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Potential of emotional freedom techniques to improve mood and quality of life in older adults

The existence of ‘meridians’, or energy channels, is fundamental within traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), but has been largely dismissed by Western medicine until recently. It is believed that...

Alternative to antibiotics for managing asymptomatic and non-symptomatic bacteriuria in older persons: a review

Around 10–20% of women experience a symptomatic UTI in their lifetime (Foxman, 2002; 2014). However, a comprehensive literature review of seven different medical databases found this value to be even...

Alcohol use by people in their seventies is not an exception: a preliminary prospective study

In the decade spanning 2005 to 2015, the number of older adults consuming alcohol, or those with AUD, has increased tenfold in women and fourfold in men, and the alcohol-related burden of disease is...

Managing deterioration in older adults in care homes: a quality improvement project to introduce an early warning tool

The measures for evaluating processes and impact are presented in Table 2. These included outcome, process and balancing measures..

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