Sentences with phrase «of elderly subjects»

One study that opened new doors in creatine research was conducted by researchers at the University of Chichester in Sussex (1), where the purpose was to explore the impact of creatine on the cognitive performance of elderly subjects.

Studies of both elderly subjects and cancer patients have found that the aging and disease related loss of skeletal muscle mass, or sarcopenia, is significantly related to the oxidative shift in the plasma thiol / disulfide redox status.

Not exact matches

The inevitability of death is denied, the medical profession fears accusations of negligence and litigation and elderly or terminally - ill people are subjected to rigours of surgery, or other debilitating therapies, simply because it can be done.

The ACCC alleged that a Lux sales representative called upon five elderly women in their homes under the premise of a free vacuum cleaner maintenance check, and that each of the women was then subjected to unfair and pressuring sales tactics to induce them into purchasing a vacuum cleaner for a price of up to $ 2280.

In some cases the regulator discovered «alarming» practices such as help bells being placed out of patients» reach, staff treating their elderly patients in a patronising or dismissive manner and found some patients subject to humiliation when curtains failed to be closed properly around their beds during examinations and procedures.

In some 3000 elderly people, Nir Barzilai of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, and his colleagues plan to conduct a trial in which half the subjects would get a placebo and half would get an old (indeed, ancient) drug for type 2 diabetes called metformin, which has been shown to modify aging in some animal studies.

It implies that the cold airflow may have a greater impact on the overall sleep of female and elderly subjects with lower physical strength or a greater sensitivity to cold.

In the initial phase of the work, more than 20,000 people with Alzheimer's and about 20,000 healthy elderly subjects will be compared.

IGAP investigators will have access to combined genetic data from a large number of Alzheimer's disease subjects and compare it to genetic data from an equally large number of elderly people who do not have Alzheimer's.

As the study progresses, 10,000 additional people with Alzheimer's and the same number of healthy elderly subjects will be added to the study.

In this study, we compared a group of «supernormal» young lean subjects with the most common form of type 2 diabetes in obese elderly diabetic subjects in order to optimize our conditions for finding significant differences.

Interestingly, in elderly CMV - seropositive subjects, CD4 + T cells of different specificities were significantly more differentiated than the same cells in CMV - seronegative individuals.

To test this hypothesis, we used independent component analysis to isolate the network in a group of 13 subjects with mild AD and in a group of 13 age - matched elderly controls as they performed a simple sensory - motor processing task.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition summed it up best, concluding that «low levels of omega 3s in elderly subjects resulted in an increased risk of death from all causes.»

With zinc deficiency being one of the most common nutrient deficiencies in the elderly, lots of studies have been conducted on the subject, which show that in elderly patients zinc therapy can protect against cognition decline.

3 Ibarrola - Jurado N, Salas - Salvado J, Martinez - Gonzalez MA, Bullo M. Dietary phylloquinone intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in elderly subjects at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Study The researchers recruited seventy test subjects in homes for the elderly, who were willing to meditate forty minutes every day (twenty minutes in the morning and twenty minutes in the evening) for a period of three years.

In a study published in 2008 in the journal «Nutrition Research,» elderly subjects who supplemented with 15 grams of whey experienced better muscular tissue accrual than subjects who supplemented with various amino acids.

Effects of an oral mixture containing glycine, glutamine and niacin on memory, GH and IGF - I secretion in middle - aged and elderly subjects..

The study authors concluded that the Mediterranean diet plus CoQ10 «improves oxidative DNA damage in elderly subjects and reduces processes of cellular oxidation.

In a recent study, elderly subjects (more than sixty years old) were assigned to one of two dietary groups: one group ate three eggs per day and the other ate the same amount in egg substitutes for a one - month period.3 The result of this study was a significant increase in both LDL and HDL cholesterol for those who ate eggs, but the ratio between the two was not affected significantly.

Most interest has this far focused on calcium and vitamin D. Much less interest has been paid to other important nutrients such as protein, and especially to minerals such as phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and vitamins such as C and K. Recent studies suggests that increased intake of plant fibers, fruits and vegetables is associated with an increased bone mineral density also in elderly subjects, both women and men [22, 23].

In a population - based cohort study in the Netherlands, high dietary intake of zinc as well as beta carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E was associated with reduced risk of AMD in elderly subjects [73].

Intriguingly enough, it has been shown that three months of aerobic exercise decreases ET - 1 concentrations in both young and elderly subjects.6 Moreover, 45 minutes of moderate - intensity treadmill running in 13 men and women 70 years of age completely restored insulin - induced increases in protein synthesis.6 Those changes were associated with a drop in ET - 1.

The «ordinary» amino acid mix did not have a statistically significant effect on the production of muscle protein in the elderly subjects, but the leucine - rich mix did have a significant effect.

Based on several human clinical studies, both the young and elderly subjects who consumed the drug at a recommended dose showed signs of quality sleep and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) during sleep.

Additionally, calorie restriction has been shown to dramatically reduce the occurrence of solid tumors and leukemia [7], as well as improve cognitive function in elderly human subjects [8].

However, people who are alcoholics and the elderly are more subject to becoming deficient of the vitamin because of a poor diet.

Effects of an oral mixture containing glycine, glutamine and niacin on memory, GH and IGF - 1 secretion in middle - aged and elderly subjects.

In many studies, young and elderly subjects appear to respond to the effects of caffeine differently.

Two early studies on both elderly and adult subjects found that caffeine improves attention span, psychomotor performance and cognitive function, as well as and feelings of well - being in the elderly.

It has recently been shown that ten months of aerobic exercise reduced CRP levels in elderly subjects [39] and aerobic exercise training combined with a dietary intervention in diabetic men reduced their CRP levels [40].

Zinc supplementation in elderly subjects produced the restoration, at least partially, of nutritional and thymic status with no adverse effects (Boukaiba et al. 1993).

From a base of 1,000 elderly men and women, Bassey et al. (1989) showed that shoulder abduction decreased gradually and consistently with age and was about 25 % less in these elderly subjects compared with norms for a younger population.

Efficacy of a Therapeutic Lifestyle Change / Step 2 diet in moderately hypercholes - terolemic middle - aged and elderly female and male subjects.

Their comparison of 16 elderly subjects (8 men and 8 women; average age 77 years) with a history of falling to 23 healthy nonfallers (10 men and 13 women; average age 73 years) showed an association between hip tightness and more falls.

No change with age in this response to feeding was recorded, whereas splanchnic extraction of leucine (8) and phenylalanine (9) after meal ingestion was shown to increase in elderly subjects, suggesting a higher utilization of dietary amino acids in those tissues.

A moderate serving of high - quality protein maximally stimulates skeletal muscle protein synthesis in young and elderly subjects

Casting directors are seeking a very slender, kind faced, elderly gentleman who is the subject of Still Photographs in a «gallery presentation» by the Principal character.

At the exhibition the Principal character walks in hand in hand with this elderly gentleman who is the subject of her photographs.

If your children are 17 or older or you take care of elderly relatives, you can claim a nonrefundable $ 500 credit, subject to the same income thresholds.

While the subject of student loan repayment continues to be a struggle for recent graduates in the current job market, one elderly Florida man is finding that his unpaid student loans is resulting in a smaller Social Security check each month — and a reduced ability to provide for himself which has been an issue of contention recently

And she helped keep him that way well into his 17th year — and through some of the ailments elderly cats are subject to, such as diabetes.

Featuring portraits of subjects ranging from civil rights icon Malcolm X to staunch segregationist George Wallace, as well as powerful politicians, ordinary citizens, young idealists and elderly pacifists, the photographs question how Americans understand race relations, their own identities and the identities and civil rights of others.

She has used 16 mm film to picture subjects who are, more often than not, elderly men, from the Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz, in 2002, to her fellow Angeleno David Hockney RA in 2016 (the NPG and RA have jointly acquired her film of Hockney).

«It's a subject of perpetual interest, and it will be as long as we have a powerful Supreme Court full of elderly justices,» says Ross M. Stolzenberg, a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago who has written or co-authored two studies about justices» departures from the court.

As the cycle of life comes full circle and elderly people in Kentucky end up needing intensive, tender loving care — just as they did when they were babies — many of our loved ones are subjected to various forms of abuse in nursing homes.

As a result the trial record in this proceeding is incomplete and unbalanced on crucial issues including: (1) the widespread suicidal ideation initially experienced by persons with disabilities responding to their disabilities; [8](2) relevant exploitation and abuse to which people with disabilities and the elderly are subjected; [9](3) prejudice faced by persons with disabilities in society at large and in the medical community; [10](4) the impact the lack of palliative care and support services has on suicidal ideation; [11](5) the impaired agency of persons with disabilities in dependent circumstances; [12](6) evidence of clinicians about the impact resulting from a state sanctioned paradigm shift legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia («AS / E»); [13] and (7) the impact on the judgment of doctors of functioning in an environment of increasing health costs and budget constraints.

In fact, the Senior Journal has reported that elderly individuals subject to mental or physical abuse have a three times greater risk of passing away within three years of the abusive or wrongful behavior than a senior who is not victimized by bad treatment.

Pursuant to § 164.512 (c)(1)(iii), a covered entity may make a report only if the specific type or subject matter of the report (e.g., abuse or neglect of the elderly) is included in the law authorizing the report, and such a disclosure may only be made to a public authority specifically identified in the law authorizing the report.