Advances in gerontology = Uspekhi gerontologii / Rossiĭskai͡a akademii͡a nauk, Gerontologicheskoe obshchestvo
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Serbia has one of the largest elderly population segments in the World, with 17.2% of its citizens estimated to be 65 years and older in 2007. In the period of last 50 years, important demographic changes had occurred in Serbia. In 2002, Serbian demographic situation for the first time reached the point where the number of the older exceeded the number of the youngest. ⋯ Yet, they provide accommodation and care to only a small number of residents, ranging from 5996 in 1976 to 12,160 in 2005. Such institutions are named "Homes for the elderly" or "Geronto centers". The aims of aged care reform in Serbia include not only better education for the medical and other affiliated stuff, but, also, improvements in intersectoral collaboration, structural reforms of the social and health care systems, innovative capacity building, and the promotion of concepts that would replace, or at least ease the burden off the traditional family.
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Motor dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease are believed to be primarily due to the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons located in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Numerous cell replacement therapy approaches have been developed and tested, including these based on donor cell transplantation (embryonic and adult tissue-derived), adult mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs)-, neural stem cells (hNSCs)- and finally human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)-based. Despite the progress achieved, numerous difficulties prevent wider practical application of stem cell-based therapy approaches for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. ⋯ Neonatal, fetal and embryonic stem cell-based applications; IV. Risks and future trends) aims providing a balanced and updated view on various issues associated with cell types (including stem cells) in regards to their potential in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Essential features of the individual cell subtypes, principles of available cell handling protocols, transplantation, and safety issues are discussed extensively.
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Diagnostics of diseases of the lumbar part of spine in elderly and senile people is difficult due to their polyethiologics, similarity of clinical currents accompanied by both pathological and age changes in an organism essentially deforming a clinical picture of a disease. Having used the experience of treatment of 2102 patients with low-back pain, the authors worked out the schemes of differential, thopical and X-ray diagnosis. All that will enable the practice doctors to diagnose the diseases in proper time and to determine the proper way of inquiry and treatment.