2022 June - 8 articles
We conducted a survey on physicians dedicated to the care of COVID-19 patients with the aim of describing specific models of hospital care that were implemented during the first wave of the pandemic in Italy. The survey included seven questions with...
Depression and dementia are two frequent conditions in the elderly population and are often associated; their relationship is still debated and not well understood. The aim of our study was to examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms and their p...
In Japan, preventive care events are held at various places. This study examined the understanding of frailty among elderly people who participated in preventive care events and related factors to further demonstrate the effect of frailty prevention...
Aging is significantly associated with inflammation, which contribute to the induction of several chronic inflammatory based diseases such as type 2 diabetes, age-related muscle wasting, and kidney dysfunctions. The detailed mechanisms involved in th...
Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists (GLP-1A) are revolutionary drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Exendin-4 is an incretin agonist which shares 53% of GLP-1 amino-acid sequence and beyond its efficacy as antidiabetic, several studies d...
Aim. The study evaluated the efficacy of computer-aided cognitive training program on cognitive measures, behavioral and depressive symptoms in persons suffering from Major Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder (vNCD). Methods. Retrospective study on a pa...
Since the start COVID-19 epidemic, 9154 deaths have been registered in Italian Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF). Half of them were COVID 19-related. In this review we analyzed the management of COVID-19 outbreak in Italian LTCF, in the most affected...
