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Health and Cognition in Old Age

Part of the International Perspectives on Aging Book Series (volume 10)

Editors: Leist, Anja K.; Kulmala, Jenni; Nyqvist, Fredrica

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06650-9

ISBN: 978-3-319-06649-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 10, 2014

1 - 10 of 20 Chapters

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Chapter 1Perspectives on Health and Cognition in Old Age: Why We Need Multidisciplinary Investigations

Leist, Anja K.; Kulmala, Jenni; Nyqvist, Fredrica

Pages: 1 –7

[Maintaining health and cognition is vital to ensure that individuals can live autonomously up to and including old age. One of the most pressing topics in today’s aging societies is how to delay impairments in health and cognition in old age for as long as possible, with a particular focus on...
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Vascular Aging: Revealing the Role and Clinical Perspectives of the Urokinase System

Kiyan, Yulia; Fuhrman, Bianca; Haller, Hermann; Dumler, Inna

Pages: 11 –24

[Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the most common cause of death among the elderly population in Western countries. Despite progress in managing some of the established risk factors like hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, the incidence of CVD is predicted to increase as the population ages....
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Impact of Metabolic Control on Cognitive Function and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Diabetics

Herghelegiu, Anna Marie; Prada, Gabriel Ioan

Pages: 25 –40

[Type 2 diabetes mellitus has been recognized as another link in the pathological pathways leading to dementia. This field has been discussed in many studies, but clinical research expected to guide medical practice is limited. The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the impact of...
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Understanding the Mechanisms of Immune System Aging: Immune System Cell Development and Antibody Repertoires

Shahaf, Gitit Lavy; Hazanov, Helena; Averbuch, Dana; Amu, Sylvie; Ademokun, Alex; Wu, Yu-Chang; Dunn-Walters, Deborah; Chiodi, Francesca; Mehr, Ramit

Pages: 41 –53

[The incidence of infectious diseases, autoimmune syndromes, and various forms of cancer is elevated in older adults, and consequently, age-related changes in adaptive immunity have been studied extensively. These age-related changes include reduced antibody production after immunization or...
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How the Aging Process Affects Our Immune System: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Perspectives for Intervention

Herndler-Brandstetter, Dietmar

Pages: 55 –69

[The aging of the immune system involves a complex set of changes that is collectively referred to as immune senescence. Clinically, immune senescence has been associated with decreased protection following vaccinations, increased morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases, increased risk...
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A Conflict of Interpretations in Gerontology

Ehni, Hans-Jörg

Pages: 71 –86

[Gerontology is an interdisciplinary field. Corresponding to the many facets of the main object of its study, many different scientific methods and theories are part of a common inquiry into the understanding of old age and aging processes. The social sciences or social gerontology and biology or...
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Occupational Gerontology: Work-Related Determinants of Old Age Health and Functioning

Kulmala, Jenni; von Bonsdorff, Mikaela B.

Pages: 89 –104

[Work is one of the essential functions during the human life span. We spend almost half of our lives occupationally active. Therefore, several different work-related determinants are affecting our lives. In recent years, there has been an increasing knowledge about work-related factors and their...
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Social, Behavioral, and Contextual Influences on Cognitive Function and Decline over the Life Course

Leist, Anja K.; Mackenbach, Johan P.

Pages: 105 –122

[Maintaining cognitive function is a prerequisite for living autonomously in older age and it is highly desirable to postpone cognitive decline for as long as possible. In order to understand how cognitive function is shaped across the life course, it is necessary to focus on life course...
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Obesity, Cognitive Ageing, and Dementia: The Usefulness of Longitudinal Studies to Understand the Obesity Paradox

Dahl Aslan, Anna

Pages: 123 –140

[Obesity is a global health problem that has reached epidemic proportions (World Health Organization 2000). It is estimated that worldwide approximately one billion adults are overweight and an additional 475 million are obese. In Europe, approximately 60 % of the adult population is either...
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Models for Predicting Risk of Dementia: Predictive Accuracy and Model Complexity

Stephan, Blossom Christa Maree

Pages: 141 –159

[As strategies to prevent dementia or delay disease progression are developed, it will be important to have risk prediction models to prioritize and target intervention to high-risk individuals. Targeting whole populations is not always cost-effective, particularly when intervention strategies...

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