1 Department of Geriatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, 2 Clinical Research Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, 3 Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, 4 Department of Intensive Care Unit, Baoding First Central Hospital, Baoding, China, 5 Departm...

1 Age-related changes of auditory brainstem responses in non-human primates 2 3 Running Head: ABRs in Geriatric Monkeys 4 5 Authors and author addresses: 6 Chi-Wing Ng, Xochi Navarro, James R. Engle, Gregg H. Recanzone 7 8 Center for Neuroscience 9 Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA 10 11 Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute 12 Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA 13 14 Department of N...

These words of Browning suggest that to achieve anything worthwhile, a person should attempt even those things that may turn out to be impossible. Canadian geriatricians have tried to abide by this dictate, but it has not always worked out as well as hoped. We have spread ourselves thinly in our efforts to both improve the lives of older persons and fulfill our academic responsibilities. As a r...

Physicians involved in surgery and correlated fields are increasingly being required to carry out interventions taking into account the specific needs of the elderly population. Since 1994, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has been running a project to improve the quantity and quality of education and training in geriatrics for residents in surgery and correlated fields. The Geriatrics Edu...

Mechanisms of Resistance to Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress: Implications for Fungal Survival in Mammalian Hosts Tricia A. Missall, Jennifer K. Lodge,* and Joan E. McEwen Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63104, and Geriatrics Research and Edu...

*Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; Longitudinal Studies Section, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Nephrology, Bronx Medical Center, Division of Nephrology, Mount Sinai School of Medi...

AIM OF DATABASE The aim of the National Database of Geriatrics is to monitor the quality of interdisciplinary diagnostics and treatment of patients admitted to a geriatric hospital unit. STUDY POPULATION The database population consists of patients who were admitted to a geriatric hospital unit. Geriatric patients cannot be defined by specific diagnoses. A geriatric patient is typically a fra...

Introduction / objectives As HIV/AIDS continues to pose a public health challenge Africa, the pandemic cuts across borders. It affects all the age groups including the geriatrics, despite engagement in risky sexual activities which increases HIV/AIDS infection. However, limited attention is paid to this population in mitigating the pandemic. This study therefore examined condom-use and perceive...

Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300052, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin 300052, China Laboratory of Neuro-Trauma, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin 300052, China Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tian...