Detecting and responding appropriately to social information in one’s environment is a vital part of everyday social interactions. Here, we report two preregistered experiments that examine how social attention develops across the lifespan, comparing adolescents (10–19 years old), young (20–40 years old) and older (60–80 years old) adults. In two real-world tasks, participants were immersed… Continue reading Tracking developmental differences in real-world social #attention across #adolescence, young adulthood and older #adulthood
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Association between self‐reported night #sleep duration and #cognitive function among older adults with intact global cognition
The purpose of this study was to clarify the association between self‐reported night sleep duration and cognitive functions such as word memory, story memory, attention, executive function, and processing speed of older adults with normal global cognitive function. Methods A total of 241 functionally independent older adults (mean age, 75.5 ± 6.4 years) participated in… Continue reading Association between self‐reported night #sleep duration and #cognitive function among older adults with intact global cognition
Efficacy of #quetiapine for #delirium prevention in hospitalized older medical patients: a randomized double-blind controlled trial
Delirium is a common disorder among hospitalized older patients and results in increased morbidity and mortality. The prevention of delirium is still challenging in older patient care. The role of antipsychotics in delirium prevention has been limited. Therefore, we conducted a trial to investigate the efficacy of quetiapine use to prevent delirium in hospitalized older… Continue reading Efficacy of #quetiapine for #delirium prevention in hospitalized older medical patients: a randomized double-blind controlled trial
A Primary Care Agenda for #Brain Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
A healthy brain is critical for living a longer and fuller life. The projected aging of the population, however, raises new challenges in maintaining quality of life. As we age, there is increasing compromise of neuronal activity that affects functions such as cognition, also making the brain vulnerable to disease. Once pathology-induced decline begins, few… Continue reading A Primary Care Agenda for #Brain Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Assessment of protection against #reinfection with #SARS-CoV-2 among 4 million PCR-tested individuals in Denmark in 2020: a population-level observational study
The degree to which infection with SARS-CoV-2 confers protection towards subsequent reinfection is not well described. In 2020, as part of Denmark's extensive, free-of-charge PCR-testing strategy, approximately 4 million individuals (69% of the population) underwent 10·6 million tests. Using these national PCR-test data from 2020, we estimated protection towards repeat infection with SARS-CoV-2. Methods In… Continue reading Assessment of protection against #reinfection with #SARS-CoV-2 among 4 million PCR-tested individuals in Denmark in 2020: a population-level observational study
An integrative study of five biological #clocks in somatic and mental #health
Biological clocks have been developed at different molecular levels and were found to be more advanced in the presence of somatic illness and mental disorders. However, it is unclear whether different biological clocks reflect similar aging processes and determinants. In ~3000 subjects, we examined whether five biological clocks (telomere length, epigenetic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic… Continue reading An integrative study of five biological #clocks in somatic and mental #health
Risk of Progression to #Diabetes Among Older Adults With Prediabetes
..Prediabetes defined by a glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level of 5.7% to 6.4%, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) level (FG level of 100-125 mg/dL), either, or both. Main Outcomes and Measures Incident total diabetes (physician diagnosis, glucose-lowering medication use, HbA1c level ≥6.5%, or FG level ≥126 mg/dL). Results A total of 3412 participants without diabetes (mean [SD]… Continue reading Risk of Progression to #Diabetes Among Older Adults With Prediabetes
Older Adults and the Mental Health Effects of #COVID-19
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) began to spread in the US in early 2020, older adults experienced disproportionately greater adverse effects from the pandemic including more severe complications, higher mortality, concerns about disruptions to their daily routines and access to care, difficulty in adapting to technologies like telemedicine, and concerns that isolation would exacerbate… Continue reading Older Adults and the Mental Health Effects of #COVID-19
#Older age does not influence the success of #weight loss through the implementation of lifestyle modification
Age is sometimes a barrier for acceptance of patients into a hospital‐based obesity service. Our aim was to explore the effect of age on the ability to lose weight through lifestyle interventions, implemented within a hospital‐based obesity service.. Primary outcome measures were percentage weight loss (%WL) and percentage reduction in body mass index (%rBMI) following… Continue reading #Older age does not influence the success of #weight loss through the implementation of lifestyle modification
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