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Addressing Obesity in Aging Patients

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The insufficient evidence related to pharmacotherapy as well as providing an overview of using physiologic rather than chronologic age for identifying suitable candidates for bariatric surgery are discussed.
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This article is published in Medical Clinics of North America.The article was published on 2018-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 108 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Quality of life (healthcare).

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Cardiovascular Risks Associated with Gender and Aging.

TL;DR: Current findings regarding the impacts of age and gender on heart disease are discussed and hormone replacement therapies are largely shown to not improve outcomes in older patients and may also increase the risks of cardiac events in older adults.
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Anthocyanins, Microbiome and Health Benefits in Aging.

TL;DR: A review of existing literature on the role of anthocyanins and the gut microbiome on health and their potential as a natural therapeutic agent or a target organ to provide an alternative to the conventional methods of disease prevention and treatment is presented in this paper.
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Association of midlife obesity and cardiovascular risk with old age frailty: a 26-year follow-up of initially healthy men

TL;DR: Overweight/obesity and higher CAD risk in midlife were associated with frailty 26 years later, and Preventing old age frailty should be recognized as an important goal of obesity and CVD risk control.
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Electrolytes in the aging.

TL;DR: It is important to be aware of the potential electrolyte abnormalities in the elderly that can arise under these various conditions to prevent adverse outcomes.
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A systematic review of single health behavior change interventions vs. multiple health behavior change interventions among older adults

TL;DR: Evaluated SHBC interventions vs. multiple health behavior change interventions among older age individuals revealed that interventions were the most common and showed the most promise in influencing positive outcomes in physical activity behavior among community-dwelling older adults.
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Normal weight obesity and mortality in United States subjects ≥60 years of age (from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified 4,489 older adults with anthropometric and bioelectrical impedance measurements from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys III (1988 to 1994) and mortality data linked to the National Death Index.
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The Use, Safety and Cost of Bariatric Surgery Before and After Medicare's National Coverage Decision

TL;DR: The NCD was associated with a temporary reduction in procedure rate and a shift in types of procedures and patients undergoing bariatric surgery that resulted in a significant decrease in the risk of death, complications, readmissions, and per patient payments.
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