When is Age More Than Just a Number?

“swine flu”: when thinking globally and acting locally is more than just a slogan

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Age is just a number

The naked mole rat defies the Gompertz law and shows no sign of increased mortality risk as it gets older.

More than just vanilla.

ERCP in the elderly: more than just the age factor.

322 and family) of good end of life care. Currently the physician may ‘inadvertently fall into the trap of prognostic paralysis’ [1]. The clinical question ‘would I be surprised if this patient died within the next year’ has been advocated as a useful prompt for care planning, discussion with the patient and family, and in decision making [4]. COPD is a chronic incurable disease, and many patie...

Metabolic endotoxaemia: is it more than just a gut feeling?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article reviews the evidence linking gut bacteria, endotoxin, and its circulating levels with inflammatory induced obesity and metabolic disease (metabolic endotoxaemia). RECENT FINDINGS Gut flora analyses have allowed gut microbiota signatures (GMS) to be observed in animal studies of obesity/metabolic disease. In these studies, specific GMS result in a change in obesi...