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Tag Archives: Denmark
Walking Speed in Midlife: a Predictor of Physical and Mental Decline? (BBC News / JAMA Network Open)
Summary Slow walking speed (“gait speed”) in mid-life appears to be an early warning sign of accelerated ageing. Slower walkers tend to display more signs of accelerated ageing in terms of various markers and measures (such as lung health, teeth, … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board: Therapy Services, Accelerated Ageing, Ageing Population, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre: King's College London, and Neuroscience: King's College London, Animal Naming Test, BBC Health News, BBC Wales News, Behavioural Biomarkers, Behavioural Risk Factors, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: Physiotherapy, Biomarkers, Biomarkers of Ageing, Brain Imaging, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board: Physiotherapy, Center for Genomic and Computational Biology: Duke University, Childhood Neurocognitive Functioning and Gait Speed at Midlife, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center: Duke University, Clinical Research Centre: Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Cwm Taf University Health Board: Physiotherapy Department, Denmark, Department of Life Sciences: Manchester Metropolitan University, Department of Medicine: Duke University, Department of Oral Sciences: University of Otago, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine: University of Otago, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience: Duke University, Department of Psychology: University of Otago, Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development: Duke University, Duke University, Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit: University of Otago, Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, Dunedin School of Medicine: University of Otago, Dunedin Study, Dunedin Study Birth Cohort, Dunedin: New Zealand, Facial Age, Faculty of Science and Engineering: Manchester Metropolitan University, Fast Walkers, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gait Speed and Physical Function and Accelerated Aging at Age 45 Years, Gait Speed in Midlife, Gait Speed: a Behavioural Biomarker for Neurocognitive and Physical Decline, Gait Speed: a Measure of Holistic Health and Ageing, Gait Speed: Brain Structure and Neurocognitive Functions at Age 45 Years, Gait: an Integrative Measure of Health, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center: VA Medical Center (Durham North Carolina), Hvidovre, Hywel Dda University Health Board: Physiotherapy, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology, JAMA Network Open, Kings College London, Manchester Metropolitan University, Mean Cortical Thickness, New Zealand, Powys Teaching Health Board: Neuro Rehabilitation, Research Centre for Musculoskeletal Science and Sports Medicine: Manchester Metropolitan University, Return to Employment After Stroke in Young Adults: Gait Speed, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test of Memory, Risk Factors, Slow Gait Associated With Cognitive Impairment and Risk of Dementia, Slow Walkers, Social Genetic, Stroke (Journal), Total Brain Surface Area, Total Brain Volume, Trail Making Test, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Otago, University of Otago (New Zealand), USA, Wales, Walking Speed in Midlife, Walking Speed: a Behavioural Biomarker for Neurocognitive and Physical Decline, Walking Speed: Predictive of Stroke Recovery in Young Adults, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–IV, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Revised, Wechsler Memory Scale – Mental Control, White Matter Hyperintensities
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Pre-Eclampsia and Risk of Dementia (BMJ)
Summary Danish research indicates that pre-eclampsia is associated with a subsequent increased risk of dementia in later life, particularly with vascular dementia. Full Text Link Reference Basit, S. Wohlfahrt, J. [and] Boyd, HA. (2018). Pre-eclampsia and risk of dementia later … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cardiovascular System Disorders, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Danish Civil Registration System, Dementia Risk Factors, Denmark, Department of Epidemiology Research: Statens Serum Institut, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Neurocognitive Disorders, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurological Disorders, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Overlapping Risk Factors, Pre-Eclampsia, Pre-Eclampsia and Risk of Dementia, Risk Factors, Statens Serum Institut (Copenhagen), STOX1 Gene, Vascular Consequences of Pre-Eclampsia, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Risk Factors
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More on International Comparisons in Life Expectancy: The Impact of Austerity? (BBC News / ONS / BMJ / NHS Choices / King’s Fund)
Summary Increases in life expectancy in the UK may be slowing down; possibly at the fastest rate among the top twenty leading world economies. This slowdown effect was most apparent in women, where the rate of rising life expectancy fell … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, King's Fund, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Statistics, Universal Interest
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Patterns Indicative of the Elastic Limits to Human Life-Span? (NHS Choices / Science)
Summary Italian research into longevity indicates that death rates tend to increase up to age 80, then decrease and actually level-off after the age of 105 years. This implies that the biological (absolute) limits to longevity may not yet have … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Bazian, Behind the Headlines, Demography, Denmark, Department of Demography: University of California, Department of Political Sciences: University of Roma Tre, Department of Public Health: University of Southern Denmark, Department of Statistical Sciences: Sapienza University of Rome, Duke University Population Research Institute, Extreme-Age Mortality Plateau, Germany, Healthy Ageing, Human Longevity, Interdisciplinary Center for Research and Education on Population Change: University of Southern Denmark, Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Italy, Life Expectancy, Lifespan, Longevity, Longevity Pioneers, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Mortality Statistics, National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Aging (US), Natural Limit to Human Lifespan (Hypothetical), Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age, Sapienza University of Rome, Science Journal, United States, University of California, University of Roma Tre, University of Southern Denmark, US National Institute on Aging, USA
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More on the Association Between Brain Injury and Subsequent Dementia (BBC News / Lancet Psychiatry)
Summary A large-scale statistical study, based on Danish data, indicates that persons who suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI) tend to be 24% more likely to get dementia later on. The greatest risk appears to be for people who receive TBI … Continue reading
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Lithium: a Potential Approach to Dementia Risk Reduction? (BBC News / JAMA Psychiatry)
Summary Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that long term exposure to higher levels of lithium in drinking water appears to be associated with a lower risk of developing dementia. The relationship is non-linear in nature, however, for … Continue reading
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