Active living, cognitive functioning, and aging
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22851
Poon, Leonard W.
--Champaign, IL:
Human Kinetics
, 2006.
- Call Number
- WT 104 A267 2006
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WT 104 A267 2006
- Author
- Poon, Leonard W
- Other Authors
- Chodzko-Zajko, Wojtek
- Tomporowski, Phillip D
- Place of Publication
- Champaign, IL
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Date of Publication
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 250 p.
- Series Vol.
- v. 1
- Series Title
- Aging, exercise, and cognition series
- ISBN
- 0736057854
- 9780736057851
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Cognition - physiology - aged
- Exercise - physiology - Aged
- Health Behavior - Aged
- Physical Fitness - Aged
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Advances in Geroscience
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39908
Felipe Sierra, Ronald Kohanski, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the elderly population. Over the past few decades, researchers have made impressive progress in understanding the genetics, biology and physiology of aging. This book presents vital research that can help readers to better understand how aging is a…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Sierra, Felipe
- Kohanski, Ronald
- Responsibility
- Felipe Sierra, Ronald Kohanski, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 622 p. : 39 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783319232461
- 9783319232454 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Chronic Disease
- Geriatrics
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the elderly population. Over the past few decades, researchers have made impressive progress in understanding the genetics, biology and physiology of aging. This book presents vital research that can help readers to better understand how aging is a critical malleable risk factor in most chronic diseases, which, in turn, could lead to interventions that can help increase a healthy lifespan, or "healthspan". The book begins with an analysis of the Geroscience hypothesis, as well as the epidemiological underpinnings that define aging as a candidate main risk factor for most chronic diseases. Next, each chapter focuses on one particular disease, or group of diseases, with an emphasis on how basic molecular and cellular biology might explain why aging is a major risk factor for it. Coverage in the book includes: cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementias, stroke, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes asthma, emphysema, kidney disease, vision impairment, and AIDS/HIV. It finishes with a chapter on pain in the elderly and an overview of future steps needed to bring the newly acquired knowledge into the clinic and the public at large.
- Contents
- The Geroscience Hypothesis: Is It Possible to Change the Rate of Aging? / Steven N. Austad -- Etiological Role of Aging in Chronic Diseases: From Epidemiological Evidence to the New Geroscience / Linda P. Fried and Luigi Ferrucci -- The Impact of Aging on Cancer Progression and Treatment / Shenghui He and Norman E. Sharpless -- The Impact of Cancer Treatments on Aging / Changhan Lee and Valter Longo -- Cardiovascular Disease and Aging / Ying Ann Chiao, Edward Lakatta, Zoltan Ungvari, Dao-Fu Dai and Peter Rabinovitch -- The Impact of Aging on Ischemic Stroke / Farida Sohrabji -- Parkinson's Disease and Aging / Julie K. Andersen -- The Role of Aging in Alzheimer's Disease / Geoffrey A. Kerchner and Tony Wyss-Coray -- Aging and the Bone-Muscle Interface / Simon Melov and Clifford J. Rosen -- Osteoporosis and Mechanisms of Skeletal Aging / Julie Glowacki and Tamara Vokes -- Osteoarthritis in the Elderly / Richard F. Loeser and Martin Lotz -- Diabetes and Aging / Nicolas Musi and Andrzej Bartke -- Renal Aging and Transplantation / John P. Higgins and Stuart K. Kim -- Asthma and Aging / Nicola A. Hanania and Paula Busse -- Aging in COPD and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / Cecilia Sanchez -- Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Vision Impairment / Jayakrishna Ambati and Charles Wright -- HIV and Aging: Parallels and Synergistic Mechanisms Leading to Premature Disease and Functional Decline / Anna Hearps, Katherine Schafer, Kevin High and Alan Landay -- Pain in the Elderly / Roger B. Fillingim, Dennis C. Turk and Robert P. Yezierski -- The Way Forward / translation: James L. Kirkland.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Age-Related Changes of the Human Eye
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29975
edited by Carlo A. P. Cavallotti, Luciano Cerulli.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Cavallotti, Carlo A. P
- Other Authors
- Cerulli, Luciano
- Responsibility
- edited by Carlo A. P. Cavallotti, Luciano Cerulli
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Series Title
- Aging medicine
- ISBN
- 9781597455077
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Eye Diseases - physiopathology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatrics
- Ophthalmology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Aging and heart failure : mechanisms and management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33590
Bodh I. Jugdutt, editor.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book synthesizes the major research advances in molecular, biochemical, and translational aspects of aging and heart failure over the last four decades and addresses future directions in management and drug discovery. It presents clinical issues and molecular mechanisms related to heart failure, including the changing demographics in the aging population with heart failure; hypertension and prevention of diastolic heart failure in the aging population; polypharmacy and adverse drug reactio…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Jugdutt, Bodh I
- Responsibility
- Bodh I. Jugdutt, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- ISBN
- 9781493902682 (electronic bk.)
- 9781493902675
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Heart Failure
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart failure
- Older people - Medical care
- Abstract
- This book synthesizes the major research advances in molecular, biochemical, and translational aspects of aging and heart failure over the last four decades and addresses future directions in management and drug discovery. It presents clinical issues and molecular mechanisms related to heart failure, including the changing demographics in the aging population with heart failure; hypertension and prevention of diastolic heart failure in the aging population; polypharmacy and adverse drug reactions in the aging population with heart failure; changes in the heart that accompany advancing age from humans to molecules; aging-associated alterations in myocardial inflammation and fibrosis; and aging-related changes in mitochondrial function and implications for heart failure therapy. The book succinctly summarizes the large volume of data on these key topics and highlights novel pathways that need to be explored. Featuring contributions from leading clinician-scientists, Aging and Heart Failure: Mechanisms and Management is an authoritative resource on the major clinical issues in heart failure therapy in the elderly for cardiologists, gerontologists, and internists.
- Contents
- Changing Demographics of the Aging Population with Heart Failure and Implications for Therapy -- Biology of Aging and Implications for Heart Failure Therapy and Prevention -- Hypertension and Prevention of Diastolic Heart Failure in the Aging Population -- Aging and Optimal Therapy of Systolic Heart Failure in the Elderly -- Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure in the Aging Population -- Optimizing Therapy of Heart Failure in the Aging Population with Monitoring in Clinics -- Cardiac Alterations in Aging, Hypertension, and Diastolic Heart Failure -- Polypharmacy and Adverse Drug Reactions in the Aging Population with Heart Failure -- Age-Related Changes in Vascular Biology and Implications for Heart Failure Therapy in the Aging Population -- Biomarkers and Optimal Management of Heart Failure in the Aging Population -- Benefits of Exercise in the Elderly -- The RAAS in Heart Failure: An Update on Clinical Trials and Opportunities for Therapy -- Aging and Diastolic Dysfunction: The Interplay of Inflammation and Extracellular Matrix Regulation -- Reperfusion and Vasodilator Therapy in Elderly Patients with STEMI and Heart Failure: Improving Outcomes -- Erythropoietin Therapy for Heart Failure -- Role of Resistin in Heart Failure in the Elderly -- Role of Coronary Artery Calcium in Cardiovascular Risk Stratification and Management in the Aging Population -- Aging and Remodeling of the RAS and RAAS and Related Pathways: Implications for Heart Failure Therapy -- Aging and Right Ventricular Failure from Pulmonary Hypertension: Effect of Right Ventricular and Pulmonary Artery Remodeling -- Aging and Right Ventricular Failure from Pulmonary Hypertension: Effect of Right Ventricular and Pulmonary Artery Remodeling -- Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Aging -- Changes in the Heart That Accompany Advancing Age: Humans to Molecules -- Aging-Related Changes in Cell Death and Cell Survival Pathways and Implications for Heart Failure Therapy -- Aging-Related Changes in Telomeres and Telomerases and Implications for Heart Failure Therapy -- Aging-Associated Alterations in Myocardial Inflammation and Fibrosis: Pathophysiological Perspectives and Clinical Implications -- Aging-Related Changes in Extracellular Matrix: Implications for Ventricular Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction -- Calcium-Handling Defects and Changes in Cardiac Function in the Aging Heart -- Integrins: Implications for Aging in Heart Failure Therapy -- Adipokines as Novel Biomarkers in Aging and Heart Failure -- Aging-Related Changes in Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Postinfarction Remodeling: Implications for Heart Failure Therapy -- Aging-Related Changes in Mitochondrial Function and Implication for Heart Failure Therapy -- Regulation of SERCA Via Oxidative Modifications: Implications for the Pathophysiology of Diastolic Dysfunction in the Aging Heart -- SMP30 and Aging-Related Cardiac Remodeling and Heart Failure.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Aging and the heart : A Post-Genomic View
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28046
by José Marín-García, Michael J. Goldenthal, Gordon W. Moe.
--Boston, MA:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Marín-García, José
- Other Authors
- Goldenthal, Michael J
- Moe, Gordon W
- Responsibility
- by José Marín-García, Michael J. Goldenthal, Gordon W. Moe
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- ISBN
- 9780387740720
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Cardiovascular Diseases - genetics
- Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cardiology
- Geriatrics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Trüeb, Ralph M
- Tobin, Desmond J
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9783642026362
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Hair Diseases - aged
- Hair - physiology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Dermatology
- Geriatrics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The aging kidney in health and disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30341
--Boston, MA:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Macias Nuñez, Juan F
- Cameron, J. Stewart
- Oreopoulos, Dimitrios G
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- ISBN
- 9780387726595
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Kidney - physiology
- Kidney Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatrics
- Nephrology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Aging : the paradox of life : why we age
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30359
Holliday, Robin.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2007.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Holliday, Robin
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- ISBN
- 9781402056413
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatrics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
American Psychiatric Association Publishing textbook of geriatric psychiatry, The
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat50335
Steffens, David O.
(5th ed.)
--Arlington, VA:
American Psychiatric Publishing
, 2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Steffens, David O.
- Other Authors
- Blazer, Dan G.
- Thakur, Mugdha E.
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Arlington, VA
- Publisher
- American Psychiatric Publishing
- Date of Publication
- 2015
- ISBN
- 9781615370054
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Mental Disorders
- Aged
- Aging - physiology
- Geriatric Psychiatry - methods
- Notes
- Access to this online resource is restricted to IWK Health Centre employees working from inside the hospital network.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of geriatric psychiatry
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42249
edited by David C. Steffens, Dan G. Blazer, Mugdha E. Thakur.
(Fifth edition)
--Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Publishing
, c2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Responsibility
- edited by David C. Steffens, Dan G. Blazer, Mugdha E. Thakur
- Edition
- Fifth edition
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- American Psychiatric Publishing
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource [xiv, 823 pages]
- ISBN
- 9781615370054
- 9781585624843
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged - psychology
- Aging - physiology
- Geriatric Psychiatry - methods
- Mental Disorders
- Contents
- Part I: Introduction to Geriatric Psychiatry -- Demography and epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in late life -- Physiological and clinical considerations of geriatric patient care -- Genomics in geriatric psychiatry -- Part II. Evaluation of Psychiatric Disorders in Late Life -- The psychiatric interview of older adults -- Use of the laboratory in the diagnostic workup of older adults -- Neuropsychological assessment of dementia -- Part III: Presentation of Psychiatric Disorders in Late Life -- Delirium -- Dementia and mild neurocognitive disorders -- Mood disorders -- Bipolar disorder in late life -- Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatic symptom and related disorders -- Sexuality and aging -- Bereavement -- Sleep and circadian rhythm disorders -- Alcohol and drug problems -- Personality disorders -- Agitation in older adults -- Part IV: Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in Late Life -- Psychopharmacology -- Electroconvulsive therapy and other forms of brain stimulation -- Nutrition and physical activity -- Individual and group psychotherapy -- Working with families of older adults -- Clinical psychiatry in the nursing home.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of geriatric psychiatry
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23835
Blazer, Dan G.
(4th ed.)
--Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Pub.
, 2009.
- Call Number
- WT 150 A512 2009
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WT 150 A512 2009
- Author
- Blazer, Dan G
- Other Authors
- Steffens, David C
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- American Psychiatric Pub.
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 676 p.
- ISBN
- 9781585622771
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Mental Disorders - Aged
- Aging - physiology
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Biological Basis of Geriatric Oncology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29596
edited by Lodovico Balducci, Martine Extermann.
--Boston, MA:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2005.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Balducci, Lodovico
- Other Authors
- Extermann, Martine
- Responsibility
- edited by Lodovico Balducci, Martine Extermann
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2005
- Series Vol.
- 124
- Series Title
- Cancer treatment and research
- ISBN
- 9780387239620
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - epidemiology - Aged
- Aging - physiology
- Comorbidity
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatrics
- Oncology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The biology of human longevity : inflammation, nutrition, and aging in the evolution of lifespans
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27590
Finch, Caleb E.
--Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Elsevier Academic Press
, 2007.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Finch, Caleb E
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Publisher
- Elsevier Academic Press
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 626 p.
- ISBN
- 9780080545943
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Longevity - physiology
- Aging - physiology
- Inflammation
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Contents
- 1. INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATION IN AGING AND CHRONIC DISEASES. 1.1. Overview ; 1.2. Experimental models for aging ; 1.3. Outline of inflammation ; 1.4. Bystander damage and dependent variables in senescence ; 1.5 Arterial aging and atherosclerosis ; 1.6. Alzheimer disease and vascular-related dementias ; 1.7. Inflammation in obesity ; 1.8. Processes of normal aging in the absence of specific diseases ; 1.9. Summary -- 2. INFECTIONS, INFLAMMOGENS, AND DRUGS. 2.1. Introduction ; 2.2. Vascular disease ; 2.3. Infections from the central tube : Metchnikoff revisited ; 2.4. Aerosols and dietary inflammogens ; 2.5. Infections, inflammation, and life span ; 2.6. Are infections a cause of obesity? ; 2.7. Inflammation, dementia, and cognitive decline ; 2.8. Immunosenescence and stem cells ; 2.9. Cancer, infection, and inflammation ; 2.10. Pharmacopleiotropies in vascular disease, dementia, and cancer ; 2.11. Summary -- 3. ENERGY BALANCE, INFLAMMATION, AND AGING. 3.1. Introduction ; 3.2. Diet restriction and aging ; 3.3. Energy sensing in diet restriction and satiety ; 3.4. Exercise, cardiovascular health, and longevity ; 3.5. Diet, exercise, and neurodegeneration ; 3.6. Laboratory rodents as models for the 'couch potato' ; 3.7. Energy balance in the life history ; 3.8. Summary -- 4. NUTRITION AND INFECTION IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL INFLUENCES ON AGING. 4.1. Introduction ; 4.2. Synopsis of the fetal origins theory ; 4.3. The Barker studies of infections and vascular disease ; 4.4. Size, health, and longevity ; 4.5. Infection and undernutrition on birthweight and later disease ; 4.6. Infection and nutrition in postnatal development and later disease ; 4.7. Famine ; 4.8. Maternal physiology, fetal growth, and later chronic disease ; 4.9. Growth in adaptive responses to the environment ; 4.10. Genomics of fetal growth regulation ; 4.11. Summary -- 5. GENETICS. 5.1. Introduction ; 5.2. Sources of individual variations in aging and life span ; 5.3. Sex differences in longevity ; 5.4. Metabolism and host-defense in worm and fly ; 5.5. The worm ; 5.6. Fly ; 5.7. Mammals ; 5.8. Summary -- 6. THE HUMAN LIFE SPAN : PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE. 6.1. Introduction ; 6.2. From great ape to human ; 6.3. Four major shifts in human life history from genetic and cultural evolution ; 6.4. The instability of life spans ; 6.5. Summary of chapters 1-6 : mechanisms in aging and life history evolution.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Biology of Senescence : A Translational Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44359
Bernard Swynghedauw.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book describes the fundamental process of senescence, and reviews a new concept developed by a number of research groups that is based on cellular senescence and its secretome. This concept provides a basic explanation of the main physiological and pathological features of senescence, and delineates possibilities for “treating” it. Following an introduction to the emerging medical landscape, the increasing incidence of a new epidemiological group (age-related “chronic non-transmissible dis…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Swynghedauw, Bernard
- Responsibility
- Bernard Swynghedauw
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 121 p.) : 23 illus., 13 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Practical issues in geriatrics
- ISBN
- 9783030151119
- 9783030151102 (Print ed.)
- 9783030151126 (Print ed.)
- 9783030151133 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2509-6060
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Cellular Senescence - physiology
- Geriatrics
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Physiology
- Abstract
- This book describes the fundamental process of senescence, and reviews a new concept developed by a number of research groups that is based on cellular senescence and its secretome. This concept provides a basic explanation of the main physiological and pathological features of senescence, and delineates possibilities for “treating” it. Following an introduction to the emerging medical landscape, the increasing incidence of a new epidemiological group (age-related “chronic non-transmissible diseases”), and the multiple origins of aging, the book explores and characterizes the senescent cell, which is linked to benign and pathological age-related manifestations. In turn, the closing chapters discuss how to “treat” or “prevent” the aging process, underscoring the central role of physical exercise and caloric reduction as compared to new senolytic approaches. Appendices are also provided, and address circadian rhythms, telomere shortening, diabetic cardiomyopathy, and senescence in plants and bacteria. Given its scope, the book will primarily be of interest to geriatricians, but will also appeal to a wider range of clinicians.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The emerging medical landscape -- 3. Origins of ageing -- 4. The senescent cell, SC-- 5. The nonfatal clinical manifestations of ageing -- 6. Age-linked non-transmissible diseases -- 7. How to treat or prevent, or slow down, cellular ageing and senescence? -- 8. Senescence: a Darwinian evolutionary perspective -- 9. Conclusion -- 10. Summary -- Annex A: Senescence in Plants and Bacteria -- Annex B: Theories of Ageing -- Annex C: Telomeres and Telomerase -- Annex D: MicroRNAs, miRs -- Annex E: Circadian Rhythms, a Fundamental Basis of Life -- Annex F: The Diabetic Heart -- Glossary.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Centenarians : An Example of Positive Biology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44369
Calogero Caruso, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This state-of-the-art review on longevity focuses on centenarians, studied as a model of positive biology. The extraordinary rise in the elderly population in developed countries underscores the importance of studies on ageing and longevity in order to decrease the medical, economic and social problems associated with the increased number of non-autonomous individuals affected by invalidating pathologies. Centenarians have reached the extreme limits of human life span. Those in relatively good …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Caruso, Calogero
- Responsibility
- Calogero Caruso, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 179 p.) : 13 illus., 11 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030207625
- 9783030207618 (Print ed.)
- 9783030207632 (Print ed.)
- 9783030207649 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged, 80 and over
- Aging - physiology
- Geriatrics
- Longevity
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- This state-of-the-art review on longevity focuses on centenarians, studied as a model of positive biology. The extraordinary rise in the elderly population in developed countries underscores the importance of studies on ageing and longevity in order to decrease the medical, economic and social problems associated with the increased number of non-autonomous individuals affected by invalidating pathologies. Centenarians have reached the extreme limits of human life span. Those in relatively good health, who are able to perform their routine daily tasks, are the best examples of extreme longevity, representing selected individuals in which the appearance of major age-related diseases – including cancer and cardiovascular diseases – has been consistently delayed or avoided. The relationship between causality and chance is an open discussion topic in many disciplines. In particular, ageing, the related diseases, and longevity are difficult to define as a consequence of causality, chance or both. Discussing the relevance of these different factors in the attainment of longevity, the book gathers contributions on genetic, epigenetic and phenotypic aspects of centenarians. The “positive biology” approach is applied to clarify the causes of positive phenotypes, as well as to explain the biological mechanisms of health and well-being with the aim of preventing and/or reducing frailty and disability in the elderly.
- Contents
- 1. Chance and Causality in Ageing and Longevity -- 2. Phenotypic Aspects of Longevity -- 3. Centenarian Offspring as a Model of Successful Ageing -- 4. Individual Longevity Versus Population Longevity -- 5. Dietary Inflammatory Index in Ageing and Longevity -- 6. Genetic Signatures of Centenarians -- 7. Epigenetics and Ageing -- 8. Lifestyle Choices, Psychological Stress, and Their Impact on Aging: The Role of Telomeres -- 9. Gut Microbiota Pattern of Centenarians -- 10. The Impact of Mediterranean Diet on Longevity -- 11. Lifespan and Healthspan Extension by Nutraceuticals: An Overview.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical neurology of aging
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33481
edited by Martin L. Albert, Janice E. Knoefel.
(3rd ed.)
--New York:
Oxford University Press
, 2011.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This resource features 60 chapters written by the world's elite clinicians from neurology, geriatrics and research on all aspects of geriatric neurology, and the authors have incorporated the geriatric care perspective and a quality-oriented approach to health care throughout, resulting in the definitive reference for all clinicians caring for older people as well as for those who set policies that affect research and clinical practice.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Albert, Martin L., 1939-
- Knoefel, Janice E.
- Responsibility
- edited by Martin L. Albert, Janice E. Knoefel
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 641 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780199323012 (eISBN)
- 9780195369298
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatric neurology
- Abstract
- This resource features 60 chapters written by the world's elite clinicians from neurology, geriatrics and research on all aspects of geriatric neurology, and the authors have incorporated the geriatric care perspective and a quality-oriented approach to health care throughout, resulting in the definitive reference for all clinicians caring for older people as well as for those who set policies that affect research and clinical practice.
- Contents
- Introduction to Geriatric Neurology -- 1. Geriatric Neurology—An Introduction -- 2. Epidemiology of Aging and Age-related Neurological Disease -- 3. Neurogenetics of Aging4 Special Aspects of Research in Aging -- Neurological Assessment in Aging -- 5. Neurological Evaluation of the Elderly Patient -- 6. Mental Status Examination in the Elderly -- 7. The Process of Geriatric Neuropsychological Assessment -- 8. Anatomical Neuroimaging in Aging -- 9. Functional Neuroimaging in Aging -- 10. Electroencephalography and Evoked Potentials in Geriatrics -- 11. Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography -- 12. Competency, Capacity, and Self-determination in Aging -- 13. Functional Assessment in Geriatric Neurology -- Cognitive Disorders in Aging -- 14. Cognitive Function in Healthy Aging -- 15. Mild Cognitive Impairment -- 16. Alzheimer’s Disease -- 17. Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Syndromes -- 18. Vascular Cognitive Impairment -- 19. Synucleinopathies -- 20. Alcohol and Toxin-related Dementias -- 21. Delirium in the Elderly -- Motor Disorders in Aging -- 22. Parkinson’s Disease -- 23. Other Parkinsonian Disorders -- 24. Essential Tremor -- 25. Gait Disturbances in Aging -- 26. Falls in Aging and Neurological Disease -- 27. The Ataxias -- 28. Dyskinetic Movement Disorders -- 29. Simple and Complex Sleep-related Movement Disorders in Older Adults -- Sensory Disturbance in Aging -- 30. Neuro-ophthalmology of the Afferent Visual System in Aging -- 31. The Aging Auditory System -- 32. Dizziness in the Elderly -- 33. Taste and Smell in Aging -- 34. Autonomic Dysfunction in the Elderly -- Peripheral Neurology in Aging -- 35. Spinal Disorders in the Elderly -- 36. Motor Neuron Disease -- 37. Primary and Inflammatory Muscle Disorders in the Elderly -- 38. Peripheral Motor and Sensory Neuropathies in Aging -- Disease States in the Elderly -- 39. Stroke -- 40. Epilepsy and the Elderly -- 41. Head Injury in the Elderly -- 42. Language Changes Associated with Aging -- 43. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus -- 44. Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction in the Elderly -- 45. Brain Tumor in the Elderly -- 46. Multiple Sclerosis in the Elderly -- 47. Sleep Disorders in Aging -- 48. Headache in the Elderly -- 49. Shingles and Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Elderly -- Neurological Therapeutics -- 50. Neurorehabilitation in the Elderly -- 51. Pain Management in the Elderly -- 52. Pharmacotherapy Considerations in Geriatric Neurology -- 53. Cognitive Enhancement in the Elderly -- 54. Cognitive and Physical Benefits of Exercise in the Aging -- 55. Palliative Care and Neurological Illness: An Approach to Long-term Neurological Conditions and Catastrophic Illness.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Communication and swallowing changes in healthy aging adults
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24904
Burda, Angela N.
--Sudbury, MA:
Jones and Bartlett
, 2011.
- Call Number
- WT 104 B949c 2011
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WT 104 B949c 2011
- Author
- Burda, Angela N
- Place of Publication
- Sudbury, MA
- Publisher
- Jones and Bartlett
- Date of Publication
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 194 p.
- ISBN
- 9780763776565
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Communication - Aged
- Deglutition - Aged
- Geriatric Assessment
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Diabetes and Aging-related Complications
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43238
Sho-ichi Yamagishi, editor.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book addresses why and how the aging process is accelerated under diabetes, providing valuable and comprehensive information for the management of various types of diabetes- and aging-related disorders. Since several papers have shown that average life span and healthy life expectancy are reduced in diabetic patients, especially in those with a long history of disease, the early detection and treatment of diabetes-related complications are urgently needed in order to slow the aging process…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Yamagishi, Sho-ichi
- Responsibility
- Sho-ichi Yamagishi, editor
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 212 p.) : 57 illus., 32 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811043765
- 9789811043758 (print ed.)
- 9789811043772 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Age Factors
- Aging - physiology
- Diabetes Complications
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Specialty
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- This book addresses why and how the aging process is accelerated under diabetes, providing valuable and comprehensive information for the management of various types of diabetes- and aging-related disorders. Since several papers have shown that average life span and healthy life expectancy are reduced in diabetic patients, especially in those with a long history of disease, the early detection and treatment of diabetes-related complications are urgently needed in order to slow the aging process and help people successfully live with diabetes. Each chapter of this book addresses a specific diabetes and aging-related complication. The topics covered include not only diabetic vascular complications, the leading causes of morbidities and high mortality rates in both type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients, but also other aging-related complications such as Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, periodontitis and cancer growth and metastasis. Experts on each topic discuss the background of the aging process and methods for coping with diabetes-related complications. The book as a whole, as well as the individual chapters, offer a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in the fields of diabetic studies, gerontology, and aging science.
- Contents
- 1. Diabetic Nephropathy -- 2. Diabetic Eye Disease -- 3. Diabetic Neuropathy -- 4. Diabetes and Endothelial Dysfunction -- 5. Diabetes and Vascular Calcification -- 6. Diabetes and Adipocyte Dysfunction -- 7. Diabetes and Liver Disorders -- 8. Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease -- 9. Diabetes and Cancers -- 10. Diabetes and Osteoporosis -- 11. Diabetes and Sarcopenia -- 12. Diabetes and Frailty -- 13. Diabetes and LOH Syndrome -- 14. Diabetes and Female Sterility/Infertility -- 15. Diabetes and Periodontitis -- 16. Diabetes and Advanced Glycation End Products.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Dietary Patterns and Whole Plant Foods in Aging and Disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43277
Mark L. Dreher.
--Cham:
Humana Press
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This text provides a comprehensive review of the latest research on the effects of dietary patterns and whole plant foods on general health, aging, and cardiometabolic disease risk from major prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and their meta-analyses. The book extensively assesses the effects of lifestyle, dietary patterns, and specific whole plant foods on the quality of aging; the impact of fiber-rich foods on colonic microbiotia and weight regulation, the effe…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Dreher, Mark L.
- Responsibility
- Mark L. Dreher
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 619 p.) : 225 illus., 204 illus. in color
- Series
- Nutrition and Health
- Series Title
- Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9783319591803
- 9783319591797 (print ed.)
- 9783319591810 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Chronic Disease - prevention & control
- Feeding Behavior
- Healthy Aging - physiology
- Healthy Diet
- Plants, Edible - physiology
- Specialty
- Nutritional Sciences
- Abstract
- This text provides a comprehensive review of the latest research on the effects of dietary patterns and whole plant foods on general health, aging, and cardiometabolic disease risk from major prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and their meta-analyses. The book extensively assesses the effects of lifestyle, dietary patterns, and specific whole plant foods on the quality of aging; the impact of fiber-rich foods on colonic microbiotia and weight regulation, the effects of which influence the quality of aging; the effects of fiber-rich diets on the aging gastrointestinal tract; and the role of dietary patterns and specific whole plant foods on coronary heart disease, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Figures are extensively used to highlight findings and tables summarizing food composition dietary patterns and whole plant foods. Tables summarizing meta-analyses and representative cohort studies and RCTs provide state-of-the-art coverage of the important effect of dietary patterns and whole plant foods on aging and cardiometabolic diseases. Dietary Patterns and Whole Plant Foods in Aging and Disease will serve as a very useful, state -of -the-art resource for dietitians, physicians, nurses, food industry scientists, researchers, naturopathic doctors, educators and their students interested in the role of dietary patterns and specific whole plant foods on aging and disease.
- Contents
- Part I. Overview of Aging and Disease -- 1. Major Lifestyles and Phenotypes in Aging and Disease -- 2. Dietary Patterns in Aging and Disease -- 3. Whole Plant Foods in Aging and Disease -- Part II. Gastrointestinal Tract -- 4. Fiber-Rich Dietary Patterns and Colonic Microbiota in Aging and Disease -- 5. Fiber-Rich Dietary Patterns and Foods in Laxation and Constipation -- 6. Dietary Patterns, Foods and Fiber in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Diverticular Disease -- Part III. Weight Management and Related Diseases -- 7 Dietary Patterns and Fiber in Body Weight and Composition Regulation -- 8. Whole Plant Foods in Body Weight and Composition Regulation -- 9. Dietary Patterns and Whole Plant Foods in Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management -- 10. Dietary Patterns, Foods, Nutrients and Phytochemicals in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease -- Part IV. Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, and Age-Related Cognitive Function -- 11. Dietary Patterns and Coronary Heart Disease -- 12. Whole Plant Foods and Coronary Heart Disease -- 13. Dietary Patterns and Hypertension -- 14. Whole Plant Foods and Hypertension -- 15. Dietary Patterns, Foods and Beverages in Chronic Kidney Disease -- 16. Dietary Patterns and Stroke Risk -- 17. Whole Plant Foods and Stroke Risk -- 18. Dietary Patterns, Foods and Beverages in Age-Related Cognitive Performance and Dementia -- Part V. Cancer Prevention and Survival -- 19. Dietary Patterns, Whole Plant Foods, Nutrients and Phytochemicals in Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Management -- 20. Dietary Patterns, Whole Plant Foods, Nutrients and Phytochemicals in Breast Cancer Prevention and Management.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Geriatric Anesthesiology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42945
edited by J. G. Reves, Sheila Ryan Barnett, Julie R. McSwain, G. Alec Rooke.
(Third edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Surgical and anesthetic techniques have evolved to allow a growing number of older adults to undergo surgery, and current estimates are that 50% of Americans over the age of 65 years old will have an operation. However, as the knowledge regarding perioperative care of the elderly surgical patient grows, so do the questions. In this edition, each chapter includes a section entitled "Gaps in Our Knowledge," meant to highlight areas in which research is needed, as well as hopefully inspire readers…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Reves, J. G.
- Barnett, Sheila Ryan
- McSwain, Julie R.
- Rooke, G. Alec
- Responsibility
- edited by J. G. Reves, Sheila Ryan Barnett, Julie R. McSwain, G. Alec Rooke
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 510 p.) : 131 illus., 35 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319668789
- 9783319668772 (print ed.)
- 9783319668796 (print ed.)
- 9783319883359 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged
- Aging - physiology
- Anesthesia
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Specialty
- Anesthesiology
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- Surgical and anesthetic techniques have evolved to allow a growing number of older adults to undergo surgery, and current estimates are that 50% of Americans over the age of 65 years old will have an operation. However, as the knowledge regarding perioperative care of the elderly surgical patient grows, so do the questions. In this edition, each chapter includes a section entitled "Gaps in Our Knowledge," meant to highlight areas in which research is needed, as well as hopefully inspire readers to begin solving some of these questions themselves. Building upon the strong foundation of the first two editions, Geriatric Anesthesiology, 3rd edition also assembles the most up-to-date information in geriatric anesthesia and provides anesthesiologists with important new developments.Topics covered include several new chapters that reflect the evolution of multidisciplinary geriatric care throughout the perioperative continuum, as well as the growing body of literature related to prehabilitation. In addition, discussion of the surgeon's perspective and geriatrician's perspective on surgery in the geriatric population is covered, as well as the systematic physiologic changes associated with aging and the pharmacologic considerations for the geriatric patient undergoing procedures. Finally, the last section discusses postoperative care specific to the geriatric population, including acute pain management, ICU management, recent evidence and up-to-date practice regarding delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction, and palliative care. .
- Contents
- Part I—Fundamentals -- Ch. 1: Geriatric Anesthesiology: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? -- Ch. 2: Theories and mechanisms of aging -- Ch. 3: Ethical and Legal Issues of Geriatrics -- Ch. 4: Basic Preoperative Evaluation and Preoperative Management of the Older Patient -- Ch. 5: The Perioperative Surgical Home for the Geriatric Population -- Ch. 6: Improving perioperative functional capacity. A case for prehabilitation -- Ch. 7: Care of the Geriatric Surgery Patient - The Surgeon's Perspective -- Ch. 8: The Geriatrician's Perspective on Surgery in the Geriatric Population -- Ch. 9: Medicare, Administrative and Financial Matters in Caring for Geriatric Patients -- Part II - System Changes -- Ch. 10: Geriatric Anesthesia: Age-dependent Changes in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems -- Ch. 11: Cardiovascular System -- Ch. 12: The Aging Respiratory System: Strategies to Minimize Postoperative Pulmonary Complications -- Ch. 13: Renal, Metabolic and Endocrine Aging -- Ch. 14: Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems -- Ch. 15: Perioperative Thermoregulation in the Elderly -- Part III—Pharmacology -- Ch. 16: Inhalational Anesthetics -- Ch. 17: Intravenous Sedatives and Anesthetics -- Ch. 18: The Pharmacology of Intravenous Opioids -- Ch. 19: Local Anesthetics and Regional Anesthesia -- Ch. 20: Neuromuscular Blocking and Reversal Agents -- Ch. 21: Anesthetic Implications of Chronic Medication Use -- Part IV - Special Concerns -- Ch. 22: Anesthesia for Common Non-Operating Room Procedures in the Geriatric Patient -- Ch. 23: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Procedures -- Ch. 24: Perioperative Management of Pacemakers and Internal Cardioverter-Defibrillators -- Ch. 25: Special concerns of intraoperative management in orthopedic procedures -- Ch. 26: Geriatric Trauma and Emergent/Urgent Surgery -- Ch. 27: Perioperative Care of the Elderly Cancer Patient -- Part V - Postoperative Care -- Ch. 28: Pain Management -- Ch. 29: ICU Management -- Ch. 30: Postoperative Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Patients -- Ch. 31: Palliative Care for the Anesthesia Provider.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
