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Study findings from McMaster University broaden understanding of life sciences
March 4th, 2009
According to recent research from Hamilton, Canada, "The elderly population continues to increase in most countries. Concomitantly, the number of individuals who are institutionalized is also increasing, unfortunately, with more and more individuals being institutionalized at greater ages." "These elderly individuals are very different from healthy, community-dwelling elderly individuals, in that many are considered to be frail and have various chronic diseases. It is apparent that the immune response diminishes even in healthy elderly people and that the pathologies that occur in nursing home patients, together with malnutrition, further impair immunity required for an...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-03-04)
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