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Liwen Bao, Jun Bo, Bo Jin, Nanqing Xiong et al. • International Journal of Gerontology
(2018)
Summary: Background: To assess the morbidity and risk factors of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) in Chinese very elderly patients. Methods: The very elderly patients whose age ≥75 year-old, from North Huashan Hospital, South Renji Hospi...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2018.05.010
Peng Li, JiaLe Liu, Junjun Liu • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
(2022)
ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the effect of procalcitonin (PCT) guided therapy on antibiotic exposure in pediatric patients with infectious disease.MethodsWe performed an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled ...
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.915463
Soon-Hock Kang Phd, Vanessa Yong PhD, Angelique Chan PhD, Yasuhiko Saito PhD • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
(2016)
Singapore’s life expectancy at birth and at age 65 continues to improve. Although this is a positive development, it is necessary to understand how much of this increased life expectancy is spent with and without mobility limitations. This ...
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DOI: 10.1177/2333721416645034
Swapno Aditya, Adam Clarke, Lucy Armitage, Wing-Kai Lam et al. • Sensors
(2026)
Background: Age-related changes in motor–cognitive function are associated with altered neural adaptability, particularly during tasks requiring integration of cognitive and motor processes. Dual-task paradigms are commonly used to assess s...
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DOI: 10.3390/s26144575
Sebastian Voigt-Radloff, Maud Graff, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Rainer Leonhart et al. • BMJ Open
(2011)
Background The positive effects of the Dutch Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia programme on patients' daily functioning were not found in a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) in Germany.Objectives To evaluate possible ef...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000094
William A. Satariano, Constance Wang, Melissa E. Kealey, Elaine Kurtovich et al. • Frontiers in Public Health
(2017)
ObjectiveTo address whether neighborhood factors, together with older adults’ levels of health and functioning, suggest new combinations of risk factors for falls and new directions for prevention. To explore the utility of Grade-of-Members...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00142
Alfonso Varela-López, José M. Romero-Márquez, María D. Navarro-Hortal, César L. Ramirez-Tortosa et al. • Experimental Gerontology
(2023)
The rise of life expectancy in current societies is not accompanied, to date, by a similar increase in healthspan, which represents a great socio-economic problem. It has been suggested that aging can be manipulated and then, the onset of a...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2023.112221
Pei-Lun Kuo, Ann Zenobia Moore, Frank R. Lin, Frank R. Lin et al. • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
(2021)
Objectives: Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is highly prevalent among older adults, but the potential mechanisms and predictive markers for ARHL are lacking. Epigenetic age acceleration has been shown to be predictive of many age-associated...
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DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.790926
S Pirbay, MD, S Abou Kassm, MD, MPH, C Di-Maggio, MD, F Naudet, MD, PhD et al. • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus
(2025)
Objectives: Despite the benefits of geriatric telepsychiatry, the lack of support from the staff remains one of the major challenges it faces. We wanted to explore whether negative opinions towards telepsychiatry in nursing home (NH) stakeh...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aggp.2025.100150
Yu -Yang Ma, Hai-Yan Li, Ruo-Nan Yao, Gong Cheng et al. • Experimental Gerontology
(2025)
Background: The relationship between TyG-BRI, BRI, and the sarcopenia definition proposed by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) in 2019 remains unclear. This research focused on exploring the relationship between the TyG-BRI inde...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2025.112946
Reagan E. Garcia, Anne B. Newman, Eileen Johnson, Yujia Susanna Qiao et al. • Sensors
(2025)
Fatigability, a phenotype of poor energy regulation, is associated with lower physical activity in older adults, but independent associations with sedentary behavior are unknown. We examined whether sedentary behavior was associated with fa...
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DOI: 10.3390/s25092722
Gloria Metzner, Lukas Maximilian Horstmeier, Jürgen Bengel, Eva Maria Bitzer et al. • BMC Geriatrics
(2023)
Abstract Background In the aging population of Western societies, an increasing number of older adults have multiple chronic diseases. As multifaceted health problems imply the involvement of several healthcare professionals, multimorbid ol...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03797-2
Francesco Valeri, Malena dos Santos Guilherme, Fuqian He, Nicolai M. Stoye et al. • Microorganisms
(2021)
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting around 30 million patients worldwide. The predominant sporadic variant remains enigmatic as the underlying cause has still not been identified. Since efficient therap...
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DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9122548
Nobuhiro Watanabe, Mathieu Piché, Harumi Hotta • Molecular Pain
(2015)
Background In anesthetized rats and conscious humans, a gentle touch using a soft disc covered with microcones (with a texture similar to that of a finger), but not with a flat disc, inhibits nociceptive somatocardiac reflexes. Such an inhi...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12990-015-0001-x
Tereza Vágnerová, Olga Dvořáčková, Eva Topinková • Clinical Nutrition Open Science
(2024)
Summary: Background & Aims: The transition from middle age to old age (from adults aged 50–55 years to older seniors aged 75–80 years) represents a critical period in terms of changes in body composition, i.e., increase in body fat per...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nutos.2024.01.006
Mateus H. Gouveia, Amy R. Bentley, Hampton Leonard, Karlijn A. C. Meeks et al. • Scientific Reports
(2021)
Abstract Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic loci associated with cross-sectional blood pressure (BP) traits; however, GWAS based on longitudinal BP have been underexplored. We performed ethnic-specif...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83450-3
Tang G, Zheng N, Yang G, Li H et al. • International Journal of General Medicine
(2021)
Guodong Tang, Naixin Zheng, Guojian Yang, Hui Li, Hu Ai, Ying Zhao, Fucheng Sun, Huiping Zhang Department of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,...
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Ying Li, Ying Li, Na Jia, Xinyue Li et al. • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
(2026)
This article reports a rare case of diffuse hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy complicated with left ventricular apical aneurysm and excessive trabeculation. Genetic testing of the patient revealed a heterozygous variant of the MYBPC3 ...
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DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1753832
Emi Miki, Risa Kawabata • Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional
(2020)
This study aimed to investigate the associations between occupational performance and quality of life, well-being, and instrumental activities of daily living in older Japanese adults by examining the correlations between the Canadian Occup...
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DOI: 10.4322/2526-8910.ctoAO2096
Windy W. Alonso, Sara E. Bills, Scott W. Lundgren, Steven J. Keteyian et al. • ESC Heart Failure
(2025)
Abstract Aims Most adults with stable heart failure are safe to exercise at a moderate intensity for 150 min/week. Regular participation in exercise may improve outcomes in adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)....
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DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.15341