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Janet Lok Chun Lee, Rainbow Tin Hung Ho • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
(2022)
Parks usually create a protective playground space for children to perform physical activity like jumping, running, and climbing. Specific spaces have rarely been created for older adults to perform physical activity in public parks. Now th...
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DOI: 10.1177/23337214221083404
Yan Cai, Wei Zhu, Chenshu Wu, Yan Jiang • BMC Public Health
(2026)
Abstract Background Falls are a leading global cause of injury and mortality in older adults, necessitating understanding risk factor interplay for prevention. This study aims to investigate complex interactions among risk factors associate...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-27192-9
Samuel Durso • MedEdPORTAL
(2006)
Abstract Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among adults age 65 to 74. This risk for traffic fatalities may triple as the numbers of older drivers increases in the coming years. It is the ethical opinion ...
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DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.194
Erden Eren, Jeannie-Marie Leoutsakos, Juan Troncoso, Constantine G. Lyketsos et al. • Cells
(2022)
The hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology are senile plaques containing amyloid-beta (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles containing hyperphosphorylated tau. Additional pathologies often co-exist, whereas multiple pathogenic mechanism...
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DOI: 10.3390/cells11030436
Hiroshi Murayama, Benjamin A. Shaw • Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
(2017)
This article reviewed studies to investigate the association between trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and mortality among older adults. Investigators conducted a systematic search of published peer-reviewed literature in the PubMed dat...
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DOI: 10.7570/jomes.2017.26.3.181
Anum Zahra, Maarten van Smeden, Petra J. M. Elders, Jan Festen et al. • BMC Geriatrics
(2025)
Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home (NH) residents faced the highest risk of severe COVID-19 disease and mortality. Due to their frailty status, comorbidity burden can serve as a useful predictive indicator of vul...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-05721-2
Sadayuki Ito, Yoshihito Sakai, Kei Ando, Hiroaki Nakashima et al. • Asian Spine Journal
(2023)
Study Design Retrospective study. Purpose Cervical laminoplasty is safe and effective for treating cervical myelopathy but has a higher frequency of postoperative axial pain compared to other methods. Several studies have reported on the ca...
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DOI: 10.31616/asj.2022.0120
Calvin Ka-Fung Lo BHSc, MD, Eric Andrew Yung BSc, MSc, Ka Tat Tsang PhD • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
(2022)
Background/Objectives: Yee Hong Play Intervention for Dementia (PID) is a community program strengthening East Asians >65 years with dementia in their daily functional activities. We analyzed how PID activities align with Hong Kong Montreal...
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DOI: 10.1177/23337214221130161
Leon G. Martens, Jiao Luo, Fleur L. Meulmeester, Nadia Ashrafi et al. • Antioxidants
(2020)
The antioxidant vitamin E (α-tocopherol, α-TOH) protects lipids from oxidation by reactive oxygen species. We hypothesized that lifestyle factors associate with vitamin E metabolism marked by urinary α-tocopheronolactone hydroquinone (α-TLH...
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DOI: 10.3390/antiox9121280
Amira Al Balakosy, Mostafa Alfishawy, Omnia Elnabawy, Azza Hassan et al. • Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases
(2021)
Background and study aim: Epidemiological data reported lower death rates of COVID-19 cases in countries with higher & recent coverage by measles containing vaccines. In this study we aim to identify measles IgG titer in COVID-1...
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DOI: 10.21608/aeji.2021.72615.1144
Suhani Amin, Dokyung Yoon, Rahul Naveen, Yaseen El-Magharbel et al. • Frontiers in Sleep
(2026)
ObjectivesDifferent aspects of sleep quality are known to decline with age, and these changes have been shown to impact performance across multiple cognitive domains. However, despite a growing body of literature, the impact of changes to q...
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DOI: 10.3389/frsle.2025.1691035
Iraci dos Santos, Renata Gomes Machado Guerra, Leandro Andrade da Silva • Revista Enfermagem UERJ
(2015)
Teve-se como objetivo identificar as categorias de autocuidado apresentadas por pessoas idosas com diabetes, considerando suas dimensões física, mental e espiritual. Método sociopoético, aplicando as fases do grupo-pesquisador formado por 1...
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DOI: 10.12957/reuerj.2015.16498
Kazuki Uemura, Takehiko Doi, Kota Tsutsumimoto, Sho Nakakubo et al. • Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
(2020)
Abstract Background Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)‐derived phase angle is expected to be an efficient prognostic marker of health adverse events with aging as an alternative of muscle mass. We aimed to examine the predictive ability...
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DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12492
Alessandra da Silva Oliveira, Claudia Teixeira-Arroyo • Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
(2024)
Objetivo: Verifi car o efeito de um programa de exercícios físicos funcionais, associados ao componente lúdico, nos sintomas depressivos, na capacidade de realização das atividades da vida diária (AVD) e nos sintomas de dor de idosos instit...
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Merve Tarhan, Pınar Doğan • Journal of Nursology
(2026)
Objective: Despite the increasing ageing population, caring for older adults is not a highly preferred field of nursing in Türkiye and the world; studies examining the attitudes and behaviors of new graduate nurses towards older adult care ...
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DOI: 10.17049/jnursology.1509812
Anna Maria Cybulska, Ewa Kupcewicz, Kamila Rachubińska, Mariusz Panczyk et al. • Frontiers in Public Health
(2025)
BackgroundNursing students frequently encounter stressful and demanding situations during clinical training, which may hinder their well-being and professional development. A strong sense of coherence is thought to buffer the negative effec...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1713759
Ling Tong, Zhe Cong, Long Tian, Jingjing Zhang et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology
(2021)
It is challenging to trace the complicated individual-based variations of HIV-specific immunocompetence shift during the successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. Using eight rhesus monkeys simulating a longitudinal stage-dependent cohor...
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.704449
Jinhao Zhang, Wei Ye, Wang Li, Fan Zhang et al. • Experimental Gerontology
(2025)
Background: Previous studies have consistently demonstrated that exercise mitigates cognitive decline in older adults. However, the most effective types of exercise, along with optimal frequency and duration of interventions, remain inadequ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2025.112768
Jin Guo, Andrew Wister, Barbara Mitchell, Merril Silverstein et al. • BMC Geriatrics
(2026)
Abstract Objectives Based on defamilization, individualization, and contingent intergenerational solidarity theories, this study developed a cultural defamilization framework. Longitudinal data were used to explore changes in the associatio...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12877-026-07449-z
Tetsuro Tago, Jun Toyohara • Molecules
(2018)
Epigenetic alterations of gene expression have emerged as a key factor in several neurodegenerative diseases. In particular, inhibitors targeting histone deacetylases (HDACs), which are enzymes responsible for deacetylation of histones and ...
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DOI: 10.3390/molecules23020300