Evidence mapPaperPMID 40608209Full record

ReviewDrugs & aging2025

Drugs and Healthy Aging.

Sarah N Hilmer, Luigi Ferrucci, Antonio Cherubini

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Review in Drugs & aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sarah N HilmerKolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District and The University of Sydney, St. Leonards, Australia. sarah.hilmer@sydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-5970-1501
Luigi FerrucciIntramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6273-1613
Antonio CherubiniGeriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro di ricerca per l'invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0261-9897

Funding

Next Generation EU Age-It - Ageing well in an ageing society PE0000015NIA NIH HHS Intramural Research Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Appropriate drug treatment can enhance the likelihood of experiencing healthy aging and maintaining functional ability up to very late in life. Strong evidence exists that overall drugs can help prevent and manage diseases. However, such evidence is mostly available from studies that are not representative of older people and do not include functional/well-being outcomes. Therapeutic drugs can also impair physical and cognitive function and social interactions, particularly in the context of polypharmacy, multimorbidity and frailty. Certain drugs can affect the ability to exercise and consume a healthy diet, which are key nonpharmacological interventions that promote healthy aging. Yet, exercise and nutritional interventions can help manage adverse drug reactions. In the future, drugs (gerotherapeutics) may be developed that slow the aging process, which should prevent or delay the incidence and progression of many chronic diseases, improving healthy aging.

Indexed as

AgingHealthy AgingAgedDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsExerciseHumansPolypharmacy

Identifiers

PMID40608209
PMCPMC12254174

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