Sentences with phrase «healthy aging populations»

«Our findings add to the evidence that optimal nutrition helps preserve cognitive function, slow the progression of aging and reduce the incidence of debilitating diseases in healthy aging populations.»

«The more we can get people doing resistance training like weight lifting, the more likely we are to have a healthier aging population,» Big Think quotes him as saying.

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Enter brain fitness, a new healthy - living trend driven not only by the aging population but also by developments in technology and neuroscience.

Swisse Wellness» head of government relations Justin Howden will deliver a keynote address at our upcoming Healthy Ageing APAC Summit, assessing how policymakers and industry can best work together to improve the health and well - being of the population.

He emboldens a passage that says «The US population in late middle age is less healthy than the equivalent British population for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, lung disease, and cancer».

In recent years, governments have begun to recognize the impact of an aging population — and the benefits of keeping people healthy.

Helping aging populations stay healthy and independent for longer is a challenge that researchers in many different disciplines are now taking on.

Assessment of the 12 - Lead ECG as a screening test for detection of cardiovascular disease in healthy general populations of young people (12 — 25 years of age): a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

«While abstinence or reduced substance use may partially improve cognition, future research should determine whether factors shown to protect against cognitive impairments in aging adults, such as a healthy diet, and physical and intellectual activities, also protect against cognitive impairments in populations with difficulties in reducing substance use,» said Dr. Hasin.

The researchers noted that the cohort of 2,827 participants whose data were analyzed in this study were generally healthy, mostly Caucasian (92.2 %), elderly males (average age 76.4 years), therefore limiting the generalizability of the study results to other populations.

According to Dr Chatterji, also from the Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems at WHO, «Collectively, we need to look beyond the costs commonly associated with aging to think about the benefits that an older, healthier, happier, and more productive older population can bring to society as a whole.»

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study, directed by Malcolm Sears, MB, ChB, professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University, is believed to be «the first to determine the effects of timing of food introduction to cow's milk products, egg, and peanut, on food sensitization at age one in a general population - based cohort,» said lead investigator Maxwell Tran, a research student at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

«We wanted to use an unbiased method to obtain the fullest overview possible of the entire bacterial population in the Alzheimer's brain, and compare these results with those from a healthy aged brain.»

In a long - term, large - scale population - based study of individuals aged 55 years or older in the general population researchers found that those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) had a four-fold increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to cognitively healthy individuals.

The authors have also developed new resources, such as serum biochemistry and complete blood count reference intervals specifically for mature to geriatric cats, which were generated from a population of over 600 healthy aged cats.

On the basis of the current studies as well as previous reports on the use of intradermal immunization against influenza, hepatitis B, rabies, and other infectious diseases, 2,3,8 it is becoming clear that use of the intradermal route may at least partially overcome the relatively poor influenza - specific immune responses seen in certain at - risk populations, particularly the elderly, in whom the immune response in general is known to diminish with age.9 Moreover, in times of shortage, the dose - sparing intradermal approach might be particularly well suited to the young, healthy persons included in the CDC's high - priority group for vaccination, such as health care workers, as well as to younger, otherwise healthy populations in general.

Australia's current healthcare system is focussed on treating illnesses, but to keep up with our ageing population the focus needs to switch to keeping healthy people healthy.

It is based on the scientific understanding and high - throughput analyses of human immune responses to disease - related proteins in selected populations including elderly with the capability to stay healthy during the aging process.

Genomic sequencing of healthy individuals could grow to resemble current population - based preventative screening measures, such as newborn screening or the use of colonoscopy after age 50, which have been integrated into clinical practice to identify uncommon diseases.

Anti-Aging Medicine With an aging population, Dr. Kullick saw a special need to assist people on their journey to healthy, happier selves, and this drove her interest in anti-aging medicine.

But combine diet with exercise, mindfulness and meditation and stuff, community, support, purpose and so on and do all the things the longest living populations (those in the Blue Zones) are doing and I'm sure you too will love to a long, healthy age and hopefully happily too?

Advanced age and certain health conditions may result in an inability to take oral nutrients and often prevent this patient population from receiving the nutrition they need to stay healthy.

In this study, the pre-WWII mannequins had levels of body fat that were consistent with those seen in a healthy, young female of reproductive age population: up to 23 percent, at least.

To find these numbers, Dr. Lee and his colleagues developed a computer model to represent the U.S. adult population, and estimated lifetime health effects for people who were obese, overweight, or healthy weight at ages 20 through 80.

Eleven healthy male (height 178.9 ± 3.5 cm, mass 86.3 ± 7.4 kg, age 22.3 ± 3.8 years) subjects from the university population volunteered for the study.

A good chunk of the more than 75 million people — about a quarter of the U.S. population — between the ages of 50 and 75 are living longer and living healthier.

Seminars focus on everything from children through to the ever expanding ageing population, from the impact of physical activity on mental health and how healthy lifestyles can be promoted through positive stimuli.

It provides crucial funding to support medical programs and services for seniors; innovative research into Alzheimer's, dementia and aging brain health; and education that supports healthy aging and healthcare solutions for a growing senior population both in Canada and internationally.

Kate Jones, president of Platinum Pets, says trends they're following include the increase in small - dog ownership, an aging pet population, greater concern over feeding dogs healthier foods, and Millennials becoming the largest sector of pet owners.

Implementation of this program and its diligent upkeep have resulted in a healthy cat population, which is not reproducing and is steadily declining through natural attrition (death of aged cats) and adoption into homes.

For example, King said, «As our kitten population has shifted, we now see very few friendly, basically healthy adoption - age kittens arriving.

For each disorder, healthy controls seen at the hospital during that same time period were matched for age, weight, and sex to each affected dog to determine risk of disease presentation in the purebred group as compared to that of the mixed - breed population.

This cohort of aging population is the most educated in our history, but also most healthy, and some will want to continue to work.

«While Article 81 guardianships are well - intentioned, the guardianship system is plagued by long delays and has little oversight, leaving a vulnerable population of older adults at further risk,» according to the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College.

And an article in the Australian Financial Review explored the «silver lining» to an ageing population; saying that an ageing population in Germany was resulting in people staying healthy for longer and working longer, leading to greater productivity.

The relationship between depressive symptoms and step count has only been assessed in specific populations with small sample sizes, such as low - socioeconomic status Latino immigrants, 16 elderly Japanese people17 or patients with chronic conditions such as heart failure18 19 or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.20 21 Studies yield contradictory results, with some observing no association between depressive symptoms and daily step count, 19 21 while others report a negative correlation.16 — 18 20 In one cross-sectional sample of healthy older adults, an inverse association between depressive symptoms (using the Goldberg Depression Scale - 15) and accelerometer measured daily step count disappeared after controlling for general health and disability.22 While a systematic review suggests reduced levels of objectively measured PA in patients with depression, 23 it is not known whether this association is present in those at high risk of CVD and taken into account important confounding such as gender and age.

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Looking back over human history, the quest for knowledge has always driven our society forward, and we believe the life science industry is well positioned to deliver solutions which will enable the world's aging population to continue to enjoy longer and healthier lives.