Practising prevention: in old age.

An epidemiological approach to depression prevention in old age.

OBJECTIVE To identify target groups for prevention of chronic or recurrent depression in old age such that prevention is likely to become cost-effective. METHODS Data were used from a population-based cohort study (N = 2,200). Chronic or recurrent depression was defined when people presented with clinically high levels of depression at two time points separated by 3 years. Risk profiles of th...

Obesity in old age.

Many older people in developed countries are overweight or obese. The prevalence is increasing as more people reach old age already overweight. Obesity in old age is associated with increased morbidity and a reduction in quality of life. The relative increase in mortality is less in older than young adults and the body weight associated with maximal survival increases with advancing age. Althou...

Spirometry in old age.

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are highly prevalent in older people [1–4]. This well established fact has not, however, overcome the problem of underdiagnosis or misdiagnosis of both conditions in old age, with the inevitable effect on morbidity , and possibly mortality [1, 5]. Properly performed spirometric measurements of Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) an...

Disability in Old Age

Diseases in Old Age

The presentation is far from purely morphological in that many physiologic findings (natural and experimental) are cited. Radio-active iodine obviously has contributed heavily to this type of material, although there is not much said about the biochemistry of iodine-containing compounds. In general, this work will be of great interest to biologists and workers in the preclinical sciences. As to...