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Saturday, November 21, 2009

High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients.

6 Dec 2009 The main objective of this study was to determine whether elevated blood beta-amyloid (Abeta) levels among the first-degree relatives of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are associated with vascular risk factors of AD. Serum Abeta was measured ... Read more...

From means to ends: artificial nutrition and hydration.

29 Nov 2009 The withdrawal, withholding, or implementation of life-sustaining treatments such as artificial nutrition and hydration challenge nurses on a daily basis. To meet these challenges, nurses need the composite skills of moral and ethical discernment, ... Read more...

Family, demographic and illness-related determinants of HRQL in children with brain tumours in the first year after diagnosis.

29 Nov 2009 AIMS: To evaluate the relationship between parent- and child-report Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) and demographic, tumour and family variables in children with a brain tumour in the first year after diagnosis and to identify determinants of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Family'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients. 6 Dec 2009
• From means to ends: artificial nutrition and hydration. 29 Nov 2009
• Family, demographic and illness-related determinants of HRQL in children with brain tumours in the first year after diagnosis. 29 Nov 2009
• Familial hemiplegic migraine is associated with febrile seizures in an FHM2 family with a novel de novo ATP1A2 mutation. 30 Oct 2009
• Influences of religion and culture on continuing bonds in a sample of British Muslims of Pakistani origin. 30 Oct 2009
• Patterns of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors among 37,838 first-degree relatives of 13,896 patients with multiple myeloma in Sweden. 30 Oct 2009
• Medical oncologists' experience in attending a funeral and communicating condolences. 24 Oct 2009
• The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults". 24 Oct 2009
• Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults. 24 Oct 2009
• Japan approves brain death to increase donors: will it work? 22 Oct 2009
• Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents. 19 Oct 2009
• Family history of melanoma and Parkinson disease risk. 18 Oct 2009
• Novel susceptibility locus at chromosome 6q16.3-22.31 in a family with GEFS+. 18 Oct 2009
• A colloquium on the congress "A gift for life. Considerations on organ donation". 13 Oct 2009
• Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a South African community with high HIV prevalence. 13 Oct 2009
• Use of multiperspective qualitative interviews to understand patients' and carers' beliefs, experiences, and needs. 12 Oct 2009
• Effect of "collaborative requesting" on consent rate for organ donation: randomised controlled trial (ACRE trial). 6 Oct 2009
• Should we empower the family? 29 Sep 2009
• Counterpoint: The Texas advance directives act is ethically flawed: medical futility disputes must be resolved by a fair process. 29 Sep 2009
• Nutritional support is maintained: case report. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Family'

Definition: A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

Descriptor UI: D005190

Alternative terms: Family; Families; Family Life Cycles; Life Cycle, Family; Life Cycles, Family; Family Life Cycle; Family Research; Research, Family; Family, Reconstituted; Families, Reconstituted; Reconstituted Families; Reconstituted Family; Family Members; Family Member; Kinship Networks; Kinship Network; Network, Kinship; Networks, Kinship; Stepfamily; Stepfamilies; Relatives; Extended Family; Extended Families; Families, Extended; Family, Extended; Filiation;

Related Mesh Headings: Consanguinity;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; psychology;

Tree Number: F01.829.263; I01.880.225;

Technical Notes: X ref FAMILY LIFE CYCLES refers to stages through which the family evolves (e.g., marriage, childbearing & death): do not confuse with LIFE CHANGE EVENTS