... Background: Epidemiological data of populations living at moderate altitudes between 1,000 and 2,000 m suggest healthier aging when compared to people living in lower regions. Besides social determinants of health, lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors, environmental conditions such as ambient...

... to a nursing home. Developing such expectations might minimize the negative impacts of relocation. This pre-registered study examined (1) to which extent lower levels and declines in health (i.e., functional limitations and self-rated health) and life satisfaction before relocation were associated with higher...

...Jackson A. Roberts; Sayantani Basu-Roy; Jong Shin; Vijay R. Varma; Andrew Williamson; Chad Blackshear; Michael E. Griswold; Julián Candia; Palchamy Elango; Ajoy C. Karikkineth; Toshiko Tanaka; Luigi Ferrucci; Madhav Thambisetty Introduction: In aging populations, the coexistence of multiple health...

...Iris van der Heide; Marianne Heins; Robert Verheij; Hein P.J. van Hout; Anneke Francke; Karlijn Joling Introduction: This study aims to provide insight into the prevalence of health problems and the frequency of general practitioner (GP) contacts in cohabiting partners of persons with dementia...

... to in the content or advertisements. Older adults Health Immunology Inflammation Coronavirus The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the complications caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are a global public health challenge. The pathophysiology...

...Boris Cheval; Clovis Chabert; Stefan Sieber; Dan Orsholits; Rachel Cooper; Idris Guessous; David Blane; Matthias Kliegel; Delphine S. Courvoisier; Michelle Kelly-Irving; Matthieu P. Boisgontier; Stéphane Cullati Background: Muscle weakness – a biomarker of health – may have its origins in early...

... on host health and lifespan, and gut dysbiosis disrupting the interdependence may diminish the beneficial effects or even have reverse effects. Gut dysbiosis can trigger the innate immune response and chronic low-grade inflammation, leading to many age-related degenerative pathologies and unhealthy aging...

... review of the literature considering demographic characteristics (gender, education, marital status, employment), health (subjective, health problems), and psychological factors (motivation, self-efficacy, locus of control). A systematic search of abstracts in the database Web of Science and a thorough...

... the sociodemographic variations and outcomes associated with perceived control. This work has focused on differences in perceived control as a function of age, sex, education, socioeconomic status, and culture and has identified positive associations with many aging-related outcomes involving health and well-being...

... and link these with key phenotypes in the physical health domain. They provide independent validation of previously reported genetic association signals for the body mass index and bone mineral density and emphasize the advantage of combining effects of multiple genetic markers into one analysis using...

...Peter Eibich; Christian Krekel; Ilja Demuth; Gert G. Wagner Background: Neighborhood characteristics are important determinants of individual health and well-being. For example, characteristics such as noise and pollution affect health directly, while other characteristics affect health and well...

...Anthony D. Ong; Bert N. Uchino; Elaine Wethington Increasing evidence suggests that perceived social isolation or loneliness is a major risk factor for physical and mental illness in later life. This review assesses the status of research on loneliness and health in older adults. Key concepts...

... that drives cognitive and physical health over the lifespan. Existing findings are equivocal concerning both the extent of stability or change in control beliefs over time as well as their contribution to changes in behavior. Objective: Subjective beliefs may play a role when engaging memory processes...

... increases with age group. Results clearly illustrate the poorer health conditions of those who are older, their higher healthcare burden, and raises questions related to the provision of healthcare for inmates growing old in prison. [email protected] 22 12 2013 21 05 2014 3 12...

...Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello; Sara Hutchison Background: The demographic and societal changes of the past decades, such as longevity and improvements in public health, have created new and often very distinct realities for men and women. However, these diversities have only marginally and fragmentally...

...Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello; Sara Hutchison This contribution is a reply to Dr. Månsdotter’s comments on our discussion paper ‘Health and well-being in old age: the pertinence of a gender mainstreaming approach in research’ published in Gerontology [Gerontology 2010 (in press)]. Even though...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. MHC Immune system Beauty Attractiveness Health Kin-selection Clinical Section / Viewpoint Gerontology 2010;56:521 524 DOI: 10.1159/000265559 Received: August 28, 2009 Accepted...

...Christiane Hoppmann; Denis Gerstorf We review findings on spousal interrelations in old age in such key domains as cognition, well-being, and health. Therein, we demonstrate that spousal interrelations may extend developmental options but may also make an individual vulnerable to the experience...