The Cost-Benefit of Aging: Financial Capability and Well-Being across Age Groups in Brazil
This study aimed to analyze the financial preparedness of different age groups for retirement in Brazil. Data were derived from a survey to empirically validate the proposed relationships between preparedness for retirement and resilience for the future (financial well-being (FWB) outcomes) on the one hand and among demographic and socioeconomic aspects, behaviors and attitudes, knowledge and experience, and "key" psychological factors on the other hand. The sample consisted of 412 individuals aged between 22 and 79 years. FWB was measured using the financial capability and well-being model and regressed on a number of soc...
Source: Journal of Aging Research - October 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Eduarda A S R G da Silva C ésar A T Silva Source Type: research

Age- and Gender-Related Differences in Renal Vascular Responses to Angiotensin II in Rats: The Role of the Mas Receptor
CONCLUSION: It was concluded that age could impress sex difference in RBF and RVR responses to Ang II infusion and that MasR alone could not participate in these responses. In other words, MasR is not active under normal and acutely elevated Ang II levels.PMID:37622033 | PMC:PMC10447085 | DOI:10.1155/2023/3560468 (Source: Journal of Aging Research)
Source: Journal of Aging Research - August 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Fatemeh Eshraghi-Jazi Mehdi Nematbakhsh Source Type: research