The Second Fifty Years -- Copyright -- Acknowledgment -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- GENERAL ISSUES OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISABILITY PREVENTION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- High Blood Pressure -- Medications -- Infectious Diseases -- Osteoporosis -- Sensory Loss -- Oral Health -- Cancer Screening -- Nutrition -- Smoking -- Depression -- Physical Inactivity -- Social Isolation -- Falls -- 1 Introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2 Disability Classification -- DISABILITY AND THE DISEASE MODEL -- CLASSIFYING DISABILITIES
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENT FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN PERSONS OVER 50SUMMARY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Services -- Clinical -- Research -- Policy -- REFERENCES -- 4 Medications -- BURDEN -- Prevalence -- Costs -- The Impairment/Disability/Handicap Sequence -- PREVENTABILITY OF BURDEN -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Services -- Research -- Education -- Policymakers -- REFERENCES -- 5 Risk Factors for Infection in the Elderly -- PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE -- INFLUENZA -- NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS -- INFECTIONS IN LONG-TERM FACILITIES -- OTHER INFECTIONS
RECOMMENDATIONSServices -- Research -- Education -- REFERENCES -- 6 Osteoporosis -- BURDEN OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND FRACTURES -- Morbidity -- Mortality -- Disability -- Costs -- DETERMINANTS OF FRACTURES -- Bone Mass -- Trauma -- PREVENTABILITY OF OSTEOPOROSIS -- Peak Bone Mass -- Hypogonadal Bone Loss -- Age-related Bone Loss -- Secondary Osteoporosis -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Services -- Research -- Education -- Policymakers -- Providers -- The Public -- APPENDIX -- SINGLE-PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY -- DUAL-PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY
DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRYQUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY -- REFERENCES -- 7 Preventing Disability Related to Sensory Loss in the Older Adult -- DEFINITION AND PREVALENCE -- ETIOLOGIC BREAKDOWN -- Visual Impairments -- Hearing Impairments -- DISABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SENSORY LOSS -- APPROACHES TO PREVENTION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Policymakers and Government Agencies -- Professional Societies -- Clinicians -- REFERENCES -- 8 Oral Health Problems in the Second Fifty -- BURDEN
Bibliography
""REFERENCES""""3 High Blood Pressure""; ""BURDEN""; ""PATHOPHYSIOLOGY""; ""UTILITY OF SCREENING""; ""EVIDENCE THAT TREATMENT IS BENEFICIAL""; ""Evidence That Treatment of Systolic/Diastolic High Blood Pressure Is Beneficial""; ""Evidence That Treatment of Isolated Systolic High Blood Pressure Is Beneficial""; ""Impact of Treatment on Cerebrovascular Versus Coronary Heart Disease""; ""Impact of the Treatment of High Blood Pressure on Total Mortality""; ""Adverse Effects of Antihypertensive Therapy""; ""NONPHARMACOLOGIC THERAPY""; ""SUMMARY OF INTERVENTION DATA""
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""Perioral Tissue and Oral Mucosal Tissue Pathologies and Oral Cancer""
