PURPOSE To evaluate the presentation and early surgical outcomes of elderly patients undergoing adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective search was performed of our adrenal disorders database for patients who underwent surgery for phaeochromocytoma or paraganglioma between 2009 and 2014. Patients >60 years old were classified as elderly. The clinical manifesta...

The dilemma of aging and lack successors must be understood to improve the scale efficiency competitiveness China’s agriculture. This paper uses a survey 1347 farmers in Liaoning, Jiangsu, Jiangxi applies tobit probit models explore impact intergenerational inheritance on farmland management terms current willingness for expansion. results show that (1) an increased probability agriculture can ...

Background: Physical activity is any body movement that generates energy to do it. Elderly due degenerative, there will be a decrease in cognitive function, namely mental processes obtaining knowledge or abilities and intelligence, including ways of thinking, memory. This function normal condition experienced by the elderly with increasing age. lack can inhibited taking preventive measures phys...

Neuropsychological studies on the processing of some specific cognitive functions throughout aging are essential for the understanding of human cognitive development from ages 19 to 89. Objectives This study aimed to verify the occurrence of differences in the processing of episodic memory, concentrated attention and speed of attentional processing among four age groups of adults. Methods A...

INTRODUCTION Deep brain gray matter (GM) structures are involved in several neurodegenerative disorders and are affected by aging. In this study, we investigated the potential relationship between levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a putative biomarker of age- and clinically relevant brain dysfunctions, and the presence of structural modifications that were evaluated by magneti...

Aim Elderly and old patients with Type 1 diabetes represent a growing population that requires thorough diabetes care. The increasing relevance of this subgroup, however, plays only a minor role in the literature. Here, we describe elderly patients with Type 1 diabetes on the basis of a large multi-centre database in order to point out special features of this population. Method Data of 64 609 ...

BACKGROUND There are critical gaps in assessment and research on health among the elderly living in rural communities. The state of aging and health in rural areas provides a snapshot of our older adults's need to necessary public health measures .The aim of this study was to determine the self-rated general health of adults residing in rural areas and compare the general health of the elderly ...