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Efficacy of a group-based 8-week multicomponent cognitive training on cognition, mood and activities of daily living among healthy older adults: A two-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.
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Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Background: Cognitive training (CT) has been one of the important non-pharmaceutical interventions that could delay cognitive decline. Currently, no definite CT methods are available. Furthermore, little attention has been paid to the effect of CT on mood and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).
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Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 16, Hepingli Middle Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100013, China. Electronic address:
Background: The 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) is recommended for standalone or sequential use in the elderly in many countries to prevent pneumococcal disease, making it crucial to assess vaccine response and long-term persistence.
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Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University Changchun, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Background: Sequential or combined treatment with nucleos(t)ide analogs (NAs) and pegylated interferon alpha-2b (Peg-IFN--2b) can improve the clinical cure rate. However, its clinical application is limited due to the adverse reactions associated with IFN.
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Practical and economic challenges of implementing group auricular acupuncture treatment for chronic pain in primary care.
Acupunct Med
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Osher Center for Integrative Health, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Background: Although growing numbers of patients seek acupuncture for pain management, few acupuncturists with insurance credentialing work in the conventional medical settings. This has resulted in increasing frustration among patients wishing to receive acupuncture in primary care settings as part of their insurance benefits.
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Utilizing the renal and vertebral contours as landmarks for right adrenal vein localization in primary aldosteronism: a retrospective analysis of 310 cases.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
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Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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