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The challenge of cultural gerontology [PDF]

, 2014
Over the last decade, Cultural Gerontology has emerged as one of the most vibrant elements of writing about age (Twigg, J., & Martin, W. (Eds.) (2015). The Routledge handbook of cultural gerontology. London: Routledge). Reflecting the wider Cultural Turn,
Helen Q. Kivnick, Julia Twigg, Wendy Martin   +2 more
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Klotho pathways, myelination disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and epigenetic drugs [PDF]

, 2020
In this review we outline a rationale for identifying neuroprotectants aimed at inducing endogenous Klotho activity and expression, which is epigenetic action, by definition. Such an approach should promote remyelination and/or stimulate myelin repair by
Chen, Xiaohong, Faller, Douglas V., Glavas, Ioannis P., Harpp, David N., Kanara, Iphigenia, Kodukula, Krishna, Mavrakis, Anastasios N., Moos, Walter H., Pernokas, Julie, Pernokas, Mark, Pinkert, Carl A., Powers, Whitney R., Sampani, Konstantina, Steliou, Kosta, Vavvas, Demetrios G., Zamboni, Robert J.   +15 more
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Melatonin as an Anti-Aging Therapy for Age-Related Cardiovascular and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022
The concept of “aging” is defined as the set of gradual and progressive changes in an organism that leads to an increased risk of weakness, disease, and death.
V. M. Martín Giménez, N. de Las Heras, V. Lahera, J. Tresguerres, R. Reiter, W. Manucha   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Surgery-for-life:Aging, sexual fitness and self-management in Brazil [PDF]

, 2014
This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork on plastic surgery to explore tensions in aging norms and ideals for women in Brazil.  I situate my analysis in relation to debates about a “de-chronologized life course.”  Some scholars argue that the life ...
Edmonds, Alexander
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Dietary Polyphenols as Anti-Aging Agents: Targeting the Hallmarks of Aging

Nutrients
Background: Aging is a natural biological process influenced by multiple factors and is a significant contributor to various chronic diseases. Slowing down the aging process and extending health span have been pursuits of the scientific field.
Ying Liu, Ming Fang, Xiaohui Tu, Xueying Mo, Lu Zhang, Binrui Yang, Fei Wang, Young-Bum Kim, Cheng Huang, Liang Chen, Shengjie Fan   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anti-aging dock

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, 2009
Our anti-aging center (AAC) began providing health check-up services to local citizens in western Japan in February 2006, with the mission of promoting 'successful' aging through the employment of anti-aging check-ups, termed 'anti-aging dock' in Japan, using evidence-based 'anti-aging dock' strategies designed to diagnose atherosclerosis based on ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Bupleuri Radix Ameliorates Vascular Inflammation in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells via Modulation of Tight Junction Protein Expression and Inhibition of Nuclear Factor-κB Activation

Journal of Pharmacopuncture
Objectives: The vascular endothelium plays a central role in the maintenance of vascular homeostasis. Inflammation of vascular endothelial cells has been closely related to the development of a wide range of cardiovascular diseases, including ...
Min Yeong Kim, Eun Jin Bang, Yung Hyun Choi, Su Hyun Hong   +3 more
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Biomarkers of Aging: From Primitive Organisms to Man [PDF]

, 2001
What biological changes take place as we age? Efforts by scientists to uncover the biomarkers of aging, that is, the normal phenomena of growing old, and to separate these inevitable physiologic changes from diseases and other factors.Warns that alleged "
Richard L. Sprott, Robert N. Butler
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Anti-Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans of Polysaccharides from Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua

Molecules
Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua, the dried rhizome of Polygonum multiflorum from the Liliaceae family, is a widely used medicinal herb with a long history of application.
Xue Zhang, Qi Chen, Linzhen Chen, Xiaolu Chen, Zhiqiang Ma   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source