Sentences with phrase «healthy elderly adults»

The persuasive analysis indicated that administration of choline supplements to healthy elderly adults led to a spectacular four-fold improvement in serum GH levels, in contrast to baseline values.

In a study reported in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience, the researchers looked for relationships between several omega - 3 fatty acids in the blood, the relative size of structures in the frontal and parietal cortices of the brain, and performance on tests of fluid intelligence in healthy elderly adults.

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Although the scientific literature on healthy adults isn't robust, evidence on animals and the elderly show great benefits for this simple fasting technique.

Such a reaction is likely to be stronger in young, healthy adults, Kash notes, which could help explain why H5N1, like the 1918 flu, is just as adept at killing young adults as it is the elderly and very young.

But an estimated 30,000 generally healthy people in the United States, mostly elderly adults, take the hormone for its putative antiaging effects.

The age - related decline in growth hormone and associated IGF - 1 has been linked to age - related muscle atrophy, increased adipose tissue, and neuronal dysfunction.2, 9 In fact, growth hormone replacement therapy in elderly men has been shown to increase lean body mass.9 Growth hormone therapy (1 mg / day — for 5 months) has also been used to improve cognitive function in healthy adults and adults with mild cognitive impairment.10 While only modest amounts of growth hormone cross the blood - brain barrier, IGF - 1, which is actually responsible for the cognitive benefits, gets across just fine.

Protein supplementation combined with physical exercise, particularly resistance training, has yielded mixed results on body composition, muscle hypertrophy, strength, and physical function in the elderly (6, 39, 42 — 47), even though most studies have focused on healthy older adults, with limited data from trials on sarcopenic individuals, in which nutritional but not specifically protein and amino acid supplementation was a focus (39).

Reduced hip extension during walking: Healthy elderly and fallers versus young adults.

The ringworm fungus actually lives in soil, so pets are exposed every time they go outside; however, mainly puppies and elderly dogs contract this fungal infection because these groups have weaker immune systems than healthy adult dogs.

It has everything you need your pup to be exposed to: running children, strollers, joggers, horses, bicycles, slow walkers, fast walkers, slow - moving maintenance trucks, people in uniform, elderly people, men, woman, loud noises, kites, windsurfers, healthy adult dogs, and on and on and on.

Of course, puppies and elderly dogs are at greater risk than healthy, adult dogs in their prime; however, heatstroke is of tremendous concern for ALL dogs.

The relationship between depressive symptoms and step count has only been assessed in specific populations with small sample sizes, such as low - socioeconomic status Latino immigrants, 16 elderly Japanese people17 or patients with chronic conditions such as heart failure18 19 or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.20 21 Studies yield contradictory results, with some observing no association between depressive symptoms and daily step count, 19 21 while others report a negative correlation.16 — 18 20 In one cross-sectional sample of healthy older adults, an inverse association between depressive symptoms (using the Goldberg Depression Scale - 15) and accelerometer measured daily step count disappeared after controlling for general health and disability.22 While a systematic review suggests reduced levels of objectively measured PA in patients with depression, 23 it is not known whether this association is present in those at high risk of CVD and taken into account important confounding such as gender and age.