Premature hair graying: a multifaceted phenomenon.

Premature hair graying (PHG) is the early loss of natural hair color, influenced by genetic, biological, and environmental factors. This review discusses the significant psychological impacts of PHG and explores its underlying mechanisms, related health conditions, and available treatments. The review examines the roles of genetics, oxidative stress, and lifestyle factors such as smoking and diet in premature graying.

Using the Tasmanian Palliative and End of Life Care Policy Framework (2022) to assess service delivery in a rural general practice.

Aims: This commentary uses the Tasmanian Palliative and End of Life Care Policy Framework (2022; the TPE Framework) to reflect upon palliative care services delivered by a rural Tasmanian general practice.

Context: Rural populations have challenges in accessing many healthcare services, including palliative care. General practitioners (GPs) and other primary healthcare workers are frequently relied upon to deliver palliative care in rural Australia.

Risk Factors Associated with Preventable Hospitalisation among Rural Community-Dwelling Patients: A Systematic Review.

Potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPHs) are common and increase the burden on already stretched healthcare services. Increasingly, psychosocial factors have been recognised as contributing to PPHs and these may be mitigated through greater attention to social capital. This systematic review investigates the factors associated with PPHs within rural populations.

Rural Patients' Perceptions of Their Potentially Preventable Hospitalisation: A Qualitative Study.

Potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPHs) occur when patients receive hospital care for a condition that could have been more appropriately managed in the primary healthcare setting. It is anticipated that the causes of PPHs in rural populations may differ from those in urban populations; however, this is understudied. Semi-structured interviews with 10 rural Australian patients enabled them to describe their recent PPH experience.

Healthcare Providers' Perceptions of Potentially Preventable Rural Hospitalisations: A Qualitative Study.

Potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPHs) are common in rural communities in Australia and around the world. Healthcare providers have a perspective on PPHs that may not be accessible by analysing routine patient data. This study explores the factors that healthcare providers believe cause PPHs and seeks to identify strategies for preventing them.

Potentially preventable hospitalisations in rural community-dwelling patients.

Background: Potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH) are a common occurrence. Knowing the factors associated with PPH may allow high-risk patients to be identified and healthcare resources to be better allocated, and these factors may differ between urban and rural locations.

Aim: To determine factors associated with PPH in an Australian rural population.

Response to 'Reduction in skin cancer diagnosis, and overall cancer referrals, during the COVID-19 pandemic'.

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Assessing risk of adverse drug reactions in the elderly: a feasibility study.

Background Adverse drug reactions are common in Australian general practice and can be a cause of, or contribute to, preventable hospital admissions. Developing practical tools to assist in identifying patients who are at high risk of serious adverse drug reactions is an important step in preventing these hospitalisations. Objective The aims of the study were to apply the Prediction of Hospitalisation due to Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly Community-Dwelling Patients (PADR-EC) Score to assess the risk of medication-related hospitalisation among patients aged ≥ 65 years attending a rural general practice, and to investigate general practitioners' acceptance of the PADR-EC Score.

Clustered randomized controlled trial of a clinic-based problem-solving intervention to improve adherence in adolescents with cystic fibrosis.

Background: In Cystic Fibrosis (CF), adherence to pulmonary medications is about 50% and decreases during adolescence. Effective interventions have not been integrated into CF care. This effectiveness study tested a brief, clinic-based behavioral intervention to improve adherence.

Family-centred oral health promotion through Victorian child-health services: a pilot.

Maternal and Child Health Services (MCHS) provide ideal settings for oral disease prevention. In Victoria (Australia), child mouth-checks (Lift-the-Lip) and oral health promotion (OHP) occur during MCHS child visits. This study trialled Tooth-Packs (OHP resources, toothbrushes, toothpastes) distribution within MCHS to (i) assess the impacts of Tooth-Packs distribution on child and family oral health (OH) behaviours and knowledge, including Maternal and Child Health Nurses (MCHN) child referral practices to dental services, and (ii) determine the feasibility and acceptability of incorporating Tooth-Packs distribution into MCHN OHP practices.

Diary of a parliamentary intern.

Parliamentary intern Anthony Ridge attends the World Organisation for Animal Health's annual conference in Paris.

The efficacy of periodised resistance training on neuromuscular adaptation in older adults.

Purpose: This study compared the effect of periodised versus non-periodised (NP) resistance training on neuromuscular adaptions in older adults.

Methods: Forty-one apparently healthy untrained older adults (female = 21, male = 20; 70.9 ± 5.

Diary of a parliamentary intern.

Pariamentary intern Anthony Ridge experiences the aftershock of a murder at the Palace of Westminster.

Diary of a parliamentary intern.

Parliamentary intern Anthony Ridge considers the range of parliamentary activities that rarely make it into the popular press.

Diary of a parliamentary intern.

Parliamentary veterinary intern Anthony Ridge considers his options once his internship ends.

Diary of a parliamentary intern.

With Brexit dominating the headlines, parliamentary intern Anthony Ridge considers some future implications for vets.

Periodization Strategies in Older Adults: Impact on Physical Function and Health.

Purpose: This study compared the effect of periodized versus nonperiodized (NP) resistance training (RT) on physical function and health outcomes in older adults.

Methods: Forty-one apparently healthy untrained older adults (women = 21, men = 20; 70.9 ± 5.

Diary of a parliamentary intern.

Anthony Ridge, parliamentary intern to Lord Trees, witnesses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time and realises it carries a lot more significance than he had previously thought.

Diary of a parliamentary intern.

Parliamentary intern Anthony Ridge considers antimicrobial resistance and suspects that this year will be a major year for political decisions on this topic.

Diary of a parliamentary intern.

Parliamentary intern Anthony Ridge has been researching neglected tropical diseases and uses rabies control as an example of how veterinary services can benefit the health and welfare of animals and people.