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Why do our kidneys get old?

The majority of the human population shows a decline in renal clearance with age and a loss of renal physiologic reserve. Kidneys are increasingly less able to deal with stressful challenges such as a salt or acid load. It is not clear what underlies this aging-related change and whether it is inevitable or can be modified in such a way as to preserve renal function throughout the life span. Th...

When Things Get Worse before they Get Better: Regulatory Fit and Average- Reward Learning in a Dynamic Decision-Making Environment

This work explores the influence of motivation on choice behavior in a dynamic decision-making environment, where the payoffs from each choice depend on one’s recent choice history. Previous research reveals increased levels of exploratory choice among participants in a regulatory fit. The present study placed promotion and prevention-focused participants in a dynamic environment for which opti...

Why do our patients get chemotherapy until the end of life?

editorial Why do our patients get chemotherapy until the end of life? the patient Some years ago, I treated a 21-year-old woman. During her first pregnancy, an enlarging mass appeared in her right leg. Diagnostic procedures done after delivery indicated that she had alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. She was referred to the cancer center for isolated limb perfusion, which was deemed impossible due to i...

Do we get better at picking our battles? Age group differences in descriptions of behavioral reactions to interpersonal tensions.

Individuals of various ages may react in different ways when they are upset with their social partners. This study examines age group differences in descriptions of behavioral reactions to interpersonal tensions. Participants ages 13 to 99 (84 men, 100 women) described interpersonal tensions that occurred with close and problematic social network members. Descriptions were coded with Rusbult's ...