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CONCLUSION: Patient-reported adverse drug events are more prevalent in older co-morbid patients in Liaoning province. Female, numbers of daily drugs, fall history with 1 year and poor medication compliance were significantly and independently associated with adverse drug events. These findings may provide informative interventions for the medication management in elderly patients living with multimorbidity.

CONCLUSIONS: The VI-ACE-III showed good sensitivity and specificity for assessing dementia and MCI in Arabic-speaking elderly individuals with visual impairment (VI) in Egypt. Regular screening and interventions are crucial for managing and preventing the deterioration of cognitive dysfunction and vision impairment in the elderly population.

Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment paradigms, but its efficacy is often curtailed by T-cell exhaustion and the suppressive tumour microenvironment. Recent studies reveal a novel mechanism of T-cell demise termed ammonia-induced cell death (AICD), which significantly impacts effector CD8+ T-cell survival and function. This phenomenon arises from metabolic reprogramming during immune activation, wherein heightened glutamine metabolism leads to the accumulation of toxic ammonia...

The aim of this study is to investigate the association between retinal age gap and multimorbidity. Retinal age gap was calculated based on a previously developed deep learning model for 45,436 participants. The number of age-related conditions reported at baseline was summed and categorized as zero, one, or at least two conditions at baseline (multimorbidity). Incident multimorbidity was defined as having two or more age-related diseases onset during the follow-up period. Linear regressions...

Physical exercise has been associated with healthier aging trajectories, potentially preventing or mitigating age-related declines. This occurs through a complex, yet poorly characterized network of multi-organ interactions involving mitochondrial, inflammatory, and cell death/survival pathways. Here, we comprehensively evaluated the 12-week VIVIFRAIL multicomponent exercise protocol in physically frail (n = 16, mean age 81.4 ± 5.6) and robust (n = 50, mean-age 73.6 ± 4.7) old individuals....

The presence of senescent cells causes age-related pathologies since their removal by genetic or pharmacological means, as well as possibly by exercise, improves outcomes in animal models. An alternative to depleting such cells would be to rejuvenate them to promote their return to a replicative state. Here we report that treatment of non-growing senescent cells with low-frequency ultrasound (LFU) rejuvenates the cells for growth. Notably, there are 15 characteristics of senescent cells that are...

CONCLUSION: In wrist and ankle joints, the age-related decline in proprioception is limited to the sense of force, especially for low forces. This nonuniform decline in proprioception across proprioceptive senses and testing conditions could reflect a decline in the central processing of proprioceptive information.

Birth of rodent with coat genetically modified to resemble the extinct species raises big ethical and conservation concerns