hepatic Inflammation in Emphysematous Rats

Feng, Jing; Chiang, Ambrose (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2010)

Objectives: To develop a sleep hypoxia (SH) in emphysema (SHE) rat model and to explore whether SHE results in more severe hepatic inflammation than emphysema alone and whether the inflammation changes levels of ...
The lung cancer exercise training study: a randomized trial of aerobic training, resistance training, or both in postsurgical lung cancer patients: rationale and design

Jones, Lee; Kraus, William E.; Potti, Anil; Crawford, Jeffrey; Blumenthal, James; Peterson, Bercedis; Douglas, Pamela (BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2010)

Background: The Lung Cancer Exercise Training Study (LUNGEVITY) is a randomized trial to investigate the efficacy of different types of exercise training on cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak), patient-reported outcomes, ...
Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant depressive symptoms among elderly people in Sri Lanka: findings from a national survey

Malhotra, Rahul; Chan, Angelique; Ostbye, Truls (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2010)

Background: Elderly Sri Lankans (11.2%, of the nation's population) have witnessed many years of ethnic conflict, a destructive tsunami and increasing emigration of young adults. However, very little is known about the ...
Rationale and design of the Exercise Intensity Trial (EXCITE): A randomized trial comparing the effects of moderate versus moderate to high-intensity aerobic training in women with operable breast cancer

Jones, Lee; Douglas, Pamela; Marcom, P. Kelly; Kraus, William E.; Herndon, James II; Inman, Brant; Allen, Jason; Peppercorn, Jeffrey (BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2010)

Background: The Exercise Intensity Trial (EXcITe) is a randomized trial to compare the efficacy of supervised moderate-intensity aerobic training to moderate to high-intensity aerobic training, relative to attention control, ...
STAR 3 Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Sensor-Augmented Insulin Pump Therapy with Multiple Daily Injections in the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes: Research Design, Methods, and Baseline Characteristics of Enrolled Subjects

Schulman, Kevin (MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, 2010)

Background: Sensor-augmented pump therapy (SAPT) integrates real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM) with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) and offers an alternative to multiple daily injections (MDI). ...