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Diabetes, an intricate and enduring medical condition affecting millions across the globe, arises from the abnormal accumulation of glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream, a result of either insufficient insulin production or the body’s impaired ability to use insulin effectively. This metabolic imbalance triggers a myriad of health complications, warranting an in-depth exploration and profound…

How to avoid one of the main companions of old age

Scientists have proved that the syndrome of senile asthenia is not always associated with advanced age and can be avoided. Simply put, this is a senile weakness, accompanied by a decrease in physical and functional activity.

The results of a large-scale medical study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Australian scientists analyzed this phenomenon among 120 thousand people over the age of 60 years living in 28 countries. It is believed that senile asthenia is accompanied by low physical activity, lack of energy, slow walking speed, weight loss.

Scientists say that with an increase in life expectancy throughout the world, geriatric problems will become increasingly relevant. And asthenia inevitably reduces the quality of life and is a risk factor for disability. At the same time, this syndrome remains one of the poorly studied. Chronic diseases, such as diabetes or depression, increase the risk of it. Women suffer from this syndrome more often.

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NEW YORK | Ex-Brazil soccer boss gets 4 years in prison in FIFA probe

NEW YORK — A former South American soccer official convicted on corruption charges in the sprawling FIFA (FEE’-fuh) bribery scandal has been sentenced in New York to four years in prison.

Jose Maria Marin is a former president of Brazil’s soccer federation and was sentenced on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court.

The government had asked for 10 years in prison for him. The defense had sought the approximately 13 months he has already served, citing the 86-year-old’s advanced age and poor health.

Dozens of people and entities have been charged in the U.S. with a scheme to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.

Most have pleaded guilty. The former president of Peru’s soccer federation, Manuel Burga, was acquitted in December.