SUBJ: Importance of anorexia of aging in major health burdens for older people

SUBtitle: How to get the best night’s sleep. It’s all about posture.

I have been working since November to get my website functioning.  I am so sorry my website provider is not doing any of the repairs they promise.  Some day my links will work. So sorry.

See past newsletters here       Sponsor newsletter here

SHORT NOTES:

Importance of anorexia of aging in major health burdens for older people, namely malnutrition, sarcopenia and reduced physical performance, as well as higher mortality

How to get the best night’s sleep. It’s all about posture.

Having one child vs. more does not matter to family marriage happiness.

A new device, INSPIRE, is an ingestible robotic device that restores intestinal function, then dissolves and is excreted.

A tool that predicts the response of cancer cells to treatment based on the metabolic activity in the immune system cells

SIMLANDI for the treatment of adult rheumatoid arthritis and many other autoimmune diseases

The Safe At Home program demonstrates significant reductions in falls, fear of falling, and high satisfaction among clients.

LONG NOTES:

Consequences of Anorexia of Aging in Hospital Settings: An Updated Review
The few studies point to the importance of anorexia of aging in major health burdens for older people, namely malnutrition, sarcopenia and reduced physical performance, as well as higher mortality

 

James Leinhardt at Levitex Sleep knows how to get the best night’s sleep. It’s all about posture. Protect your spine and neck, reduce back and shoulder pain, prevent snoring, and increase lung capacity by reading his advice. His specialist mattresses and pillows can also help. James is relocating from UK to Israel.

 

Science 1 March pg 960-Having one child vs. more does not matter to family marriage happiness.  Good communication, wealth, egalitarian gender roles, and parenting skills were important to a strong marriage, not having only one or more children.

 

Science 1 March pg 960 – Paralysis of the intestinal track is a common post-operative condition with painful symptoms.  A new device, INSPIRE, is an ingestible robotic device that restores intestinal function, then dissolves and is excreted.

 

Predicting response to cancer therapy. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs) are successful in 40% of cancer patients but are invasive and time-consuming. Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have developed a tool that predicts the response based on the metabolic activity in the immune system cells. (See also here previously)

 

The US FDA has approved SIMLANDI – a biosimilar to (and less costly than) Humira for the treatment of adult rheumatoid arthritis and many other autoimmune diseases including IBD. SIMLANDI is a product of the partnership between Israel’s Teva and the multinational Alvotech.

Evaluation of a Fall Prevention Program to Reduce Fall Risk and Fear of Falling Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities… The client-centered District-funded Safe At Home (SAH) modification program demonstrates significant reductions in falls, fear of falling, and high satisfaction among clients.