Tabernacles of the Spirit

In the classic tradition of the exploratory essay, George Gammack examines the theme of community in this paper. He details varied aspects of the creation of community among those who are retired, taking as its focus the Men’s Sheds movement. The paper explores the relationship between persons and community in later years, looking in particular at how those with a lifetime’s worth of skills and knowledge can continue to contribute to the life of a community. Along the way we are introduced to the work of authors such as Charles Taylor, Richard Niebuhr, Primo Levi, Seamus Heaney and Richard Sennett on the subject of work and what comes after it.Publisher PD

sj-pdf-1-tar-10.1177_17534666221103213 – Supplemental material for Mortality association of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection requiring treatment in Taiwan: a population-based study

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-tar-10.1177_17534666221103213 for Mortality association of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection requiring treatment in Taiwan: a population-based study by Hsin-Hua Chen, Ching-Heng Lin and Wen-Cheng Chao in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease</p

Flow chart of the study design.

Flow chart of the study design.</p

Sensitivity analysis for the association of female breast cancer with gingival and periodontal disease using various definitions based on ICD-9-CM coder.

Sensitivity analysis for the association of female breast cancer with gingival and periodontal disease using various definitions based on ICD-9-CM coder.</p

Crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals for the association between history of periodontitis and female breast cancer by conditional logistic regression analyses.

Crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals for the association between history of periodontitis and female breast cancer by conditional logistic regression analyses.</p

Initial Medication in Patients of Newly Diagnosed Parkinson’s Disease in Taiwan

<div><p>Introduction</p><p>Several treatment guidelines for Parkinson’s disease (PD) had been proposed in recent decades. The aim of current study was to investigate the initial medication utilized in newly diagnosed PD subjects in Taiwan during an eleven-year period.</p><p>Methods</p><p>A total of 7,550 patients with newly diagnosed Parkinsonism were retrospectively enrolled from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan from 2000 to 2010. After excluding patients at risk of secondary or atypical Parkinsonism, those never receiving medication or having incomplete data, 1,645 subjects were included. The participants were then divided into four treating regimen groups, namely levodopa (LD) only group, dopamine agonist (DA) only group, LD+DA group, and No-LD, No-DA group. The demographic data and medication retention rate were compared across the four treatment groups.</p><p>Results</p><p>LD only and No-LD, No-DA regimens were the main initial choice of PD treatment in Taiwan. LD containing drugs were more often prescribed to the elderly population than the other two treatment regimens, while No-LD, No-DA medication was the major initial choice for younger patients. DA only regimen occupied only 3–4% of the initial PD prescriptions and was given predominantly by neurologists. Over the eleven-year period, there is a trend for the middle-aged population to receive medication containing LD as initial treatment. The one year retention rate of anti-Parkinsonism medication was around 30–50% in our population. Age, polypharmacy, change of one-year daily levodopa equivalent dosage and newly onset of dementia, stroke and psychiatric diseases all affect drug compliance in PD patients.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>This is the first long-term study to explore initial pharmacotherapies in an Asian PD population. We hope to provide evidence for adjusting government policies and public education of physicians and PD patients in the future.</p></div

Demographic and clinical data of patients with breast cancer and non-breast cancer controls.

Demographic and clinical data of patients with breast cancer and non-breast cancer controls.</p

Partial effect plots to show the interaction between age and periodontitis on the probability of female breast cancer.

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Partial effect plots to show the interaction between age group and periodontitis on the probability of female breast cancer.

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Crude and adjusted OR with 95% CI for the association between variables and female breast cancer using conditional logistic regression analyses.

Crude and adjusted OR with 95% CI for the association between variables and female breast cancer using conditional logistic regression analyses.</p