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Prof. Kiryl Prashchayeu @prashchayeu.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

In 2025 Elders Assistance ASBL with our support conducted the first-ever survey on the functionality and intrinsic capacity of older people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Patient Bulambo and colleagues presented the results on Radio Stars Bukavu #ageing #gerontology #bukavu #africa #health

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Prof. Kiryl Prashchayeu @prashchayeu.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This is our common work with colleagues from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's the first study on the functionality in elders in this country with using of ICOPE system recommended by WHO. #gerontology #geriatrics #age #africa #icope #elders #who #congo www.gerontology.su/magazines?te...

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Prof. Kiryl Prashchayeu @prashchayeu.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

We present our new article. A diagnostic panel for vascular dementia screening was developed, including such markers as β-amyloid, NF-κB, tau protein, claudin, and S100 protein in the buccal epithelium. sciety.org/articles/act... #dementia #geriatrics #gerontology #biomarkers #diagnostic

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Prof. Kiryl Prashchayeu @prashchayeu.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Is ageism common among healthcare and social workers? If so, how significant is it? We discuss this in our article "Age-related ageism among social and health care employees" #ageism #gerontology #geriatrics #discrimination #healthcare #social #age #elderly #humanrights inia.org.mt/wp-content/u...

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Prof. Kiryl Prashchayeu @prashchayeu.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

In this abstract, we explore ageism as a social pathology. Ageism significantly worsen health, causing more anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, movement issues, and lower quality of life, ojs.lib.unideb.hu/plugins/gene... #age #ageism #elderly #gerontology #geriatrics #humanrights #society

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

This is absolutely amazing. #Science 🧪 The proteasome, cleaving proteins into antimicrobial peptides. Biology is a amazing “There’s something that we thought is so familiar and so well understood, and then boom — something totally unexpected and exciting comes out of it.” — Medzhitov

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This scientist found a new trick of the immune system by digging through cellular rubbish

Yifat Merbl is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 12/11/2025

🔔 Introducing The Lancet Regional Health – Africa, a new #goldopenaccess journal promoting the advancement of clinical practice and health policy in Africa. Explore the new journal: ➡️ spkl.io/63325AbmLD #MedSky

A special preview issue of The Lancet Regional Health – Africa. On the cover is a photograph of a doctor examining a Maasai baby. Copyright: Hugh Sitton/Getty Images.

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Prof. Andrei ILNITSKI @iilnitski.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This photo was taken during the survey on the functionality of elderly people in South Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), carried out by ELDERS ASSISTANCE ASBL in partnership with the Open Institute of Age and Aging.

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