Higher failure of female older asthma patients in use of inhalants: is it due to older age and/or cognition problems?

Higher failure of female older asthma patients in use of inhalants: is it due to older age and/or cognition problems?

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Are older women likely to use medicines than older men? (Results from AHAP study)

Background: The health of elderly population in the world has been an important issue in recent century and the use of appropriate or inappropriate medications is challenging among them. The purpose of this study was to assess the pattern of medication in elderly population in Amirkola, northern of Iran. Methods: This study was conducted on 1534 elderly subjects who participated in Amirkola He...

the respiratory exchange ratio is higher in older subjects, but is reduced by aerobic exercise training

Asthma Is More Severe in Older Adults

BACKGROUND Severe asthma occurs more often in older adult patients. We hypothesized that the greater risk for severe asthma in older individuals is due to aging, and is independent of asthma duration. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study of prospectively collected data from adult participants (N=1130; 454 with severe asthma) enrolled from 2002 - 2011 in the Severe Asthma Research Program. ...

Higher Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Older Trained Women is Due to Preserved Stroke Volume.

UNLABELLED Previous literature has shown that sedentary older women rely on peripheral adaptations to improve cardiorespiratory fitness with endurance training i.e. they show minimal increases in central parameters (cardiac output, Q) in response to endurance training. The purpose of this study therefore was to determine whether endurance trained older women were able to preserve maximal exerci...