Browsing Medical Gerontology by Date of Publication
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The Impact of Parental Earnings and Education on the Schooling of Children
(University College Dublin, 2011)This paper addresses the intergenerational transmission of education and investigates the extent to which early school leaving (at age 16) may be due to variations in parental background. An important contribution of ... -
Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(Trinity College Dublin, 2011)The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative study of people aged 50 and over in Ireland. It is the most ambitious study of ageing ever carried out in Ireland and represents ... -
Failure to demonstrate that memory improvement is due either to aerobic exercise or increased hippocampal volume.
(2011)We read with interest the article in PNAS, ?Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory? by Erickson et al. (1). It is a noteworthy finding that over a 1-y period anterior hippocampal volume ... -
Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice.
(2011)The following article is a summary of the American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline for Prevention of Falls in Older Persons (2010). This article provides additional discussion ... -
Amnesia for loss of consciousness is common in vasovagal syncope.
(2011)The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of amnesia for loss of consciousness (A-LOC) in those who have a history suggestive of vasovagal syncope (VVS) and who develop syncope on head-up tilt (HUT) table ... -
Cohort Profile: the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
(2011)How did the study come about? Ireland shares with other developed countries the prospect of rapid and sustained population ageing. The age distribution of the Irish population is undergoing a dramatic change at present ... -
Orthostatic haemodynamics may be impaired in frailty
(2011)Background: orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a physical sign that reflects a final common pathway of various forms of disordered physiology, which is the hallmark of geriatric frailty. Friedet al. recognise three increasing ... -
Comparison of centre and home-based health assessments: early experience from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).
(2011)Background: some cohort studies of ageing and health supplement questionnaire-based surveys with in-home measurements of biological parameters and others have required respondents to attend assessment centres. Centre-based ... -
Analysis and biophysical modelling of baroreflex stimulation with applications in syncope and falls : a neural engineering approach
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Medical Gerontology, 2011)Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity (CSH) is an age related disorder, and a common cause of recurrent falls and syncope in the elderly. CSH is prevalent in patients with Dementia and Parkinson's disease and is a strong predictor ... -
An investigation of the safety, efficacy, and possible mechanisms of action, of the antihypertensive nilvadipine, in patients with mild moderate Alzheimer's disease
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Medical Gerontology, 2011)This doctoral investigation endeavoured to explore how patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) would respond to treatment with the antihypertensive nilvadipine. Initially I reviewed the complex relationship between blood ... -
Falls and falls efficacy: the role of sustained attention in older adults.
(2011)Background Previous evidence indicates that older people allocate more of their attentional resources toward their gait and that the attention-related changes that occur during aging increase the risk of falls. The aim ... -
The Effect of Combined Sensory and Semantic Components on Audio Visual Speech Perception in Older Adults
(2011)Previous studies have found that perception in older people benefits from multisensory over unisensory information. As normal speech recognition is affected by both the auditory input and the visual lip movements of the ... -
Investigation of apraxia of speech and linguistic dysprosody following acute ischaemic hemispheral stroke
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Medical Gerontology, 2011)Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a disorder of motor speech programming. Affected patients typically have hesitant, groping speech with impaired prosody. Automatic speech is relatively well preserved compared to propositional ... -
Mature Matters: Ageing
(Irish Independent, 2012)Article appeared in the Irish Independent 04/07/2011 -
Frailty, depression and anxiety in later life.
(2012)Background: Anxiety and depression are common in older people but are often missed; to improve detection we must focus on those elderly people at risk. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome inferring increased risk of poor outcomes. ... -
Autonomic dysfunction in patients with advanced cancer; prevalence, clinical correlates and challenges in assessment.
(2012)Background: The results of a small number of studies of autonomic function in patients with advanced cancer suggest that autonomic dysfunction (AD) is common. In other disease-specific groups this is associated with decreased ... -
Depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disease: Which symptoms are associated with increased risk in community dwelling older adults?
(2012)Depression is a risk factor for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). It has been reported that somatic symptoms of depression and not cognitive symptoms are associated with increased risk although findings have been inconsistent. ... -
Breastfeeding and risk of overweight and obesity at nine years of age
(2012)Whether breastfeeding is protective against the development of childhood overweight and obesity remains the subject of considerable debate. Although a number of meta-analyses and syntheses of the literature have concluded ... -
Sustained Attention Is Associated With Frailty In The Older Adult Population.
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The Impact of Positive Affect on Falls Efficacy in the Older Adult Population.
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