PPARs and microbiota in skeletal muscle

Manickam R, Duszka K, Wahli W Int J Mol Sci 2020;21. doi: 10.3390/ijms21218056 Link to Pubmed / Journal Published October 19, 2020 Frailty.net review by Gérard Bozet, MD Posted December 9, 2020 Skeletal muscle wasting occurs in many diseases and during...

Biomarkers of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia

Picca A, Calvani R, Cesari M et al. Int J Mol Sci 2020;21 Link to Pubmed / Journal Published October 19, 2020 Frailty.net review by Gérard Bozet, MD Posted December 2, 2020 Physical frailty and sarcopenia is a prototypical geriatric condition characterised...

COVID‐19: a major cause of cachexia and sarcopenia?

John E. Morley Kamyar Kalantar‐Zadeh Stefan D. Anker Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia & Muscle Published June 9, 2020 Summary Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has reached pandemic proportions. Two animal studies have shown that coronavirus‐2 causes weight loss in...

Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs: an European statement

Seppala LJ, van der Velde N, Masud T et al. Drugs Aging 2019;36:299-307 Link to Pubmed / Journal Published October 19, 2020 Frailty.net review by Gérard Bozet, MD Posted December 9, 2020 Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and...