Introduction: Depression often affects people suffering from serious illnesses, including oncological and palliative patients. It reduces their quality of life and worsens their prognosis. This is why it is so important ...

Introduction: Hip joint injuries often have complex and multifactorial causes. Therefore it is so important to apply a properly adjusted physical therapy to each patient. It is especially important in case of older people, ...

Worldwide tendency of a rising life expectancy among populations, resulting in an increase of the retired in the demographic structure, makes the senior health education an extremely important issue. Insufficient preparation ...

Introduction: Parkinson's disease is one of the most common central nervous system diseases. Despite many studies and the use of many different forms of drug treatment, it is still not possible to completely regress the ...

Background: The replacement of inefficient or lost organs, especially in the case of lower ends, is associated with a huge experience for the patient, especially in emotional terms. However, with the development of medicine ...

I n t r o d u c t i o n. The period of old age is a time of numerous changes occurring in various areas of human life, often connected with deterioration of functioning. Staying active in older age may contribute to keeping ...

Background: The aging process of the body is inexorable and affects all areas of geriatric patient's life, including the quality of his sex life. In this case, however, also psychological and environmental problems must ...

There are many confirmed risk factors for development of the colorectal cancer, which is one of the most common malignant tumor among both females and males. Moreover, it is a cause of significant percentage of all ...

Introduction. As time passes by and the aging proceeds, the state of one’s health also changes. Chronic, progressive illnesses appear and limit one’s self-reliance. The aim of this study was to evaluate chosen functional ...