Incidence, prevalence, and predictors of osteoporotic fracture in adult lung transplant recipients by Elisabeth Ng, Shanal Kumar, Eldho Paul, Daniel Bennett, Luisa Rosi, Louise Fuller, Lauren Chiu, Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Steven Ivulich, Greg Snell, Leon A. Bach, Kathryn L. Hackman

“…Background: As life expectancy following lung transplantation (LT) improves, vulnerability to glucocorticoid-induced osteoporotic fractures is increased. …”
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Assessing Mental Illness Referral Request Acceptance: A Nationwide E-Referral Data From Saudi Arabia by Alharbi AA, Aljerian NA, Alghamdi HA, Binhotan MS, Alsultan AK, Arafat MS, Aldhabib A, Aloqayli AI, Alwahbi EB, Horner RD

“…Abdullah A Alharbi,1 Nawfal A Aljerian,2– 4 Hani A Alghamdi,5 Meshary S Binhotan,4,6 Ali K Alsultan,2 Mohammed S Arafat,2 Abdulrahman Aldhabib,2 Ahmed I Aloqayli,2 Eid B Alwahbi,2 Ronnie D Horner7 1Family and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 2Medical Referrals Centre, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 3Emergency Medical Services Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 4King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 6Emergency Medical Services Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 7Health Services Research and Administration Department, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USACorrespondence: Meshary S Binhotan, Emergency Medical Services Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, 22490, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Email hotanm@ksau-hs.edu.saBackground and Objective: Mental disorders significantly impact quality of life and life expectancy, representing a leading cause of global disease burden. …”
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Editorial by Daniel Halliday

“…This is in part due to the stagnation of earnings from labour, increased life expectancy and cost of aged care, and the increased cost of homeownership for young adults. …”
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Lifetime Health Care Costs of the Danish Population by Jan Sørensen, Rikke Søgaard

“…Part of the gender difference relates to longer life expectancies (estimated at 79.5 for women and 75.1 years for men). …”
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