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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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Longitudinal study of muscle strength, quality, and adipose tissue infiltration

TL;DR: Loss of leg MT in older adults is greater than muscle CSA loss, which suggests a decrease in MQ, and aging is associated with an increase in IMF regardless of changes in weight or SF.
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Cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men

TL;DR: The health benefits of leanness are limited to fit men, and being fit may reduce the hazards of obesity.
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Epidemiology of falls

TL;DR: This epidemiological review of falls concentrates on four main components, different ways of defining and classifying falls and fallers, and the causes and impact of falls in the older population.
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