Assessment of Gap between Knowledge and Practices among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Bangladesh by Farzana Saleh, Ferdous Ara, Fadia Afnan

“…The risk factors for the patients’ outcome include old age, female gender, years of education, economic status, and duration of DM.…”
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Suffering from Loneliness Indicates Significant Mortality Risk of Older People by Reijo S. Tilvis, Venla Laitala, Pirkko E. Routasalo, Kaisu H. Pitkälä

“…Suffering from loneliness is common and indicates significant mortality risk in old age.…”
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Comparative Study of the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in Low Socioeconomic Areas from South Chennai, India by Jeevitha Dhanabal, Pradeep Pushparaj Selvadoss, Kanchana Muthuswamy

“…Further, with respect to age, children and teenagers had surplus parasites compared to old age groups. The percentage of educational status showed a reduction in the number of parasites in the higher education dwellers. …”
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Elderly in the state of co-residence in a town in State Bahia, Brazil by Saulo Sacramento Meira, Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela, Cezar Augusto Casotti, Jorge Costa do Nascimento, Camila Barros Andrade

“…Data were collected through a multidimensional question- naire Brazil Old Age Schedule (BOAS), tabulated and analyzed by Epi Info 3.3.2 program. …”
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A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of the Association between Liver Enzymes and Lipid Levels by Subrata Deb, Prasanth Puthanveetil, Prashant Sakharkar

“…LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides were found to be good predictor of elevated ALT, AST, and ALP levels. Similarly, old age and female gender were significant predictor of elevated ALT and AST (p≤0.001). …”
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Tendency to Ingest Foreign Bodies in Mentally Retarded Patients: A Case with Ileal Perforation Caused by the Ingestion of a Teaspoon by İhsan Yıldız, Yavuz Savaş Koca, Gökhan Avşar, İbrahim Barut

“…Foreign body ingestion can occur intentionally in children at developing ages and old-age patients, or adults and prisoners, whereas it may occur unintentionally in patients with mental retardation due to hallucination. …”
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Effect of Interleukin and Hepcidin in Anemia of Chronic Diseases by Maha F. Yacoub, Hala Fouad Ferwiz, Fadwa Said

“…Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) also termed as the anemia of inflammation has been found to be associated with inflammations, chronic infections, and cancers, particularly in old age. Recent studies revealed that interleukin-6 (IL-6), a proinflammatory cytokine, and hepcidin, an antimicrobial hepatic peptide, play a key role in ACD pathogenesis. …”
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Periodontal Care as a Fundamental Step for an Active and Healthy Ageing by Carlo Cafiero, Marco Matarasso, Gaetano Marenzi, Vincenzo Iorio Siciliano, Loredana Bellia, Gilberto Sammartino

“…In the industrialized part of the world, an increasing number of people live the old age without too many restrictions due to illness or physiological impairment. …”
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The Theory and Practice of Consultation-Liaison (CL) Psychiatry in Trinidad and Tobago with Reference to Suicidal Behavior by Hari D. Maharajh, Petal Abdool, Rehanna Mohammed-Emamdee

“…The most vulnerable group was the 25- to 35-year-old age group, accounting for 27% (78/291) of attempters, with the largest number of female attempters. …”
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CT Findings and Mortality in Patients with Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, José Luis Bernal Muñoz, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Anagalys Ortega Alvelay, Liliana Teresa Caneiro González

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> The highly contributing factors to mortality were: old age, non-white skin color, hydrocephalus and displacement of midline structures for more than 5 mm.…”
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Geriatric Syndromes and Abandonment by Abel Pérez Pavón, Alejandra Villegas Villegas, Yamileth del Socorro López Franco, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> abandonment in old age is a condition of many health disorders and is, to a greater extent, a condition of high incidence worldwide. …”
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Effect of census-based correction of population figures on mortality rates in Germany by Andreas Stang, Markus Deckert

“…Conclusions Even though the Census 2011 corrected nationwide mortality rates without age stratification differed only slightly from the uncorrected rates, there were noticeable increases in mortality, particularly in the city states of Hamburg and Berlin and in old age. Due to the particularly large error in the population figures in the older age range, an age standard that assigns lower weights at older ages should be used for age standardization of rates wherever possible.…”
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Rural-Urban Disparity in Premature Cancer Mortality in Young People Aged 15–44 Years in China, 2004–2021 by Chunrong Chen, Xing Xing, Shaojie Li, Bo Qu, Chunyu Liu, He Zhu, He Zhu

“…The study sample consisted of cancer deaths of young people aged 15–44 years old. Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) were calculated, and joinpoint regressions were used to examine trends in ASMRs.ResultsThere were overall decreasing trends in ASMRs for all cancers in both rural and urban young people in China from 2004 to 2021. …”
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Financial Literacy: a Comparative Analysis Between Employees and Farmers by Suwandi Suwandi, Muhammad Syarif

“…The next implication is that further investigation is needed to produce new ideas regarding the financial literacy model for employees during retirement and in old age for farmers. The results will later become a reference for the Government as a regulator to prepare a scheme to improve the intended literacy.…”
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Neural Plastic Effects of Cognitive Training on Aging Brain by Natalie T. Y. Leung, Helena M. K. Tam, Leung W. Chu, Timothy C. Y. Kwok, Felix Chan, Linda C. W. Lam, Jean Woo, Tatia M. C. Lee

“…The baseline cognitive status did not correlate with pre- versus posttraining changes to any cognitive variables studied, suggesting that the initial cognitive status may not limit the neuroplastic potential of the brain at an old age.…”
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Anti-aging versus positive-aging language in scientific literature: Raising questions for future research by Akbar Azizi-Zeinalhajloo, Haidar Nadrian, Nafiseh Ghassab-Abdollahi, Elham Lotfalinejad, Hassan Rezaeipandari, Devender Bhalla

“…Terms such as "old people," "old age," "elderly", "the elderly" and "the aged" are in the form of anti-aging speaking, and it is recommended that the terms "older people", "older adults", "seniors" and "later life" be used instead of the latter mentioned terms, indicating there is a growing sense that emphasis on a positive perception and illustration of aging. …”
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LEGAL MIGRATION – RIGHTS AND BENEFITS IN THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM by Nicoleta ANDRICA, Andreea-Florina FORA

“…EESSI (Electronic exchange of social security information) is use in different branch of social security such as unemployment, old age pension, accidents at work or sickness benefits, family benefits, or maternity and paternity benefits. …”
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The Association between Hypertension and Dementia in the Elderly by Michiya Igase, Katsuhiko Kohara, Tetsuro Miki

“…In connection to this, some studies have suggested that HT in old age correlates with the pathogenesis of dementia. …”
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Problems of mini-pig breeding by K. S. Shatokhin

“…For its implementation in the breeding of foreign mini-pigs, selection by live weight is practiced at 140- and 154-day-old age. It was indicated that different herds of mini-pigs have their own breeding methods to counteract inbred depression and maintain genetic diversity. …”
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The Multistream Self: Biophysical, Mental, Social, and Existential by Vinod D. Deshmukh

“…The chronological neuro-behavioral-mental development of self is described in detail from embryonic stage to old age. Self can be behaviorally-mentally oriented and realized in three complimentary modes of being: egocentric, allocentric, and ecosystemic or existential. …”
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