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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.
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Social Tourism and Healthy Ageing [PDF]
, 2015 Recent research in social tourism notes possible links between tourism participation and improvements in health. However, there is a lack of quantitative evidence concerning the potential links between tourism participation and self-reported health ...
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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
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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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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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Physical capability and the advantages and disadvantages of ageing : Perceptions of older age by men and women in two British cohorts [PDF]
, 2012 In an increasingly ageing society, its older members are receiving considerable political and policy attention. However, much remains to be learnt about public perceptions of older age, particularly the views and experiences of older individuals ...
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