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Natriuretic peptides, gender and cardiovascular risk: What is the link?
05 December 2011
Prominent sex differences in cardiovascular risk, where women appear to enjoy cardioprotection relative to men until menopause, have fuelled widespread interest in sex hormones as chief modulators of ...
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Rajalakshmi Santhanakrishnan,
Carolyn S.P. Lam
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89-91
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News about Black cohosh
16 December 2011
Black cohosh preparations are not all the same.
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Wolfgang Wuttke,
Dana Seidlova-Wuttke
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92-93
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Chronic kidney disease and diabetes
18 November 2011
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease has a significant worldwide prevalence affecting 7.2% of the global adult population with the number dramatically increasing in the elderly. Although the causes are va...
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Ronald Pyram,
Abhishek Kansara,
Mary Ann Banerji,
Lisel Loney-Hutchinson
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94-103
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Rehabilitation after stroke in older people
15 December 2011
Abstract: Stroke is a leading cause of disability and therefore rehabilitation is a major part of patient care. Most interventions do not target aged patient but there is unequivocal evidence to promo...
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Michaela M. Pinter,
Michael Brainin
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104-108
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Sarcopenia in the elderly: Diagnosis, physiopathology and treatment
28 November 2011
Abstract: Sarcopenia, defined as a syndrome rather than as a pathology, is the loss of muscle mass and function associated with age. Sarcopenia is an enigma for medicine, and despite the numerous publ...
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Vincenzo Malafarina,
Francisco Úriz-Otano,
Raquel Iniesta,
Lucía Gil-Guerrero
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109-114
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Age, weight and obesity
19 December 2011
Abstract: The western world is facing the consequences of higher standards of medical care and improved living conditions. While people are living longer the prevalence of overweight and obesity is es...
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Martha Apostolopoulou,
Christos Savopoulos,
Konstantinos Michalakis,
Simon Coppack,
Theodoros Dardavessis,
Apostolos Hatzitolios
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115-119
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Depressive disorders and the menopause transition
12 December 2011
Abstract: Aim: Depressive disorders and symptoms are common among middle-aged women. The effects of hormones on depression remain unclear. This review aims to clarify the nature of depressive disorder...
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Plácido Llaneza,
María P. García-Portilla,
David Llaneza-Suárez,
Begoña Armott,
Faustino R. Pérez-López
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120-130
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A review of smoking cessation interventions for smokers aged 50 and older
12 December 2011
Abstract: Objectives: Cigarette smoking poses substantial health risks at any age, but is particularly dangerous for older smokers, who are already at heightened risk for various health conditions. St...
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Susan M. Zbikowski,
Brooke Magnusson,
Jessica R. Pockey,
Hilary A. Tindle,
Kathryn E. Weaver
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131-141
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Association between depression and bone mineral density in community-dwelling older men and women in Korea
22 November 2011
Abstract: Objectives: Previous research suggested a significant correlation between depression and osteoporosis, but little is known for the elderly Asian population. We investigated an association be...
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Sun Min Oh,
Hyeon Chang Kim,
Song Vogue Ahn,
Yumie Rhee,
Il Suh
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142-146
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The selection of items for the preliminary version of the COURAGE in Europe built environment instrument
05 December 2011
Abstract: The built environment can increase or decrease disability through its impact on mobility or accessibility to infrastructures, and through its relation to social environment. There is a need ...
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Rui Quintas,
Eleni Koutsogeorgou,
Alberto Raggi,
Paola Bucciarelli,
Milda Cerniauskaite,
Matilde Leonardi
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147-153
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Determinants of quality of life in Greek middle-age women: A population survey
30 November 2011
Abstract: Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate how sociodemographic parameters, lifestyle indicators and intensity of climacteric symptoms affect the quality of life (QOL) of Greek...
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Panayota Giannouli,
Ioannis Zervas,
Eleni Armeni,
Kalliopi Koundi,
Areti Spyropoulou,
Andreas Alexandrou,
Aikaterini Kazani,
Augoulea Areti,
Maria Creatsa,
Irene Lambrinoudaki
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154-161
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Should risk of bone fragility restrict weight control for other health reasons in postmenopausal women? – A ten year prospective study
12 December 2011
Abstract: Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the health risks of excess body weight in the light of its protective effects on bone fragility. Methods: Femoral neck and lumbar ...
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Joonas Sirola,
Toni Rikkonen,
Marjo Tuppurainen,
Risto Honkanen,
Heikki Kröger
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162-168
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Serum Cathepsin K levels are not suitable to differentiate women with chronic bone disorders such as osteopenia and osteoporosis from healthy pre- and postmenopausal women
15 December 2011
Abstract: Objectives: Cathepsin K (CatK) is expressed in high levels in osteoplasts and therefore plays an important role in bone resorption. Thus CatK serum levels may be useful in the diagnosis of c...
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Daniela Adolf,
Thomas Wex,
Oliver Jahn,
Christian Riebau,
Walter Halangk,
Silke Klose,
Sabine Westphal,
Holger Amthauer,
Stephan Winckler,
Stefan Piatek
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169-172
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The association of serum oestradiol level, age, and education with cognitive performance in peri- and late postmenopausal women
16 December 2011
Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate whether healthy women show cognitive changes after menopause and whether the possible changes are oestrogen-, age- or education-dependent. Methods: Forty-eight women,...
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Hanna Tuomisto,
Paula Salo,
Reetta Saarinen,
Nea Kalleinen,
Päivi Polo-Kantola
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173-179
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Testing GSTP1 genotypes and haplotypes interactions in Slovenian post-/pre-menopausal women: Novel involvement of glutathione S-transferases in bone remodeling process
21 December 2011
Abstract: Objectives: Osteoporosis (OP) is an age-related disease associated with increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and a reduction in antioxidant defense system, such as low activ...
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Simona Jurkovic Mlakar,
Janez Prezelj,
Janja Marc
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180-187
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Overactive bladder: Diagnosis and management
05 December 2011
Abstract: Overactive bladder (OAB) is a clinical syndrome describing the symptom complex of urgency, with or without urgency incontinence and is usually associated with frequency and nocturia. Whilst ...
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Dudley Robinson,
Linda Cardozo
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188-193
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EMAS clinical guide: Selective estrogen receptor modulators for postmenopausal osteoporosis
24 November 2011
Abstract: Osteoporosis and the resulting fractures are major public health issues as the world population is ageing. Various therapies such as bisphosphonates, strontium ranelate and more recently den...
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Santiago Palacios,
Mark Brincat,
C. Tamer Erel,
Marco Gambacciani,
Irene Lambrinoudaki,
Mette H. Moen,
Karin Schenck-Gustafsson,
Florence Tremollieres,
Svetlana Vujovic,
Margaret Rees,
Serge Rozenberg
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