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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
A Quest Through Chaos: My Narrative Of Illness And Recovery, Katie Ellis
A Quest Through Chaos: My Narrative Of Illness And Recovery, Katie Ellis
Research outputs pre 2011
Narrative is vital, as the ill person works out their changing identity, and position in the world of health, continuing when they are no longer ill, but remain marked by their experience. 2 Following the tradition of illness auto ethnographers (Frank, The Wounded Storyteller; Ettore; Rier), this article critically examines the role of narrative throughout recovery from serious illness or trauma by connecting the (my) autobiographical to the social, political and cultural. The focus then shifts to the recent emergence of illness narrative blogging to consider their cultural significance before exploring stigma and resistance to the telling of illness narratives …
Dietary Composition Modulates Brain Mass And Solubilizable Abeta Levels In A Mouse Model Of Aggressive Alzheimer's Amyloid Pathology, Steve Pedrini, Carlos Thomas, Hannah Brautigam, James Schmeidler, Lap Ho, Paul Fraser, David Westaway, Peter St George Hyslop, Ralph Martins, Joseph Buxbaum, Giulio Pasinetti, Dara Dickstein, Patrick Hof, Michelle Ehrlich, Sam Gandy
Dietary Composition Modulates Brain Mass And Solubilizable Abeta Levels In A Mouse Model Of Aggressive Alzheimer's Amyloid Pathology, Steve Pedrini, Carlos Thomas, Hannah Brautigam, James Schmeidler, Lap Ho, Paul Fraser, David Westaway, Peter St George Hyslop, Ralph Martins, Joseph Buxbaum, Giulio Pasinetti, Dara Dickstein, Patrick Hof, Michelle Ehrlich, Sam Gandy
Research outputs pre 2011
Objective: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Recently, an increased interest in the role diet plays in the pathology of AD has resulted in a focus on the detrimental effects of diets high in cholesterol and fat and the beneficial effects of caloric restriction. The current study examines how dietary composition modulates cerebral amyloidosis and neuronal integrity in the TgCRND8 mouse model of AD. Methods: From 4 wks until 18 wks of age, male and female TgCRND8 mice were maintained on one of four diets: (1) reference (regular) commercial chow; (2) high …
The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers And Lifestyle (Aibl) Study Of Aging: Methodology And Baseline Characteristics Of 1112 Individuals Recruited For A Longitudinal Study Of Alzheimer's Disease, Kathryn Ellis, Ashley Bush, David Darby, Daniel De Fazio, Jonathan Foster, Peter Hudson, Nicola Lautenschlager, Nat Lenzo, Ralph Martins, Paul Maruff, Colin Masters, Andrew Milner, Kevin Pike, Christopher Rowe, Greg Savage, Cassandra Szoeke, Kevin Taddei, Victor Villemagne, Michael Woodward, David Ames
The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers And Lifestyle (Aibl) Study Of Aging: Methodology And Baseline Characteristics Of 1112 Individuals Recruited For A Longitudinal Study Of Alzheimer's Disease, Kathryn Ellis, Ashley Bush, David Darby, Daniel De Fazio, Jonathan Foster, Peter Hudson, Nicola Lautenschlager, Nat Lenzo, Ralph Martins, Paul Maruff, Colin Masters, Andrew Milner, Kevin Pike, Christopher Rowe, Greg Savage, Cassandra Szoeke, Kevin Taddei, Victor Villemagne, Michael Woodward, David Ames
Research outputs pre 2011
Background: The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) flagship study of aging aimed to recruit 1000 individuals aged over 60 to assist with prospective research into Alzheimer's disease (AD). This paper describes the recruitment of the cohort and gives information about the study methodology, baseline demography, diagnoses, medical comorbidities, medication use, and cognitive function of the participants. Methods: Volunteers underwent a screening interview, had comprehensive cognitive testing, gave 80 ml of blood, and completed health and lifestyle questionnaires. One quarter of the sample also underwent amyloid PET brain imaging with Pittsburgh compound B (PiB PET) and MRI brain imaging, and …
Review Of Cancer Among Indigenous Peoples, Sasha Stumpers, Neil Thomson
Review Of Cancer Among Indigenous Peoples, Sasha Stumpers, Neil Thomson
Research outputs pre 2011
This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of population-level cancer statistics and other key information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people alongside comparative figures for non-Indigenous Australians. It includes general information on the extent of cancer, including: incidence, hospitalisation and mortality. The review also provides information on the extent of cancer for specific cancers: lung, cervical, breast, prostate, liver, pancreatic and colorectal (bowel). Finally, the review discusses issues surrounding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s use of cancer services.
Health Communication Theories: Implications For Hiv Reporting In Asia And The Pacific, Trevor Cullen
Health Communication Theories: Implications For Hiv Reporting In Asia And The Pacific, Trevor Cullen
Research outputs pre 2011
This paper focuses on the expanding HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) epidemic in parts of Asia and the Pacific region and recommends the adoption of insights from particular health communication theories. The author argues that these paradigms can assist in broadening the current scope and content of HIV reporting. One theory in particular - Social Change Communication (SCC) - challenges the media to extend the framing of HIV from primarily a health story to one that is linked to more macro socio-economic, cultural and political factors. Asian and Pacific countries that have an emerging or expanding HIV epidemic need to realise …
Hope (Health Of Prisoner Evaluation): Pilot Study Of Prisoner Physical Health And Psychological Wellbeing, Sharan Kraemer, Natalie Gately, Jenny Kessell
Hope (Health Of Prisoner Evaluation): Pilot Study Of Prisoner Physical Health And Psychological Wellbeing, Sharan Kraemer, Natalie Gately, Jenny Kessell
Research outputs pre 2011
Prisons offer a unique opportunity to make positive interventions not only in relation to health issues but also to address the social determinants of ill health. Even with the limited knowledge we have had in regard to the health of WA's prisoners it is apparent that prisons concentrate patients with significantly greater levels of morbidity than most other environments. It is also apparent that this concentration of morbidity parallels deficits in housing, nutrition, employment, education and family structure and is multiplied dramatically by the blight of mental illness and drug and alcohol abuse. Western Australia is unequalled in the Western …