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Ageing makes us dyslexic [PDF]
, 2013 Background: The effects of typical ageing on spoken language are well known: word production is disproportionately affected while syntactic processing is relatively well preserved.
Harley, Trevor A. +3 more
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Molecular Systems Biology, 2011 FoxO transcription factors, inhibited by insulin/insulin‐like growth factor signalling (IIS), are crucial players in numerous organismal processes including lifespan.
Nazif Alic +9 more
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Mammalian models of extended healthy lifespan [PDF]
, 2011 Over the last two centuries, there has been a significant increase in average lifespan expectancy in the developed world. One unambiguous clinical implication of getting older is the risk of experiencing age-related diseases including various cancers ...
Colin Selman +7 more
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Healthy Aging as Disease? [PDF]
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2011 In the scientific and popular literature recently there has been a widespread call for classifying normal aging as a disease, a condition that can be “manipulated, treated, and delayed” (Gems, 2010; Kelland, 2010). The main argument given by supporters of this suggestion is that grant-awarding bodies would be more likely to fund research into how, when,
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A parthenogenetic quasi-program causes teratoma-like tumors during aging in wild-type C. elegans
npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease, 2018 Aging: Runaway programs are a cause of aging The main cause of disease worldwide is aging, a process long suspected to result from damage accumulation.
Hongyuan Wang +13 more
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Land Assembly for Housing Developments [PDF]
, 1934 The ability to identify premature arterial stiffening is of considerable value in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The “ageing index” (AGI), which is calculated from the second derivative photoplethysmographic (SDPPG) waveform, has been used as
Kalju Meigas +5 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2018 Background Myostatin, its inhibitor follistatin, and growth/differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) have been proposed as factors that could potentially modify biological aging.
Elizaveta Fife +8 more
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Fall awareness behaviour and its associated factors among community dwelling older adults
BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background Falls are one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in older adults. However, despite adoption of prevention strategies, the number of falls in older adults has not declined.
Jing Wen Goh +4 more
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Cardiovascular disease and healthy ageing [PDF]
, 2015 Cardiovascular diseases are main cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western World. Cardiovascular disease increases in its prevalence with age and the burden of this condition is set to increase with an Ageing global population.
Mc Auley, Mark T., Mooney, Kathleen M.
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Oxidative stress and epigenetic regulation in ageing and age-related diseases [PDF]
, 2013 Recent statistics indicate that the human population is ageing rapidly. Healthy, but also diseased, elderly people are increasing. This trend is particularly evident in Western countries, where healthier living conditions and better cures are available ...
Cencioni, Chiara +6 more
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