Role Models of Aging among Older Men: Strategies for Facilitating Change and Implications for Health Promotion.

Understanding later-life role model choice and motivations, particularly for older men in sport, exercise, and health contexts, is complex and heterogenous, making it difficult for health and exercise promotion initiatives. This qualitative study examined: (1) whether older men have aging role models, and if so, their characteristics; and (2) older men's reasons for role model choice, or lack thereof, and how role models can influence meaningful change in perceptions and practices associated with aging, sport, exercise, and health. Through in-depth interviews and photo-elicitation with 19 Canadian men aged 75 years and over, thematic analysis determined two key themes: and Four key strategies for role models facilitating change in older men were determined: ; and .

Goiter in a fresco by i Fiammenghini, 1615 (Abbey of Santa Maria di Rovegnano, Chiaravalle, Italy).

In a large fresco, which narrates brutal episodes of torture against Cirtercian monks, in the right corner of the background an ugly aggressor with a huge goiter, symbol of evil and sin, attacks a monk with a sword.

Goiter in a Fresco by Giovanni Luigi Valesio (1611, Church of Saints Eusebio and Vittore, Peglio, Como).

In the Fresco, "Faith and Its Fight Against Heresy (1611, Church of Saints Eusebio and Vittore, Peglio, Como)" is depicted as an old woman with 'scattered and steep hairs', ugly and physically in poor condition, also due to the presence of a voluminous goiter.

Goiter in a fresco by simone peterzano, master of caravaggio (1578-1582, Garegnano Charterhouse, Milan).

Simone Peterzano mostly known as the master of Caravaggio executed frescoes in the presbytery of Garegnano Charterhouse. One fresco details a shepherd with a goiter.

Goiter drawing in Ulrich Boner's Der Edelstein Codices Palatini Germanici 794.

We provide an example of representation of thyroid swelling in the artwork of Ulrich Boner's Der Edelstein Codices Palatini Germanici 794.

Effects of a 12-Week Cycling Intervention on Successful Aging Measures in Mid-Aged Adults.

: To compare the effect of 12-weeks of cycling training and competition versus recreational cycling on successful aging across physical, psychological, cognitive, and social functioning domains in mid-aged adults. : Recreational cyclists were randomly assigned to an intervention ( = 13, M age = 47.18 years) and comparison ( = 13, M age = 46.

Testing a Model of Successful Aging on Masters Athletes and Non-Sporting Adults.

: To test confirmatory factor analyses of successful aging composed of physical, psychological, cognitive, and social functioning factors in masters athletes ( = 764) and non-sporting adults ( = 404), and compare the physical, psychological, cognitive, and social functioning of masters athletes versus non-sporting adults. : Self-reported cross-sectional data were analyzed with confirmatory factor analyses. : Physical, psychological, cognitive, and social functioning latent factors significantly loaded onto a higher-order successful aging latent factor ( < .

Will the shepherd be able to play the alpine horn with that huge goiter (XVI century)?

Purpose: There are many of the representations in iconography of individuals with goiters reported in the literature.

Methods: The article describe a unique representation of goiter, as observed by the authors in a sculpture in Italy.

Results: In a Nativity, in the upper part of the altar of the Church of the Annunciata, Boccioleto (Val Sermenza, Piedmont, Italy), a horn player with a huge goiter, gladdens the Holy Family.

"You Can Sit in the Middle or Be One of the Outliers": Older Male Athletes and the Complexities of Social Comparison.

Sporting events for older adults are proliferating in both popularity and participation numbers, mirroring the growth that is occurring globally with an aging population. Preliminary evidence indicates that older athletes have a tendency to compare themselves (in terms of their performance, participation, and aging) to inactive older adults deemed "worse-off." Our aim was to examine the stories and experiences of older, male Masters athletes, not only in terms of their own lives and in relation to others but also in the broader context of current (neoliberal) policies that promote sport across the lifespan.

A rationale multidisciplinary approach for treatment of esophageal and gastroesophageal junction cancer: Accurate review of management and perspectives.

Cancer of the esophagus and of gastroesophageal junction can be cured, even if with lacking cure rate. Different approaches have been developed, mostly when carcinoma has loco-regional pattern. Multimodality therapy showed a survival rate superior than 10% if compared to a single approach.

The Iconography of Goiter: Five Sculptures in the Sacred Mountains of Varallo, Orta, and Varese in Italy.

Many of the representations of individuals with goiters reported in the literature actually refer to occasional swelling of the anterior neck, or "pseudogoiter," the artists not having any plan to expose this pathology. The article describes five representations of goiters, as observed by the authors in the sculptures of the Sacred Mountains of Varallo, Orta, and Varese, Italy. They are classical and appropriate examples of the iconography of "real goiter," since in these cases the sculptors had the definite aim of showing persons with goiter.

Psychosocial development through Masters sport: What can be gained from youth sport models?

Although sport participation is encouraged throughout the lifespan, little research has been conducted on the role of sport in development later in life. This qualitative study explored adults' experiences of development within the context of Masters sport. We interviewed 14 adults (nine men and five women) aged 46-61 years involved in Masters sport.

Testing a Model of Successful Aging in a Cohort of Masters Swimmers.

Due to their high physical functioning, masters athletes are regularly proposed to exemplify successful aging. However, successful aging research on masters athletes has never been undertaken using a multidimensional successful aging model. To determine the best model for future successful aging research on masters athletes, we had masters swimmers (N = 169, M age = 57.

Masters Athletes: Exemplars of Successful Aging?

Global population aging has raised academic interest in successful aging to a public policy priority. Currently there is no consensus regarding the definition of successful aging. However, a synthesis of research shows successful aging can be defined as a late-life process of change characterized by high physical, psychological, cognitive, and social functioning.

A qualitative investigation of exercising with MS and the impact on the spousal relationship.

Background: Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects more than 2.3 million people around the world. Symptoms are numerous and varied, often having a profound effect on activities of daily living.

Open abdomen management of intra-abdominal infections: analysis of a twenty-year experience.

Background: No conclusive results on the efficacy and timing of open abdomen (OA) are available, particularly in the setting of intra-abdominal infections. We analyzed outcomes and risk factors retrospectively in a large series of patients managed with an OA during the past 20 y in an effort to clarify this issue.

Methods: We reviewed the records of 133 patients who underwent treatment with an OA, considering factors related to patient, disease, medical management, and surgical treatment.

Impact of lymph node ratio on survival of colorectal cancer patients.

Background And Purpose: This study analyzed the prognostic significance of the staging system based on the metastatic Node Ratio (NR) compared with the TNM staging system in patients with colorectal cancer.

Methods: We reviewed the data of 444 patients who underwent colorectal resection for cancer between January 2005 and December 2011. NR categories NR0 (0%), NR1 (1-19%) and NR2 (≥ 20%) were determined by the best cut-off approach at log-rank test.

Lymph node staging in gastric cancer: new criteria, old problems.

Purpose: Our study aims to test the prognostic accuracy of the N parameter of the 7th TNM in a Western series of D1-gastrectomies for gastric cancer (GC).

Methods: Retrospectively considering a series of 224 non-metastatic GC patients who underwent surgery with curative intent and limited lymphadenectomy, we analyzed 5-year overall survival (OS) related to pN status according to both TNM editions (pN6 and pN7) and to lymph node ratio (LNR; LNR0, 0%, LNR1, 1-19%; LNR2, > 20%). We stratified pN6- and pN7-related OS by LNR.

Neuroendocrine breast cancer: retrospective analysis of 96 patients and review of literature.

Background And Purpose: Primary neuroendocrine breast carcinomas (NEBC) are uncommon lesions; they constitute approximately 1% of all breast cancers and mostly affect elderly patients. According to the most recent World Health Organization classification, it concerns almost exclusively the female population between the sixth and seventh decades. The aim of this retrospective study is to analyze the clinicopathological aspects of 96 NEBC patients who had undergone surgical resection at a single institute.

Prognostic role of micrometastases in sentinel lymph node in patients with invasive breast cancer.

Background And Purpose Of The Study: Axillary lymph node status at the time of diagnosis remains one of the most important prognostic factors in women with breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) proved to be a reliable method for the evaluation of axillary nodal status in early-stage invasive breast cancer. The prognostic value and potential therapeutic consequences of SLN micrometastases remains a matter of great debate.

Surgical margins in breast conservation.

Breast cancer is the most common tumor affecting women worldwide. Breast-conserving therapy (BCT) followed by irradiation nowadays is the treatment of choice for early-stage disease; there is no difference in long-term survival between mastectomy and BCT combined with external radiotherapy. A positive margin is associated with increased risk of local recurrences after BCT for invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ.