Nutritional problems in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease: Risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia

Sarcopenia in older adults.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Sarcopenia, or the decline of skeletal muscle tissue with age, is one of the most important causes of functional decline and loss of independence in older adults. The purpose of this article is to review the current definitions of sarcopenia, its potential causes and clinical consequences, and the potential for intervention. RECENT FINDINGS Although no consensus diagnosis ha...

Nutritional Screening of Older Adults Risk Factors for and Consequences of Malnutrition

Söderström, L. 2016. Nutritional Screening of Older Adults. Risk Factors for and Consequences of Malnutrition. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1167. 83 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9435-3. Aims The overall aim of this thesis was to extend current knowledge about the prevalence of malnutrition, to identify poss...

Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia in Older Adults

Sarcopenia, Frailty, and Diabetes in Older Adults

Populations are aging and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing tremendously. The number of older people with diabetes is increasing unexpectedly. Aging and diabetes are both risk factors for functional disability. Thus, increasing numbers of frail or disabled older patients with diabetes will increase both direct and indirect health-related costs. Diabetes has been reported as an i...

the study of aaag repeat polymorphism in promoter of errg gene and its association with the risk of breast cancer in isfahan region

چکیده: سرطان پستان دومین عامل مرگ مرتبط با سرطان در خانم ها است. از آنجا که سرطان پستان یک تومور وابسته به هورمون است، می تواند توسط وضعیت هورمون های استروئیدی شامل استروژن و پروژسترون تنظیم شود. استروژن نقش مهمی در توسعه و پیشرفت سرطان پستان ایفا می کند و تاثیر خود را روی بیان ژن های هدف از طریق گیرنده های استروژن اعمال می کند. اما گروه دیگری از گیرنده های هسته ای به نام گیرنده های مرتبط به ا...