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Osteoarthritis and Depression Update: 2023-Can the Stress and Coping Model Help?

Aug 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-23-4730
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Osteoarthritis and depression are both key barriers to healthy aging and greatly heighten the risk for many negative health issues that seriously impact life quality. When combined what are the implications? Aim This mini review examines 2023 data pertaining to osteoarthritis and depressi…

Long COVID-19 Syndrome and Frailty: Cause or Consequence or Both?

Jan 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-23-4432
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Many older adults remain vulnerable to COVID-19 infections. They are also often at risk for frailty and poor health outcomes.  Aim This exploratory review examines the correlates of long COVID and frailty and their association insofar as the older adult’s wellbeing may be jeopardized.  Me…

Characterization of The Oncogeriatric Population Attended at the Arturo López Perez Foundation (Falp) Cancer Institute

Nov 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-22-4344
Rocio QuilodranCorresponding author Geriatricians, Arturo Lopez Perez Foundation, Chile

This study characterizes an oncogeriatric cohort at a cancer institute, reporting tumor types, comorbidities, geriatric assessments, and treatment patterns. Findings inform service planning and individualized care for older adults with cancer.

Osteoarthritis Literacy and Equity Issues: A Post COVID-19 Analysis and Update

Nov 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-22-4354
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Osteoarthritis, the most common joint disease and one affecting a large number of older adults is not always amenable to the use of passive interventions such as surgery or pharmacologic interventions, but even then, to maximize any desirable intervention approaches, a trustworthy and sup…

COVID-19 and Hip Osteoarthritis Disability-Linkages and Emerging Practice Implications

Aug 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-22-4271
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Older adults suffering from chronically painful disabling osteoarthritis of one or more joints such as the hip joint continue to experience multiple health issues, commonly progressive debility, and excess disability. This mini review strove to examine current perspectives in the realm of hip joint…

Osteoarthritis and Neuromuscular Deficits: Can a Causative Role be Discounted- Key 2017-2022 Observations

May 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-22-4191
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background The origin of osteoarthritis, the most common disabling disorder of older adults remains uncertain. Aim This mini review examines the possible role played by various neuromuscular deficits in the osteoarthritis etiopathogenic process. Methods and Procedures Articles that haveaddressed the…

Osteoarthritis and Frailty: Associations, Relevance, and Counter Solutions

Jan 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-22-4070
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Many older adults, including those who have acquired painful disabling osteoarthritis of one or more joints may be frail rather than obese as is often reported. Those older adults who are frail may acquire osteoarthritis in turn if they encounter excess joint stresses and injury. Aims Thi…

Fear of Falls and Frailty: Cause or Consequence or Both?

Dec 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-4041
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Many older adults are vulnerable to becoming frail. They are also often at risk for falling and serious injuries and poor health outcomes. Aim This exploratory review examines the correlates of frailty, and fear of falling and their association insofar as older adults wellbeing may be jeo…

Aging and Positive Psychology

Oct 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-3979
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Aging, a state often associated with poor emotional health status greatly impedes life quality and independence for many. Aim This mini review examines the potential of the concept of positive psychology as an active approach to fostering successful or more successful, rather than subopti…

Photobiomodulation, Depression, Anxiety, and Cognition

Aug 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-3935
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Anxiety and depression are key barriers to healthy aging and greatly heighten the risk for many negative health issues that seriously impact life quality. Aim This mini review examines the potential of low level laser treatments or photobiomodulation therapy for ameliorating severe anxiet…

Successful Aging, Social Isolation, and COVID-19: Do Restrictions Help or Hinder?

Apr 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-3815
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Aging, a commonly accepted time period of declining heath has been shown to vary in terms of its impact on function and independence. Aims This mini review examines the current impact of COVID-19 on the goal of ‘successful aging’, a conceptual model and outcome variable deemed desirable,…

Characterization of the Consciousness Energy Healing Treated Cholecalciferol Using LC-MS and GC-MS Spectrometry

Apr 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2328-0182.japst-21-3772
Snehasis JanaCorresponding author

Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is a fat-soluble vitamin, which widely used for the prevention and treatment rickets, osteoporosis, arthritis, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, autoimmune disease, dementia, glucose intolerance, etc. The impact of the Trivedi Effect®-Consciousness Energy Healing Tre…

Osteoarthritis, COVID-19 Social Isolation-Impacts, and Counter Solutions

Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3682
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background to the Issue Many older adults, including those already suffering from chronically painful disabling osteoarthritis of one or more joints remain more susceptible than healthy age and gender matched adults to the COVID-19 corona virus. Aims This report sought to examine what has been publi…

Childhood Overweight, Social Media, and Osteoarthritis: Is there a Possible Emergent, yet Unrecognized Linkage?

Oct 2020
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Osteoarthritis, a serious and increasingly prevalent disabling global health condition found largely among older adults, has been linked to the presence of excess body weight. But what contributes to this growing health epidemic of excess weight, which is increasingly observed in children…

Osteoarthritis and Falls: Is there a Link?

Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3496
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Osteoarthritis, a widespread joint disease, commonly results in considerable pain and functional disability, especially among older adults. At the same time, falls and fall injuries, also common among the older population, may not only contribute to the onset of osteoarthritis, but once established,…

Sleep Disturbances and Hip Fractures

Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3495
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Hip fractures, which remain highly prevalent among the elderly and produce enormous social and economic costs, have not truly abated in prevalence despite years of research that outlines a multitude of preventable risk factors and intervention programs. This review aimed to examine if sleep disturba…

Effects of Cognitive and Aerobic training on Working Memory and Executive Function in Aging, a Pseudo-Randomized Trial: Pilot Study

Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-18-2458
Clemence JoubertCorresponding author

Introduction Cognitive and physical (especially aerobic) training have been reported to enhance cognition in the elderly. The goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two types of training, namely combined cognitive-and-physical training and cognitive training alone, for cognition and…

A Systematic Review of Mexican American Elders with Type-2 Diabetes under Family Care of Medication Administration in Borderland

May 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1350
Hsueh-Fen S. KaoCorresponding author

The prevalence of type-2 diabetes (T2DM) among Mexican-American older adults along the U.S.-Mexico border region is at epidemic proportions. Healthcare reform is trending toward long-term home-based management of chronic conditions. Under the Mexican cultural norm of familism, daily care for elders…

The Relationship of Chronic Pain to Attitudes Toward Sucide and Physician-Assisted Suicide among Latino and Non Hispanic White Elders

Mar 2017
Daniel Vélez OrtizCorresponding author

The objective of this study was to examine differences between Latino and White older adults in attitudes toward suicide and physician-assisted suicide in chronic pain scenarios. We used a cross sectional study design at four outpatient care sites in San Antonio, Texas. The study sample included 204…

“On the Road to A Better Life”: An Innovative Suicide Prevention Program Based on The Realization of Meaningful Personal Goals

Jan 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-16-1306
Sylvie LapierreCorresponding author

Background. Suicide prevention programs centred on reinforcing protective factors are uncommon. Aims. Since leading a meaningful life is incompatible with suicide, a 14-week program designed to help participants realize meaningful personal goals was created to improve the psychological well-being (P…

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