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Broadening the Healthy Aging Paradigm: Inclusion of Gestation, Development, and Reproductive Health

Yao, L., Eikelboom, J., Macnab, A., Yu, Z., Cao, Y., Wei, W., Sun, S., Khalil, A., Cho, W. C., Qamar, F. N., Kremsner, P., Oliu‐Barton, M., ...

Andrew MacNab Andrew MacNab

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The politics and poetics of old age: Drawing on Law and Literature to assess the (cultural) legitimacy of African Union norms on the rights of older persons

The African Union in January 2016 adopted a treaty – the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Older Persons – dealing with the rights of older persons in Africa.

Frans Viljoen Frans Viljoen Catherine du Toit Catherine du Toit

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Protein deficiency, sarcopenia and cardiometabolic risk in an older urban black South African population: A cross-sectional feasibility study

South Africa (SA) is a low-middle income country (LMIC) with an ageing population and increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD).

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“Dementia: a growing problem in South Africa and the world”

Prosperous people live longer and old age carries a high risk of dementia, a condition that is so far neither preventable nor curable.

Carlos Ibanez Carlos Ibanez

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Falls and related consequences in old age

Older populations are expanding all over the world.

Lillemor Lundin-Olsson Lillemor Lundin-Olsson
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