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In order to verify whether simple overweight is an increased risk of death in elderly, some researchers in Israel have identified about 2400 elderly (averagely 70-85 years of age at the beginning of the trial) and have followed them for a maximum period of 18 years. Their physique was defined as [...]
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According to previous trials, published in 2005, it seems that the administration of vitamin D supplements increases muscle strength and balance, obtaining a preventive action on falls. In this meta-analysis, the efficacy of the use of various forms of vitamin D (colecalciferol, ergocalciferol and [...]
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In spite of their frequency, syncopes still represent a quite mysterious and difficult disease to diagnose and treat, above all in elderly. In this trial, performed in Connecticut, the medical records of over 1900 consecutive patients ≥ 65 and hospitalized for syncope have been examined. The use [...]
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In the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism two trials have been published focusing on vitamin D levels in old people. In the first one, plasmatic levels of 25-OH-vitamin D have been measured in 6000 males (between 65 and 99) living in various regions of the USA. Plasmatic average [...]
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Even if falls in elderly represent a severe problem, multidisciplinary interventions to prevent them not always obtain encouraging results, as two new trials show. In New Zealand, 312 elderly (averagely 81), presenting at least one fall during the previous 12 months, have been enrolled. About half [...]
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Even if it is an important and frequent problem, the relation between decrease in physical function and nutrition in elderly has not been deeply examined yet. In order to assess the role of micronutrients, some Italian researchers have followed 698 adults (average age 74) for three years, after a [...]
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The age-related decrease of testosterone recorded in elderly led to the conviction by many physicians that a supplementation with this hormone can decrease physical, functional and cognitive damages typical of old age. In order to verify the usefulness of this practice, a double-blinded trial was [...]
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Sexuality in older adults and elderly is not a much discussed subject, in spite of TV ads (in the USA) on Viagra and drugs capable to increase sexual performances. Now, the results of a wide trial involving about 3000 subjects (between 57 and 85), undergoing investigation through questionnaires, [...]
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Researchers dealing with calcium and vitamin D are studying the possibility of pathological extra-skeletal manifestations caused by vitamin D deficiency in elderly. In this Dutch trial, the relation between plasmatic levels of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH-D) and physical performance assessed through [...]
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According to a recent trial performed in the Netherlands (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2007; 63:232), the interruption in the administration of some drugs in older patients with a history of accidental falls is capable to lower the relapse risk. Now, the same researchers publish the [...]