Nanomaterials in wound infeetion care for senile diabetes: current research and developments by Yiran Liu, Xue Bai, Hui Ren, Baofeng Guo

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Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Presenting with Streptococcus intermedius Cerebral Abscess by Rabih Nayfe, Mustafa S. Ascha, Esther H. Rehmus

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A Qualitative Review of Balance and Strength Performance in Healthy Older Adults: Impact for Testing and Training by Urs Granacher, Thomas Muehlbauer, Markus Gruber

“…Thus, intense research efforts are needed from interdisciplinary fields (e.g., geriatrics, neurology, and exercise science) to (a) elucidate neuromuscular fall-risk factors, (b) develop and apply adequate fall-risk assessment tools that can be administered in clinical practice, and (c) develop and design effective intervention programs that have the potential to counteract a large number of fall-risk factors by ultimately reducing the number of falls in the healthy elderly. …”
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The role of teledentistry in promoting oral health and preventing disease among the elderly by Shuwen Pang, Hua Li, Xia Zeng, Hua Lei, Yinxia Luo, Shuang Zhang

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The Association Between IL‐8 Gene Polymorphisms and the Risk of Several Types of Cancer, Especially in Gastric Cancer by Bin Xu, Yidan Yan

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Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Relieve Hindlimb Ischemia through Enhancing Angiogenesis in Tree Shrews by Cunping Yin, Yuan Liang, Jian Zhang, Guangping Ruan, Zian Li, Rongqing Pang, Xinghua Pan

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Novel anti-inflammatory properties of mannose oligosaccharides in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease via LGALS3 modulation by Yaqi Du, Yan Fan, Xin Li, Fenqin Chen

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Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Benefits and Limitations Highlighted Using the Delphi Method and Principal Component Analysis by Jean-Michel Caire, Sabrina Maurel-Techene, Thierry Letellier, Margit Heiske, Sarah Warren, Arnaud Schabaille, Florent Destruhaut

“…The areas of health intervention are pediatrics, psychiatry, neurology, and geriatrics. An email invitation to participate in the research was therefore sent to 113 occupational therapists. …”
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Research progress on protective effect of polysaccharide from traditional Chinese medicine on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by Qian Sun, Hongtian Fei, Siqi Zhao, Lijiao Zhang, Rui Fei

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Unusual symptoms reveal a rare splenic lymphoma: a case report of PS-DLBCL with neck and shoulder pain as the initial presentation by Shifu Hu, Yuanyuan Hao, Xiangyu Liu, Hanbo Liu

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Association between frailty and hospital-related adverse events in older hospitalised patients: a systematic literature review protocol by Jay Banerjee, Brad Manktelow, Abdullah Alshibani, Faris Alotaibi

“…The systematic review’s results will be published in a peer-reviewed frailty and geriatrics care-related journal and disseminated in conferences, congresses and scientific meetings.…”
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Omadacycline for the Treatment of Severe Legionella Pneumonia Complicated with Multiple Organ Failure: A Case Report by Xu L, Xiong Y, Fang C

“…Limin Xu,1 Ying Xiong,2 Changquan Fang2 1Department of Geriatrics, Huizhou First Hospital, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, Peoples’ Republic of China; 2Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Huizhou Central People’s Hospital, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, Peoples’ Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Changquan Fang, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Huizhou Central People’s Hospital, Huicheng District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, 516000, Peoples’ Republic of China, Tel +86 137 5155 1071, Email 314499072@qq.comBackground: Fluoroquinolones and macrolides are the preferred antibiotics for treating Legionnaires’ disease. …”
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Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) on Depression in Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by M. Zareie, S. Balal Habashi, P. Farokhnezhad Afshar

“…We selected 60 patients with depression based on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and randomly divided them into two groups. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version of Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Scale-2 by Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Maryam Mehdizadeh, Sepideh Goudarzi, Sayed Amir Hasan Habibi, Mahsa Meimandi, Arian Dehmiyani, Ghorban Taghizadeh

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Improving pharmacology course challenge through implementation of the golden course standard by Hansi Zhang, Fengying Guan, Ming Zhang, Yingshi Ji, Jing Li

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Medical and social domains of ageing research in Singapore (2008–2018): a scoping review by Chen Hee Tam, Elaine Qiao Ying Ho, Sumali Subhashini Hewage, Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald Choon Huat Koh

“…In the medical domain, publications on Ophthalmology (22%) made up the largest proportion of the existing medical literature on ageing in Singapore, followed by Physical Functioning (17%), which involved physiological measurements of physical well-being, and Geriatrics (16%). Non-medical publications comprised 38% of all the included publications, with publications on the social aspects of ageing (43%) forming the largest group in this cluster, followed by publications on Prevention (19%) and Healthcare services (18%). …”
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Occupational Therapy Students’ Perceptions of the Role of Robots in the Care for Older People Living in the Community by Sławomir Tobis, Mirosława Cylkowska-Nowak, Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis, Mariola Pawlaczyk, Aleksandra Suwalska

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Exploring HIV provider framings of living and aging with HIV by Madeline Villalba, Gemmae M. Fix, Rachel Schenkel, Mary Ann Chiasson, Allen L. Gifford, Peter Gordon, Helen-Maria Lekas, Michael T. Yin, Abigail Baim-Lance

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Response to: Comment on “Noninvasive Ventilation Weaning in Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure due to COPD Exacerbation: A Real-Life Observational Study” by Paola Faverio, Anna Stainer, Federica De Giacomi, Grazia Messinesi, Valentina Paolini, Anna Monzani, Paolo Sioli, Irdi Memaj, Oriol Sibila, Paolo Mazzola, Alberto Pesci

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Malnutrition-Sarcopenia Syndrome: Is This the Future of Nutrition Screening and Assessment for Older Adults? by Maurits F. J. Vandewoude, Carolyn J. Alish, Abby C. Sauer, Refaat A. Hegazi

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