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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
Toledo JO, Moraes CF, Souza VC, Tonet-Furioso AC et al. • Clinical Interventions in Aging
(2015)
Juliana O Toledo,1 Clayton F Moraes,2,3 Vinícius C Souza,2 Audrey C Tonet-Furioso,2 Luís CC Afonso,4 Cláudio Córdova,3 Otávio T Nóbrega1,2 1Graduate Program in Health Sciences, 2Graduate Program in...
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Virginia Boccardi, Lucia Paolacci, Patrizia Mecocci • Geriatric Care
(2018)
Dementia incidence is growing at an impressive rate worldwide, mostly affecting old age subjects. Looking and considering the disease as the same in younger adult does not seem the successful way to find a proper solution regarding preventi...
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DOI: 10.4081/gc.2018.7756
Ayumi Fukatsu-Chikumoto, Tsunahiko Hirano, Shun Takahashi, Takuya Ishida et al. • Scientific Reports
(2024)
Abstract Physical inactivity and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to frailty and poor prognoses. However, little is known regarding the association between frailty and the human bra...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53933-0
R. D. Bramwell • Educational Gerontology
(1985)
This paper discusses four well‐attested criteria by which a given “subject area” might be judged to be or not to be an “academic discipline.” What can be said of “gerontological studies” under each of these criteria? In what ways might “ger...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0380127850110403
Toni Calasanti • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
(2004)
This article outlines feminist gerontology and shows how its focus on power relations lends insight into the lives of those people disadvantaged by them as well as the people privileged by social inequalities. To illustrate the latter, I di...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/59.6.s305
Kenneth F. Ferraro • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
(2007)
UNIVERSITIES and colleges often espouse the value of interdisciplinary study, and gerontology is frequently cited as an exemplar of an interdisciplinary field of inquiry. It could be argued that this characterization has been good for geron...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/62.1.s2
Edward T. Zawada • IntechOpen eBooks
(2019)
This volume is a collection of reports dealing with geriatrics and gerontology. The first section provides an introduction to the common medical and non-medical problems of aging. The second section concentrates on one of the most devastati...
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