The Sheer Scale of the Problem While dementia is usually regarded as a disorder of old age, it can invariably also affect younger individuals under the age of 65 1 . Early-onset dementia (EOD), also known as young-onset dementia (YOD), is defined as...

The New Paradigm Shift in Aging Aging is a process of chronic, normal culmination of the loss of specific regenerative and bioprotective mechanism that occurs over a period. In addition, at cellular level, primary aging-related mechanisms occurs as ...

The Health Crisis at Hand The concept of virtual wards have been around for a few years but has only recently gained more attention due to the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic 1 . The COVID-19 pandemic had caused havoc in healthcare indu...

“Adequate” to “High-quality Goal-directed” In healthcare settings, the delivery of PD primarily focuses on small solute removal and ultrafiltration as highlighted by the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) gu...

Game-based Exercise for Fall Prevention in Elderly Falls and instability are common clinical problems among elderly leading to devastating consequences including morbidity, premature mortality and extra burden on healthcare services. In Hong Kong, t...

The Role of Senescence in Age-related Cardiovascular Diseases and Its Potential Solution According to World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the major causes of death globally, responsible for 17.9 million deaths every ...