冬季長者健康外展服務 Winter Community Outreach
由香港中文大學醫科、藥劑、護理、及中醫學生向長者傳達有關藥物安全、心房顫動、及防趺等健康訊息。
Conduct outreach service with the focus on drugs safety, atrial fibrillation prevention, fall prevention, and life companion by CUHK Medical, Pharmacy, Nursing , and Chinese Medicine students.
心房顫動(簡稱:房顫)是心律不正的一種，可以誘發中風。
房顫的病發率隨著人口老化而增長，香港中文大學(中大)醫學院估計本港有近六萬名長者患有房顫而未被發現。
有見及此，中大將於2015年5月23及30日舉行兩場大型房顫篩查，為市民大眾進行基本心電圖檢查，使患者能及早治療，避免中風發生。
心房顫動(簡稱:房顫)是心律不正的一種，可以誘發中風。
房顫的病發率隨著人口老化而增長，香港中文大學(中大)醫學院估計本港有近六萬名長者患有房顫而未被發現。
有見及此，中大將於2015年5月23及30日舉行兩場大型房顫篩查，為市民大眾進行基本心電圖檢查，使患者能及早治療，避免中風發生。
Date: 25 June 2015 (Thursday)
Venue: G02, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39 , CUHK
Time: 08:45a.m. – 5:00p.m.
Customizing drug delivery to treat patients burdened with a myriad of diseases in a therapeutically and cost effective manner while meeting the vigorous regulatory standards of quality is a formidable challenge in personalized medicine. This is underscored by the important decision making role of the patient in determining the therapeutic outcome, a phenomenon commonly referred to as adherence. The objective of this one-day workshop is to highlight multidisciplinary research intended to benefit the elderly. Professor Ping I. Lee, an eminent scholar in mass transport at the University of Toronto, will keynote the scientific principles that underline the technologies of modified drug release, including those intended for nasal, pulmonary, and direct intravitreal administration. Furthermore, patients may also benefit from research in measuring blood-brain barrier permeability and from advances in digitally-based technologies for monitoring progress in drug therapy real time. In the final analysis, formulations designed to compensate for the deterioration in postural balance, manual dexterity, swallowing, and cognitive acuity commonly seen in the elderly is a timely development. Let’s not forget China alone could have some 400 million people over 60 years of age by 2050. Therefore, the market demand for such formulations could be substantial.
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CU CHAMPION Summer Outreach 2015 長者健康外展服務
Aging population is a global problem. Many elderly people have multiple chronic diseases with health and drug-related problems. Continuous monitoring and early detection to address needs and providing community support toward the elderly are important. In 2015, CU CHAMPION will organize a series of outreach events and collaborative learning to improve CUHK students’ understanding on geriatric care in different perspectives.
