Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence: Nursing Home and Home-Bound Patients
August 17, 2016 (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) Nursing Home or Home-bound Patients Urinary and fecal incontinence (UI and FI) account for over 50% of the reasons for admitting patients to skilled nursing facilities [SNF]
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Parkinson’s, Stroke and other Neurological Disorder Patients
Neurological disorders afflict a rather large number of patients among the populace with US-based Parkinson’s disease patients numbering ~ 1,000,000 (with approximately 2.6 million in the other westernized countries of the world)
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Muscular Dystrophy (MD), ALS and other Autoimmune Disease Patients
There are a number of significantly morbid and debilitating diseases caused by autoimmune system malfunctions including; Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Muscular Dystrophy (MD) and ALS. The number of US-based MS cases are approximately
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Neurogenic, Learning Disability and Other Birth Defects
In the US every year, the number of birth defect cases presenting are ≈ 2,000 with spina bifida, 6,000 with Down’s syndrome, 10,000 with Cerebral palsy and 58,000 with Autism with the
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SPINAL CORD INJURY
More than 1,275,000 people are living with SCI in the USA (and almost 3 million in the other westernized countries of the world). The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center reports 40
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