Although landmarks are an integral aspect of navigation, they have rarely been used within electronic navigation aids. This paper describes the design of a pedestrian navigation aid for a handheld computer, which guides the user along a route using photographs of landmarks, together with audio and text instructions that reference these landmarks. This aid was designed with older users in mind w...

Introduction Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, resulting in nearly 10,000 deaths per year in the US alone. Approximately 76,000 people are diagnosed with melanoma each year, and that number has been growing steadily over the last 30 years. Tragically, melanoma affects younger as well as older people. In fact, it is one of the most common forms of cancer in people younger than 30...

This study explores how employment is associated with perceived physical and mental health status in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical variables stratified by age. The sample consisted of 184 MS patients divided into a younger (<45 years) and an older (≥45 years) age group. Respondents underwent an interview, a neurological examination on disability ...

The current study examined age differences in affective well-being and reactivity to daily stressors among people varying in health status. Participants (N = 3,493), aged 25 to 74 years, reported global affective well-being in the Midlife Development in the United States survey, and a subset (n = 983) reported their affective reactivity to stressors across eight consecutive evenings in the Nati...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common non-melanoma skin cancer world wide. UV exposure plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of this tumor that is more common in older people. In the past, BCC in people younger than 30 years of age have been seen in connection with genetic diseases like Gorlin-Goltz syndrome. The histological type was mostly superficial and most common localizati...

INTRODUCTION US Hispanics, particularly younger adults in this population, have a higher prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension than do people of other racial/ethnic groups. Little is known about the prevalence and predictors of antihypertensive medication adherence, a major determinant of hypertension control and cardiovascular disease, and differences between age groups in this fast-growing ...