Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Assistant Professor, Department of Aging and GeriatricResearch,UF Institute on Aging Older adults experience greater clinical pain than younger cohorts and aging is associated with significant changes to our brain.
Patients seek care in the emergency department for immediate relief of pain or other symptoms. Emergency physicians are trained to provide care that focuses on disease-directed treatment of acute illnesses… for more information, please review the entire article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281516128_Palliative_Care_in_the_Emergency_Department?fulltextDialog=true…
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IOA Research Day Program 6th ANNUAL SPOTLIGHT ON AGING RESEARCH occurred on SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 at the UF CTRB. 60 posters were on display and over 200 people attended. Agenda and poster information is available in the linked IOA Research Day Program. …
Geriatric Boot Camp: An Interprofessional Education Program for Healthcare Professionals. Authors: Lauren Solberg, JD, Laurence Solberg, MD, AGSF and Christy Carter, PhD Solberg_et_al-2015-Journal_of_the_American_Geriatrics_Society…
Cancer-Aging Retreat Agenda-FINAL The UF Health Cancer Center and UF Institute on Aging orgainzed a joint retreat to identify areas of potential collaboration between our institutions. Among the topics of interest: Genome Instability in Cancer and Aging, Functional/Cognitive Decline, Interventions (Therapeutics Lyfe Style, Nutrition, Drugs), Inflammation and Immunology.
A new RO1 grant, Cochlear Detoxification System was awarded by the National Institutes of Health to Dr. Shinichi Someya, a faculty member of the Biology of Aging Division. Living organisms are continuously exposed to and must defend against naturally occurring toxins and non-nutrient foreign chemicals (1-3). The glutathione transferase…
Graduate Certificate and Master’s Degree in Aging and Geriatric Practice – online.
Aging can cause many changes to the body, including obesity and a loss of lean mass. Now, a group of University of Florida Health researchers has discovered that an existing drug reduces body fat and appetite in older rats, which has intriguing implications for aging humans. Published: June 28, 2015…
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