Gallbladder Volvulus in a Patient with Type I Choledochal Cyst: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by George Younan, Max Schumm, Fadwa Ali, Kathleen K. Christians

“…We report a case of gallbladder volvulus in an elderly female who happened to have a concomitant type I choledochal cyst. …”
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Integrated FEM-Multibody Co-Simulation of Additively Manufactured Hip Prosthesis containing cracks. by Domenico Gentile, Roberto Di Bona, Giuseppe Peter Vanoli, Gabriel testa, Sara Ricci

“… The increase in life expectancy and attention to the quality of life of elderly people spurred the need, in the last decades, to increase the capabilities of medical and surgical techniques. …”
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Current Progress in the Rejuvenation of Aging Stem/Progenitor Cells for Improving the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Myocardial Repair by Gurleen Kaur, Chuanxi Cai

“…Ischemic heart disease affects a majority of people, especially elderly patients. Recent studies have utilized autologous adult stem/progenitor cells as a treatment option to heal cardiac tissue after myocardial infarction. …”
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Cardiorenal Effects of Newer NSAIDs (Celecoxib) versus Classic NSAIDs (Ibuprofen) in Patients with Arthritis by Ragia Hegazy, Mohamed Alashhab, Madiha Amin

“…Arthritis is a common condition that co-exists in the elderly population. This condition leads to frequent administration of comorbid analgesics especially non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). …”
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Représentations de la vieillesse et orientation professionnelle by Hélène Geurts, Marie-Claire Haelewyck

“…Qualitative data were analyzed by a methodological triangulation performed with software NVivo 11 (ACT) and IRaMuTteQ (ADS, CDH, AFC and prototypical analysis).Result's analysis showed a nuanced vision of the elderly carried by students. Indeed, the core of the representation refers to a retired, wise and experienced elder. …”
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A Cross-Study Biomarker Signature of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Infected with Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Luiz Gustavo Gardinassi

“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of lower respiratory tract infections in children, elderly, and immunocompromised individuals. Despite of advances in diagnosis and treatment, biomarkers of RSV infection are still unclear. …”
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Ezetimibe: An Unusual Suspect in Angioedema by Tiffany Lu, Tarundeep Grewal

“…We describe a case of new onset angioedema likely due to Ezetimibe therapy in an elderly patient with a prior history of drug-induced bradykinin reactions who had been on the medication for multiple years. …”
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End of Life: A Family Narrative by Helen K. Black, Miriam S. Moss, Robert L. Rubinstein, Sidney Z. Moss

“…This paper is based on ethnographic research that examines family reaction to an elderly husband and father's end of life. From a group of 30 families in our study (family defined as a widow aged 70 and over and two adult biological children between the ages of 40 and 60), we offer an extreme case example of family bereavement. …”
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Naïve Bayes is an interpretable and predictive machine learning algorithm in predicting osteoporotic hip fracture in-hospital mortality compared to other machine learning algorithm... by Jo-Wai Douglas Wang

“…Osteoporotic hip fractures (HFs) in the elderly are a pertinent issue in healthcare, particularly in developed countries such as Australia. …”
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Woman with Pregnancy and Lactation-Associated Osteoporosis (PLO) by Nasrin Bazgir, Elham Shafiei, Neda Hashemi, Hassan Nourmohamadi

“…Osteoporosis is one of the most common diseases among the middle aged and elderly people that impose high costs on the community. …”
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Pharmacotherapy of Peptic Ulcer Disease by F Molina, MM Vohra, CN Williams

“…Long term maintenance therapy is effective in the prevention of ulcer relapse and is especially recommended for selected patient groups, including patients with recurrent or bleeding ulcer, patients with concomitant nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and elderly women. Omeprazole is the treatment of choice for moderate to severe esophagitis and should be reserved for large and resistant ulcers.…”
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Non-coding RNAs participate in interactions between senescence and gastrointestinal cancers by Zhao-Zhe Liu, Fa-He Ji, Ying Piao

“…., aging-related ncRNAs, or discover novel strategies to treat and manage in the elderly. We seek to clarify complex relationships where ncRNAs participate in “senescence–gastrointestinal cancers” interactions.…”
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Lipid-based systems with precipitation inhibitors as formulation approach to improve the drug bioavailability and/or lower its dose: a review by Kovačević Mila, Gašperlin Mirjana, Pobirk Alenka Zvonar

“…As such an approach allows the incorporation of larger amounts of the drug in equal or even lower volumes of SMEDDS, it also enables the production of smaller final dosage forms as well as decreased gastrointestinal irritation, being of particular importance when formulating dosage forms for children or the elderly. In this review, the technological approaches used to prolong the drug supersaturation are discussed regarding the type and concentration of polymers used in liquid and solid SMEDDS formulation. …”
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Aging, cancer, and autophagy: connections and therapeutic perspectives by Begoña Zapatería, Esperanza Arias, Esperanza Arias

“…Understanding the dual roles of autophagy in suppressing and promoting cancer offers promising avenues for therapeutic interventions aimed at improving outcomes for elderly cancer patients while addressing age-related deterioration.…”
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Two Cases of Primary Cold Agglutinin Disease Associated with Megaloblastic Anemia by Shinsaku Imashuku, Naoko Kudo, Katsushige Takagishi, Katsuyasu Saigo

“…We report two cases of primary cold agglutinin disease (CAD) associated with megaloblastic anemia in Japanese elderly patients. Case 1 was a 67-year-old male and Case 2 was a 55-year-old male. …”
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LONG-TERM FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF AGING: THE CASE OF MOLDOVA by Valeriu Prohnițchi

“…According to Moldova’s National Transfer Accounts, the elderly aged 60+ account for about 40% of the total budgetary transfers outflows and contribute 20% to the budgetary inflows. …”
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Sirtuin 1 and Aging Theory for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by V. Conti, G. Corbi, V. Manzo, G. Pelaia, A. Filippelli, A. Vatrella

“…Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory syndrome that represents an increasing health problem, especially in the elderly population. Drug therapies are symptomatic and inadequate to contrast disease progression and mortality. …”
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Total Knee Arthroplasty in Severe Valgus Osteoarthritis Excellent Early Results in a 90-Year-Old Patient with a Valgus Deformity of 47° by Petros Ismailidis, Rolf Kernen, Sebastian Andreas Mueller

“…Since they mostly affect elderly, polymorbid patients, successful outcome means a great challenge. …”
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Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell Arteritis by Safa Idoudi, Marouene Ben Kahla, Fares Mselmi, Badreddine Sriha, A. Guiga, Samia Ayachi, Colandane Belajouza, Mohamed Denguezli

“…Giant-cell arteritis (GCA), also referred to as temporal arteritis, is the most common primary vasculitis of the elderly involving the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries, in particular, the temporal artery. …”
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Relationship between influenza-related experience and current vaccination outcome by Yunwei Gai

“…The models used two-way and three-way interactions with race/ethnicity, income, education, health status, and elderly status to examine changing relationships of flu-related experience across these variables. …”
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