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New highlights into mammalian ovarian aging

Plano de Ação para Reabilitação de Doentes com COVID-19 Admitidos em Unidade de...

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Influence of Caloric Restriction on Ageing

Neste trabalho foi feita uma revisão da literatura mais recente sobre o tema da restrição calórica na sua relação com o equilíbrio de nutrientes. Daqui resulta a ideia de que é no contexto da investigação do equilíbrio de nutrientes que a restrição calórica tem a sua ação central, e não como estratégia isolada. Estes estudos, cada vez mais pormenorizados, avançam no sentido de que o contributo das proporções id...

Young-onset rapidly progressive ALS associated with heterozygous FUS mutation

© 2017 World Federation of Neurology on behalf of the Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases; We report a 36-years-old Cape Verdean man who presented with respiratory insufficiency due to rapidly progressive sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in whom FUS mutation c.1551C > G (p.Hist517Gln) in heterozygosity was identified, a finding previously described as non-pathogenic. The only previous report on...

The applicability of a portable electronic falls diary to assess fall frequency...

Poster presented at the 4th World Parkinson Congress. Portland, Oregon, 20-23 September 2016; "Background: Although falling is a frequent occurrence in Parkinson disease, the best method(s) for measurement of falls remains unclear. Paper and electronic “falls diaries” are commonly used in health care and clinical research to assess the frequency and circumstances of falls and near fall events. However, there is...

Cognitive impairment in fall-related studies in Parkinson’s disease

© 2015 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. This article is published online with Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License.; Background: There is increasing evidence to suggest a tight relationship between cognitive impairment and falls in Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we draw attention to a potentially significant flaw in the existent...

Cognitive impairment in fall-related studies in Parkinson’s Disease

Exercise and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

© Springer-Verlag 2012; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease in which much burden is geared towards end-of-life care. Particularly in the earlier stages of ALS, many people have found both physiological and psychological boosts from various types of physical exercise for disused muscles. Proper exercise is important for preventing atrophy of muscles from disus...

Respiratory apraxia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

© 2007 Taylor & Francis; Respiratory dysfunction is a critical problem in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We report a patient with ALS who had respiratory apraxia. A 74-year-old female presented with progressive dysarthria and dysphagia. Clinical signs and evidence of widespread denervation on electromyography (EMG) confirmed the diagnosis of ALS. She had no signs of dementia. Irregular volitional inspirat...