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  2. Aging-associated diseases - Wikipedia

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    Elderly rodents typically die of cancer or kidney disease, but not of cardiovascular disease. In humans, the relative incidence of cancer increases exponentially with age for most cancers, but levels off or may even decline by age 60–75 [ 3 ] (although colon / rectal cancer continues to increase).

  3. Immunosenescence - Wikipedia

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    Recurring infections by latent herpes viruses can exhaust the immune system of elderly persons. [12] Consistent, repeated stimulation by such pathogens leads to preferential differentiation of the T-cell memory phenotype, and a 2020 review reported that CD8+ T-cell precursors, specific for the most rare and less frequently present antigens shed ...

  4. Geriatrics - Wikipedia

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    Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, [1] is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of the elderly. [2] The term geriatrics originates from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer".

  5. Sarcopenia - Wikipedia

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    A number of expert groups have proposed an increase in dietary protein recommendations for older age groups to 1.0–1.2 g/kg body weight per day. [48] [49] Ensuring adequate nutrition in older adults is of interest in the prevention of sarcopenia and frailty, since it is a simple, low-cost treatment approach without major side effects. [50]

  6. Osteoporosis - Wikipedia

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    Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass, micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to more porous bone, and consequent increase in fracture risk. It is the most common reason for a broken bone among the elderly. [3]

  7. Wound healing - Wikipedia

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    Wound healing refers to a living organism's replacement of destroyed or damaged tissue by newly produced tissue. [1] In undamaged skin, the epidermis (surface, epithelial layer) and dermis (deeper, connective layer) form a protective barrier against the external environment. When the barrier is broken, a regulated sequence of biochemical events ...

  8. Searchers don’t expect to find Pennsylvania woman alive in ...

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    “There’s a lot of problems,” said Santi, a professor at the Colorado School of Mines. “There’s rock and soil and things that could have buried her. There is water that could have filled it.

  9. Cellulitis - Wikipedia

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    The elderly and those with a weakened immune system are especially vulnerable to contracting cellulitis. [ citation needed ] Diabetics are more susceptible to cellulitis than the general population because of impairment of the immune system; they are especially prone to cellulitis in the feet, because the disease causes impairment of blood ...