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W J Goedhard

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PubMed1979

[We all will age].

In 1977/78 the American Research-plan toward understanding aging 'Our future selves' was published. In this article the report of the panel on biomedical research is reviewed. The report appears to be very comprehensive and to give a carefully detailed research plan. It will certainly take many years to realise all the plans. Part of the research could very well be done in the Netherlands although only to a limited extent. The governmental planning-group, which is developing a research plan for gerontology in the Netherlands, should make a sensible selection out of the many items mentioned in the American plan. After all, it is of vital importance to all of us, our future selves.

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PubMed1979

Ballistocardiography: past, present and future.

In this paper, an analysis is given of the present state of ballistocardiography. It is concluded that several aspects of the method have to be improved before successful application in medicine can follow. These aspects are, for example, (a) physiological backgrounds of the method, and (b) signal analysis of the ballistocardiogram. Recent developments on these items are discussed and some preliminary results are given. Research on ballistocardiography is worthwhile to be continuing, since the method offers good perspectives for application in preventive medicine (early detection of coronary heart disease) and in clinical medicine.

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