INTRODUÇÃO: A incidência de Acidente Vascular Encefálico (AVE) aumenta com o
envelhecimento e duplica a cada década de vida a partir dos 55 anos de idade. Entre as …

Background: An age bias may exist in the prescription of important secondary-preventive
therapies in the elderly. Objective: To evaluate patterns of drug prescription for …

Body mass and sympathetic activity increase with aging and might underlie blood pressure
(BP) elevation. Increased body mass index (BMI) may elevate BP by increasing sympathetic …

Objective The objective of this work was to investigate technical validation and usability of
an innovative, technically simple, easy-to-use, and portable integrated system to assess …

The rising number of elderly people has a major impact on healthcare systems. Advancing
age is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which represents a …

In this study, a new healthcare service concept for monitoring elderly people either at home
or in care homes has been developed. As a part of this concept, a simple, but reliable device …

Background: Plasma adiponectin (APN) levels are might be affected by age. The present
study aimed to study the association between plasm APN levels and age, and the effects of …

Aging is a lifelong process, beginning at conception, ending at death, but largely genetically
programmed and hence passed on to succeeding generations via gametocyte DNA. It is by …

The treatment decision for dyslipoproteinemia, es-pecially in the presymptomatic patient, is
complex at all ages. However, this is nowhere more evident than in the elderly—a …

The relationship between dyslipidaemia and the occurrence of CAD was described as long
ago as 1960, when observational studies proved that increased plasma cholesterol levels …