Search Tag: ageing

Cardiology Management

Calorie-restriction-slows-ageing

2023 15 Feb

A first-of-its-kind randomised controlled trial led by the Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health has shown that caloric restriction can slow the pace of aging in healthy adults. The CALERIE™ intervention, which has been proven to slow aging in animals, was tested on 220 healthy men and women over a period...Read more

Executive Health Management

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2022 27 Oct

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Ageing-population

2020 14 Sep

T he process of ageing cannot be defined by a number. The World Health Organization classifies anyone over the age of 65 as elderly. However, it is important to understand that ageing is a complex process, and we must consider physiological and cognitive vulnerabilities when talking about ageing as they can make some elderly people more prone to...Read more

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Ageing-and-critical-illness-what-does-quality-care-look-like

2020 14 Sep

This article explores a system for assessing quality of care in critically ill elderly patients. D ecision-making processes around the admission of critically ill elderly patients have been put into sharp focus in 2020. The urgent need to meet the demands associated with large numbers of acutely ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic...Read more

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6th-annual-mena-health-insurance-congress

2020 29 Sep

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Cash-cow-infographic

2019 13 Nov

An overview of healthcare industry revenue, growth and expenditures.  Read more

Executive Health Management

Anti-ageing-therapies-from-basic-science-to-human-application

2019 02 Oct

Summary: At the turn of the twenty-first century, our understanding of the biology of ageing has fundamentally changed thanks to major preclinical breakthroughs, which revived age-old aspirations for eternal youth. However, how close are we, in reality, to achieving this in humans? Background Nowadays, the average human lifespan...Read more

Executive Health Management

Eldex-eldercare-exhibition-conference-asia-2019

2019 08 Nov

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Ict4awe-2020-6th-international-conference-on-ict-for-ageing-well-e-health

2020 03 May

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2019 01 Oct

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Revitalising-the-aged-heart-through-spermidine-rich-diet

2019 22 Feb

Stringent dietary adjustments, albeit effective in delaying ageing, are not attractive to the majority of people. Thus, pharmaceuticals or natural substances that mimic caloric restriction, like spermidine, are emerging as an alternative and feasible strategy to promote healthy ageing.   Background   We are in an era of artificial intelligence,...Read more

Executive Health Management

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2019 18 Sep

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2019 21 Jan

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Encouraging-health-app-use-with-seniors

2019 21 Jan

Prevention, patient autonomy and use of digital goods A digital health coaching platform offers sustainable support of the elderly population to improve their mental, emotional and physical fitness. The German healthcare system is still one of the  best in the world. Nevertheless, for many years the contribution of healthcare...Read more

ICU Management

Redefining-the-role-of-hospitals-innovating-in-population-health

2018 21 Aug

The 27th EAHM Congress looks at providing healthcare to a changing population and adapting to digitisation With the 27th European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM) Congress being held in Cascais, Lisbon at the end of September, HealthManagement interviews Alexandre Lourenço, President of hosting organisation, the Portuguese Association...Read more

Health Management

Rising-multimorbidity-in-our-ageing-world

2018 21 Aug

Mapping the landscape of ageing for more effective healthcare How can the spatial sciences contribute to streamlined healthcare by addressing multi-morbidity in ageing populations across the globe? The global population is ageing. This is not only a general demographic pattern but one with a variety of unique trajectories by country...Read more

Health Management

Chronic-inequities-the-top-killer-of-women-in-europe

2018 21 Aug

Women are underrepresented throughout the health policy continuum from research to access and appropriate healthcare. How can this imbalance be addressed? What is killing women in Europe today? The list includes cardiovascular disease, cancer and respiratory disease, which account for nearly four-fifths of women's (and men’s) deaths on...Read more

Executive Health Management

International-growth-development-conference-igdc-2018

2018 14 Mar

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Cardiology Management

Survey-cardiology-workforce-is-ageing-male-dominated

2017 17 Jan

Cardiologists are generally happy in their field, but discrepancies remain between the career experiences of men and women, according to results of the American College of Cardiology's third Professional Life Survey. The results, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also reflect an ageing workforce that is less likely to be in...Read more

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Healthcare-cross-collaboration-to-support-ageing-community

2017 02 Jan

We now live longer but increased life expectancy has led to more pressure on healthcare services. The Design Council in the UK is involved in an innovative new drive to improve the experience for all concerned. Called Transform Ageing this new cross-sector initiative brings together people in later life, social entrepreneurs a nd health and social...Read more

Executive Health Management

Few-young-doctors-are-training-to-care-for-u-s-elderly

2016 19 Jul

A report in Kaiser Health News has highlighted the serious lack of physicians available to tend to the growing population of elderly in the U.S. saying the problem is going to get worse in the future. Dr Todd Goldberg is one of 36 geriatricians in the state of West Virginia which has the third oldest population in America after Main and Florida....Read more

Executive Health Management

Building-the-future-of-health

2016 01 Jun

Building the Future of Health is a large international conference that will take place in June 2016 in Groningen, the Netherlands. It marks a fundamental change in how we think about our built environment, public health and our healthcare system.Read more

Health Management

The-older-patient-ehealth-and-mhealth-approach-in-today-s-context-of-demographic-ageing

2016 05 Jan

Background  The demographic trends projected over the long term reveal that Europe is ‘turning increasingly grey’ in the coming decades. By 2025 more than 20 percent of Europeans will be 65 or over, with a particularly rapid increase in the number of over 80s. This ageing trend will continue, and it is expected that by 2060 more than 30 percent...Read more

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2015 30 Dec

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The-future-is-coming-drones-and-healthcare

2015 13 Dec

A University of Illinois researcher has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create drones that could perform small household chores, like retrieving a bottle of medicine from another room. This kind of innovation becomes more important given rapid growth in the elderly population especially in the developed world....Read more

IT Management

Video-games-can-improve-memory

2015 10 Dec

Playing 3D video games can enhance the formation of memories, according to a new study from University of California, Irvine. This finding published in The Journal of Neuroscience shows the potential for novel virtual approaches to helping people whose memory wanes as they grow older. For this study, Craig Stark and Dane Clemenson of UCI’s Center...Read more

IMAGING Management

Rsna15-study-shows-link-between-early-stage-brain-and-heart-disease

2015 03 Dec

Researchers in the Netherlands studying thousands of healthy adults have found a connection between very early stages of brain and heart disease, according to a study presented on Wednesday, 2 December, at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. The finding provides more insight into the heart-brain connection, which is important...Read more

Cardiology Management

Findings-identify-age-related-cause-of-arterial-dysfunction

2015 13 Sep

Cardiovascular disease continues to remain the leading cause of death worldwide. The world's elderly population is expected to double by 2050 and it is now becoming increasingly important to understand how ageing affects the body.  Researchers from the University of Missouri have identified an age-related cause of arterial dysfunction that could lead...Read more

IMAGING Management

Cell-density-unchanged-as-brain-shrinks-with-age

2015 16 Jun

Using a powerful 9.4-Tesla MRI — the first of its kind for human imaging — researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have obtained the most detailed MRI images of the brain so far to show that while the brain shrinks with age, brain cell density remains constant. The findings are reported in the journal NMR in Biomedicine . The 9.4-Tesla...Read more