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Neutrophil-Lymphocytes Ratio as Potential Early Marker for Alzheimer's Disease. [PDF]

Mediators Inflamm
Background. Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a noninvasive, inexpensive, and easily applicable marker of inflammation. Since immune dysregulation leading to inflammation is regarded as a hallmark of dementia, in particular Alzheimer’s disease (AD), we decided to investigate the potentials of NLR as a diagnostic and predictive biomarker in this ...
Cervellati C, Pedrini D, Pirro P, Guindani P, Renzini C, Brombo G, Zuliani G.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

El envejecimiento como relato: Una invitación a la gerontología narrativa

Kairós Gerontologia, 2015
El presente artículo tiene como objetivo presentar una panorámica actual de la aplicación de un enfoque narrativo al estudio del envejecimiento. En primer lugar se delinea cuál es el objeto de conocimiento de la gerontología narrativa, que se extiende en
Feliciano Villar, Rodrigo Serrat
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Percepción sobre las vacunas y nivel de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas hacia la COVID-19 en adultos mayores de Lima, Perú

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2022
El objetivo fue describir la percepción sobre las vacunas y el nivel de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas hacia la COVID-19 en adultos mayores que acuden a un hospital en Lima, Perú. Estudio descriptivo y transversal de marzo a noviembre del 2021.
Claudia L. Vidal-Cuéllar, Omar F. Zanoni-Ramos, Guiliana Mas, Tania Tello-Rodríguez   +3 more
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Report of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) on sustainable dietary and physical activity recommendations for the Spanish population

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Dietary recommendations are developed from the best available scientific evidence on the effect of nutrients and food on health. These recommendations take into account that the effect of food depends not only on its nutritional content but also on the matrix in which is ingested, the alterations during the culinary process, the presence of ...
Esther López García, Irene Bretón Lesmes, Araceli Díaz Perales, Victoria Moreno Arribas, María del Puy Portillo Baquedano, Ana María Rivas Velasco, Ujué Fresán Salvo, Laura Tejedor Romero, Francisco Bartolomé Ortega Porcel, Susana Aznar Laín, Enrique Lizalde Gil, María Ángeles Carlos Chillerón   +11 more
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Amazonian Guarana‐ and Açai‐Conjugated Extracts Improve Scratched Fibroblast Healing and Eisenia fetida Surgical Tail Amputation by Modulating Oxidative Metabolism

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Previous studies have suggested that guarana (Paullinia cupana) and açai (Euterpe oleracea) have antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and proliferative properties, indicating their potential therapeutic action in wound healing. We produced a conjugated guarana‐açai (GA) extract and tested its healing action on earthworms (Eisenia fetida ...
Fellipe D. Felin, Ednea A. Maia-Ribeiro, Carollina D. Felin, Nathália A. C. Bonotto, Bárbara O. Turra, Isabel Roggia, Verônica F. Azzolin, Cibele F. Teixeira, Moisés H. Mastella, Carolina Rodrigues de Freitas, Jaqueline Greijanim, Daniel Santos, Erico M. M. Flores, Fernanda Barbisan, Ivana B. M. Cruz, Tiango A. Ribeiro, Eisa Tahmasbpour   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mortality in Elderly Patients Taking Furosemide: Prospective Cohorts Study

International Journal of Hypertension, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Objectives. Low blood pressure (BP) has been proposed as a risk factor of death in elderly patients. However, this association could be partially accounted for by the deleterious effects of BP‐lowering drugs. We analyzed whether these drugs are associated to an increased risk of death in elderly patients taking multiple potential confounders into ...
Alejandro Rodríguez-Molinero, Antonio Miñarro, Leire Narvaiza, César Gálvez-Barrón, Natalia Gonzalo León, Esther Valldosera, Eva De Mingo, Oscar Macho, David Aivar, Efren Pinzón, Adilis Alba, Jorge Passarelli, Nadia Stasi, Isabel Collado, José R. Banegas, Emanuele Pivetta   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soledad y bienestar emocional en mujeres mayores. Diversas experiencias durante el confinamiento en Bilbao

Alternativas, 2022
Introducción. Durante la pandemia COVID-19 todas las personas han experimentado restricciones en sus vínculos sociales, no obstante, las personas mayores han vivido situaciones más extremas dado que ha sido el colectivo de mayor riesgo.
Ariane Lozano Benito, Lorena Patricia Gallardo Peralta   +1 more
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Clinical, functional and older socio-familiar profile of the community in a district of Lima, Peru

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Objectives. To determine the clinical, functional and socio-familiar profile of seniors from a community in a district of Lima, Peru. Materials and methods.
Luis Varela-Pinedo, Helver Chávez-Jimeno, Tania Tello-Rodríguez, Pedro Ortiz-Saavedra, Miguel Gálvez-Cano, Paola Casas-Vasquez, Elizabeth Aliaga-Díaz, Luis Ciudad-Fernandez   +7 more
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Identificación de los factores más importantes que influyen en el nivel de independencia de los nonagenarios y centenarios costarricenses

Revista Clínica de la Escuela de Medicina UCR-HSJD, 2015
Con el aumento en el nivel de vida del costarricense y la mejora a los sistemas de salud se ha propiciado una transición demográfica donde es frecuente encontrar, en el sistema de salud, usuariosde 90 años o más.
Xinia Rámirez Ulate, Milena Bolaños Sánchez   +1 more
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Superoxide imbalance triggered by Val16Ala‐SOD2 polymorphism increases the risk of depression and self‐reported psychological stress in free‐living elderly people

Molecular Genetics &Genomic Medicine, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2020., 2020
Our results showed that the VV‐SOD2 genotype significantly increased the risk for depression and psychological stress in the elderly subjects. VV‐subjects also had a higher daily intake of antidepressants, anxiolytics, and anti‐inflammatory drugs.
Ivo Emilio da Cruz Jung, Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, Fernanda Barbisan, Alexis Trott, Lucien J. Houenou, Bárbara Osmarin Turra, Thiago Duarte, Raquel de Souza Praia, Ednea Aguiar Maia‐Ribeiro, Jaqueline da Costa Escobar Piccoli, Claudia Giugliano Bica, Marta Maria Medeiros Frescura Duarte   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source