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AUTHOR
Eleonora Baiamonte
Dietary Patterns and Healthy Ageing
Ageing is a complex process in which multiple factors are involved that can contribute to determine whether a person will or not be affected by diseases that are more frequently observed in advanced age. The factors involved comprise genetic, environmental, behavioural, and dietary factors, which influence pathways that regulate the ageing process and the life expectancy, rendering longevity a multifaceted phenomenon. Even if a miraculous elixir or pill is not yet available, there is general agreement that nutrition has a major impact on the overall mortality and on the development of age-related chronic non-communicable diseases. Nutrition research has focused for decades on single nutrien…
Healthy Aging and Dietary Patterns
A number of factors contribute to the complex process of aging, which finally define whether someone will or not develop age-associated chronic diseases in late life. These determinants comprise genetic susceptibility as well as various behavioral, environmental, and dietary factors, all of which have been shown to influence specific pathways regulating the aging process and the extension of life, which makes longevity a multidimensional phenomenon. Although a “miraculous elixir” or a “nutrition pill” are not plausible, researchers agree on the notion that nutritional factors have major impact on the risk of age-associated chronic non-communicable diseases and mortality. In recent years nut…
L’INADEGUATEZZA TERAPEUTICA NELL’ANZIANO FRAGILE AFFETTO DA DIABETE: ANALISI DEI COSTI DELLA IPOGLICEMIA
Il diabete mellito di tipo 2 (DM2) è una malattia molto comune nell’età geriatrica: in Italia ne soffre oltre il 20% della popolazione ultrasettantacinquenne. L’ipoglicemia è un effetto collaterale indotto dai farmaci finora più utilizzati per la terapia del DM2 e può causare danni fisi-ci, psicologici e sociali. Il rischio di ipoglicemia è dovuto all’uso di sulfaniluree/glinidi e d’insulina, a ragione del loro caratteristico meccanismo d’azione. Con l’aumentare dell’età i sintomi dell’ipoglicemia possono ridursi d’intensità e presentarsi con caratteristiche differenti. La mancanza di studi clinici sull’ipoglicemia nell’anziano rende difficoltosa la stima dell’incidenza della stessa nella p…