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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"preventative medicine"”.
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The Utilisation of Craniomaxillofacial Radiology in Preventative Medicine
… and antenatal craniofacial imaging in preventative healthcare. Many craniomaxillofacial imaging techniques can provide added diagnostic information which assist in the diagnosis of conditions other than those that the study was performed to investigate. The first publication describes …
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Design as Preventative Medicine: Leveraging the Built Environment to Care for Health
… thesis argues that spatial design must serve as preventative medicine, utilizing urban infrastructure to naturally facilitate daily movement as a core public health initiative. To overcome the established barrier between formal research and spatial application, this work operationalizes existing …
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A smart diaper wetness detection sensor : concept, design and ethical considerations
… for self-health monitoring and advancing preventative medicine. Diaper users include infants, elderly, disabled individuals, and hospital patients. Diaper wetness-based alerting can enhance care of this population by improving incontinence management, preventing rashes and infections, and …
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Body composition analysis using air displacement plethysmography
In modern times, preventative medicine has become a major international focus. Body composition analysis and in particular the estimation of the percentage of body fat is an important tool for disease management. The percentage of body fat has the potential to be a tool health practitioners can use …
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Prophylactic Architecture
… architecture will also act as a prophylaxis, or preventative medicine. To evaluate the potential efficacy of various biophilic strategies, an IRB-approved research study has been designed to gather qualitative and quantitative responses from individuals viewing alternative design proposals. …
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Inpatient Stroke rehabilitation: Ethnic and Psychosocial Predictors of Recovery Outcome
As the new focus on preventative medicine has emerged, research continues to expand on diseases that impact physical and cognitive functioning, lead to long-term disability, and increase the risk of mortality. Stroke or cerebral vascular accident (CVA) has been identified as one of such diseases by …
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Medical education and the importance of teaching medical teachers about teaching
… sciences will be more pertinent than ever as preventative medicine becomes as important as curative. They will be expected to formulate ethical attitudes and provide leadership in community and individual dilemmas. These are challenges that will need to be faced critically by our medical …
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Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Individuals who have Completed the Discovery Health Family History Tool, and how the Personalised Report has Impacted their Lives
… Genome Project in 2003, the focus of genomic medicine has expanded to include the more common chronic diseases which are now understood to be multifactorial in origin. These diseases show strong familial clustering, as family members share both genetic and non-genetic risk factors, and …
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Personalising Predictive Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease using Electronic Health Records and Genomics
… genetic profiling has the ability to personalise preventative medicine. Therefore, the third aim is to investigate and estimate the lifetime impact of novel PRS-based personalised invitation strategies. Key finding 1: By utilising all available primary care records in a large, national database, a …
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Sickle cell trait and targeted genomic variants in chronic kidney disease an African cohort
… discovery that will have a major implication in preventative medicine policies and practices in both sub-Saharan African where there is a very high prevalence of SCT. The data also has global resonance, with the projected increase in the prevalence of 12 individual with SCT, due to migration and …
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Transfer of Knowledge From a Physician Residency Training Program
While physicians seek to keep patients well, much of their training and practice focuses on providing sick care to those who are ill or injured. In 1994, the Texas Department of Health began an initiative to promote clinical preventive services using the “Put Prevention Into Practice” (PPIP) model. …
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A goal setting approach to a healthy lifestyle in adolescent females
Obesity and overweight, caused by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours such as physical inactivity and an unbalanced diet, contribute to a multitude of problems for both individuals and the community. The literature has demonstrated that risk factors that contribute to unhealthy lifestyle behaviours …