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Tag Archives: Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors
On the Benefits of Supportive Social Networks (Journal of Alzheimers Disease)
Summary Data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) has been used to demonstrate that positive social support from friends, family etc. is associated statistically with a reduced risk of developing dementia. Conversely, negative social support appears to increase … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Benefits of Supportive Social Networks, Centre for Primary Health and Social Care: London Metropolitan University, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Applied Health Research: University College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (University College London), Emotional and Social Isolation, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Feelings Relating to Social Relationships, Indirect Pathways by Which Social Connections Influence Disease Morbidity and Mortality, Influence of Social Connections on Disease Morbidity and Mortality, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Involvement in Social Relationships, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Lifestyle Risk Factors, London, London Metropolitan University, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Modifiable Risk Factors, Negative Social Support, Norwich, Norwich Medical School: University of East Anglia, Nottingham, Personalised Social Interaction, Positive Social Support, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Professor Martin Orrell, Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE) Programme, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Satisfaction with Social Relationships and / or Participation, Social Connectedness, Social Epidemiology, Social Interaction, Social Isolation, Social Isolation: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Social Networks, Social Relationships, Social Support, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Structural and / or Functional Aspects of Social Relationships, Supportive Social Networks, Supportive Social Relationships, University College London, University of East Anglia, University of Nottingham
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Mediterranean Diet Linked to Telomere Length and Healthier (Genetic) Ageing? (BBC News / BMJ)
Summary A Mediterranean diet has been widely reported as being associated with healthy ageing. New research covering 5,000 Boston nurses for over a decade has found that persons consuming a balanced – but largely Mediterranean-style – diet tend to remain … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing, Ageing Well, Aging at the Cellular Level, Balanced Diet, BBC Health News, BMJ, Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cardioprotective Diet, Cell Ageing, Cellular Ageing, Cellular Level Ageing, Channing Division of Network Medicine: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Chromosomes, Department of Epidemiology: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition: Simmons College (Boston: MA), Dietary Factors, Dietary Interventions, Dietetics, Division of Preventive Medicine: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle), Genetic Ageing, Good Nutritional Care, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Healthy Ageing, Improving Dietary Habits, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mediterranean Diet, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Nurses’ Health Study, Nutrition, Overlapping Risk Factors, Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics: Harvard School of Public Health, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Public Health Sciences Division: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Risk Factors, School of Public Health: University of Washington, Seattle, Simmons College (Boston: MA), Telomere Length, Telomeres, United States, University of Washington, USA
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Association Between Cynicism and Dementia (BBC News / Neurology)
Summary Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have discovered some evidence that people’s world view, attitude to life and personality may have an impact on their mental / physical health; specifically their risk of developing dementia. This small study indicates … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Depression, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aging Research Center: Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Alzheimer Disease Research Center: Karolinska Institutet, BBC Health News, Cardiovascular Risk Factors Aging and Dementia Study, Cynical Distrust, Cynicism and Dementia, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention: National Institute for Health and Welfare: Finland, Department of Neurology: Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Neurology: University of Eastern Finland, Distrust and Dementia, Finland, Hospital District of North Karelia, Late-Life Cynical Distrust, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Neurology (Journal), Personality and Dementia, Personality Traits (Risk Factors), Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Risk Factors, Sweden, Unhealthy Lifestyles, University of Eastern Finland, Vascular and Lifestyle Factors
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