Increased attention should be paid to identifying depression morbidity in those with adverse circumstances and to identifying ameliorating interventions.
Depression resulting from reduced mobility, social isolation or threats to self concept, has been identified as a potential problem faced by ceased drivers (Marottoli et al 1997; Fonda et al 2001), which might also be ameliorated by interventions informed by social cognitive theory.
Given that these conditions can often be ameliorated with interventions such as appropriate modifications to footwear and use of foot orthoses, we recommend the provision of targeted education for nurses regarding self-management strategies and treatment options, such as podiatry treatment.
Therefore, while the crossing upgrade was effective in preventing cattle-derived point source pollution by between 112 and 158%, diffuse source pollution to water supplies from livestock is not ameliorated by this intervention alone.
Indeed, caloric restriction is able to accelerate the outcome in mSOD1 mice [25], suggesting that interventions ameliorating systemic energy metabolism might also weaken motor neurons.
From a therapeutic point of view, interventions ameliorating aging/neurodegeneration-related pathologies have therefore been targeted to modulating anti-oxidant mechanisms as well as inflammatory processes, DNA repair mechanisms and modulation of neurotrophic receptor systems [25] [28].
These observations have created much excitement in that aging is now thought of as a disease, which, like other diseases, can be ameliorated through pharmaceutical intervention.
Recognition of psychological distress in patients with cancer, some of which can be ameliorated with appropriate intervention, is a crucial aspect of patient care.
This generates scope for primary preventative interventions, ameliorating, not only classical modifiable risk factors such as; smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia but also non-traditional risk factors such as; functional iron deficiency, anaemia, insulin resistance and vitamin D deficiency [ 4- 6].
A pilot CMS in western Anhui allowed us to ask whether, in this part of rural China, there was evidence of proportionately lower use of health care by young girls and older women and, if so, whether this was ameliorated by the intervention.
Tai Chi is an increasingly popular multimodal mind body exercise that incorporates physical, cognitive, social, and meditative components in the same activity and offers a promising intervention for ameliorating many of the conditions that lead to poor health and excessive health care utilization.
