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Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness? [PDF]

, 2014
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Pet ownership is thought to make a positive contribution to health, health behaviours and the general well-being of older people. More specifically pet ownership is often
A Gilbey, A Steptoe, AL Podberscek, Ann Bowling, AP Dickens, B Headey, BWJH Penninx, C Victor, C Victor, C Victor, C Victor, C Victor, CB Zhong, Christina Victor, CM Guest, CM Masi, CM Perissinotto, D Melzer, D Russel, DL Wells, E Friedmann, FV Wenz, GC Wenger, H Miltiades, IH Stanley, J Bowlby, J Flaherty, J Hippisley-Coc, J Holt-Lunstad, J McNicholas, J McNicholas, JA Udell, Jitka Pikhartova, JM Siegel, JT Cacioppo, JT Cacioppo, L Andersson, LA Peplau, LB Jennings, M Cattan, M Cattan, M Choi, M Kanamori, M Pinquart, MB Holbrook, MI Wallhagen, MM Herrald, MR Banks, MR Banks, N Savikko, NE Mahon, NM Antonacopoulos, P Demakakos, P Raina, R Hagan, RA Findlay, RA Parslow, RB Olsen, RC Thurston, RF Baumeister, RF Gillum, RS Lazarus, RS Wilson, S Borys, T Fokkema, T Tamura, TF Garrity, The European Pet Food Industry, V Burholt   +68 more
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Clustering Algorithm Reveals Dopamine‐Motor Mismatch in Cognitively Preserved Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the relationship between dopaminergic denervation and motor impairment in two de novo Parkinson's disease (PD) cohorts. Methods n = 249 PD patients from Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) and n = 84 from an external clinical cohort.
Rachele Malito, Chiara Meneghini, Alice Galli, Luca Gallo, Pierfrancesco Mitrotti, Paola Dimartino, Marianna Inglese, Cinzia Zatti, Alessandro Lupini, Andrea Pilotto, Alessandro Padovani, Micol Avenali, Enza Maria Valente, Cristina Tassorelli, Silvia P. Caminiti   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility of trial procedures for a randomised controlled trial of a community based group exercise intervention for falls prevention for visually impaired older people: the VIOLET study [PDF]

, 2018
Background Visually impaired older people (VIOP) have a higher risk of falling than their sighted peers, and are likely to avoid physical activity. The aim was to adapt the existing Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme for VIOP, delivered in the ...
A Dhital, A Kumar, AJ Campbell, American Geriatrics Society, AS Zigmund, B Klein, B Steinman, C Brundle, Cathy Bailey, D Kendrick, D Podsiadlo, DA Skelton, DA Skelton, Dawn A. Skelton, Denise Howel, Dorothy Coe, DP Gill, E Lamoreux, E Lamoureux, F Bunn, G Lancaster, GA Zijlstra, GA Zijlstra, GI Kempen, H Peyre, H Waterman, Heather Waterman, ID Cameron, J Davis, J Evans, J Painter, JC Davis, JC Mundt, Jennifer Wilkinson, Joanne Gray, L Yardley, Lex D. de Jong, M Boer de, M Herdman, Michael Clarke, NICE 21 Falls Guideline, Nicola Adams, Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, Rosy Lampitt, S Campbell, S Heinrich, S Iliffe, S Lamb, S Lord, S Nandy, S Parry, S Petrou, Sheena Gawler, Steve W Parry, T Boyce, T Hadjistavropoulos, T Keely, Tony Fouweather, V Power, Vincent Deary, Y Tian   +60 more
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CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang, Yujie Liu, Fei Li, Xuelin Li, Lanlan Li, Jie Zhang, Yali Xu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Five‐Year Disease Progression in Synuclein Seeding Positive Sporadic Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To provide a comprehensive description of disease progression in synuclein seeding assay (SAA) positive sporadic Parkinson Disease participants, using Neuronal Synuclein Disease integrated biological and functional impairment staging framework.
Paulina Gonzalez‐Latapi, Caroline Gochanour, Seung Ho Choi, Hyunkeun Cho, Chelsea Caspell‐Garcia, Christopher Coffey, Michael Brumm, David‐Erick Lafontant, Yuge Xiao, Thomas Tropea, John Seibyl, Caroline Tanner, Charles S. Venuto, Karl Kieburtz, Lana M. Chahine, Kathleen L. Poston, Andrew Siderowf, Kenneth Marek, Tanya Simuni, The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geriatrics as a specialty: Insights from Mexican medical students' decision-making process.

PLoS ONE
Main objectiveTo identify the elements associated with the decision to select or reject geriatrics as a medical specialty in Mexico.MethodsQualitative, with the focus group technique to obtain data.
Carolina Gómez-Moreno, Tania Vives-Varela, Alfonso Gulias-Herrero, José Alberto Ávila-Funes, Ayari Pérez-Méndez, Melchor Sánchez-Mendiola, Carlos Gutiérrez-Cirlos   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Drug Interactions and Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Geriatric Patients in India

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2023
Aim: The study aimed to determine the prevalence of potential drug-drug interactions (PDDIs) and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) among geriatrics.
Pooja Nallur Yoganna, Anit Sandra, Kavana Bachol, Eswaran Maheswari, Pagonda Aruna Sree   +4 more
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TBK1‐Associated Primary Lateral Sclerosis Followed by Right Temporal Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report a 58‐year‐old woman with a novel splice‐site variant in the TANK‐binding kinase 1 (TBK1:c.993–2A>C p.Ala332TyrfsTer39) who sequentially developed primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) followed by right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia (rtvFTD). Neuroimaging demonstrated right anterior temporal atrophy before cognitive symptoms, and
Tomoyasu Matsubara, Naoki Kihara, Satoko Miyatake, Koji Fujita, Konoka Tachibana, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Hiroki Yamazaki, Yusuke Osaki, Nazere Keyoumu, Yuki Kuwano, Nobutoshi Morimoto, Suzuran Saito, Eriko Koshimizu, Yoichi Otomi, Kenji Ishibashi, Masafumi Harada, Naomichi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Morino, Yuishin Izumi   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Association between Sleep Problems, Sleep Medication Use, and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Health and Retirement Study 2010 [PDF]

, 2016
Background. Very few studies have assessed the impact of poor sleep and sleep medication use on the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between sleep problems, sleep medication ...
Min, Yaena, Nadpara, Pramit A., Slattum, Patricia W.   +2 more
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Clinical Validation of Plasma p‐217tau in Neurological Diseases

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma p‐217tau is a minimally invasive but specific biomarker for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its disease specificity remains to be clinically evaluated. We validated the reliability of the p‐217tau biomarker in 12 other neurological diseases.
Takeshi Kawarabayashi, Takumi Nakamura, Ryoma Takahashi, Tetsuya Ueda, Seiji Kinoshita, Chikage Uchida, Takashi Sugawara, Kentaro Hashimoto, Kunihiko Ishizawa, Masakuni Amari, Hiroo Kasahara, Yoshio Ikeda, Masamitsu Takatama, Mikio Shoji   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source