Current Aging Science - Volume 12, Issue 2, 2019

Background: Older age has a significant association with anaemia. However, this has not been adequately investigated in the context of specific comorbidities such as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Objectives: To investigate the role of age in Normocytic Anaemia (NCA) and the adverse outcomes of NCA in T2DM. Methods: Patients with NCA, either unexplained or related to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), were recruited fr Read More

Introduction: Population aging and related issues are among the most important challenges in different countries. It seems that the use of remote technology can provide the elderly with better healthcare services and can help them to manage chronic diseases. This research aimed to investigate the experts' views about the feasibility of using mobile-based technology to manage chronic diseases in the elderly. Methods: Read More

Background: Augmentation Index (AIx) is considered as an important predictor of cardiovascular disease. So, quantification of AIx may provide a rapid cost-effective and non-invasive means of cardiovascular risk stratification. At present, WHO/ISH risk prediction charts are used to predict 10-year risk of a fatal or nonfatal major cardiovascular event, an assessment which requires laboratory support for blood chemistry and th Read More

Background: Together with the Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease is considered as one of the two serious known neurodegenerative diseases. Physicians find it hard to predict whether a given patient has already developed or is expected to develop the Parkinson’s disease in the future. To overcome this difficulty, it is possible to develop a computing model, which analyzes the data related to a given patient and predicts with Read More

Background: Polypharmacy remains problematic for individuals ≥65. Objective: To summarise the percentages of patients meeting 2015 STOPP criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions (PIPs), 2015 Beers criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs), and START criteria Potential Prescribing Omissions (PPOs). Methods: Searches conducted on 2 January 2019 in Medline, Embase, and PubMed identified 562 Read More