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Estudios de Población y enfoques de Gerontología Social en México
Este artículo pretende relacionar las líneas de investigación de los Estudios demográficos o Estudios de Población en México cuyo objeto de estudio son las personas adultas mayores con las teorías de gerontología social de primera, segunda y tercera ...
Aída DÍAZ-TENDERO-BOLLAIN
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Características de los trabajos científicos nacionales en geriatría y gerontología.1980-2001
Objetivo: Describir el estado actual de la Investigación en Geriatría y Gerontología en el Perú y así identificar el amplio campo que aún falta por investigar.
Luis Varela Pinedo +2 more
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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 +11 more
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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 +16 more
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Mortality in Elderly Patients Taking Furosemide: Prospective Cohorts Study
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 +15 more
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Bedside cognitive screening to detect dementia and predict poor outcomes in hospitals. [PDF]
Abstract INTRODUCTION Cognitive impairment in hospitalized older adults without delirium is often undiagnosed. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value of two brief bedside screening tools—the 10‐point Cognitive Screener (10‐CS) and Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ).
Aliberti MJR +17 more
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Importancia de la Gerontología en la actualidad [PDF]
Importance of Gerontology todayImportancia de la Gerontología en la ...
Vargas Roque, Lishay Annely
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El envejecimiento como relato: Una invitación a la gerontología narrativa
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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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 +11 more
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Oxidative Stress Indexes for Diagnosis of Health or Disease in Humans
Oxidative stress (OS) is the imbalance between oxidant and antioxidant molecules, in favor of oxidants, that causes aging and disease. Many studies have been published that demonstrate the relationship between OS and human health and disease; however, the following questions arise: (i) how are we sure that the OS is present in a biological process? (ii)
Martha A. Sánchez-Rodríguez +2 more
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