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The Lancet Healthy Longevity
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The burden of musculoskeletal diseases is increasing. Dr Ara Nazarian tells us more about the issues surrounding this and how care can be improved in the USA.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00026-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_Jun_25_lanhl
Also discussed, the ecological study in The Lancet Regional Health Americas:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(23)00235-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_Jun_25_lanhl
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Socioeconomic status impacts the onset and duration of severe disabilities, but what does this means for public health policy?
Andrew Kingston (Newcastle University, UK) talks to Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Healthy Longevity Philippa Harris about his study on socioeconomic inequalities in disability-free life expectancy in England.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00019-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_14-04-25_lanhl
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Miles Witham discusses his trial on the use of metformin to improve physical performance in older adults with sarcopenia and prefrailty or frailty.
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Professor Harish Nair and Durga Kulkarni (University of Edinburgh) discuss their systematic review and meta-analysis on the global burden of human metapneumovirus-associated respiratory infections in older adults.
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Prof. Dannii Yuen-Lan Yeung & Dr. Da Jiang discuss the benefits of a volunteering intervention in mitigating loneliness in older volunteers.
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Antonia Clarke (Monash University, Australia) joins Editor-in-Chief Philippa Harris to discuss her systematic review on dementia prevalence in Indigenous populations in countries with a very high Human Development Index.
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Dr Iracema Leroi discusses the SENSE-Cog trial on the effects of a hearing and vision rehabilitation and support programme on quality of life in people living with dementia.
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Juan Fortea joins Editor-in-Chief Philippa Harris to discuss the joint The Lancet Healthy Longevity and eBioMedicine Series on biomarkers of neurodegeneration.
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Dr Dina Goodman-Palmer discusses her study on frailty progression in adults living in rural Burkina Faso.
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Joël Guigay discusses the ELAN-FIT and ELAN-UNFIT trials in older people with head and neck cancer, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, and the importance of geriatric assessments in clinical trials of older cancer patients.
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Jonas Salling Quist talks about his trial on the effects of time-restricted eating on on bodyweight and cardiometabolic health for individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Professor Lara Pivodic discusses her publication in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on social connections in the final years of life and how these connections predict end-of-life outcomes.
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Helena Carreira discuses her recent work on the risk of fractures in half a million survivors of 20 cancers in England.
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David Ekers, Simon Gilbody, and Judith Webster discuss the BASIL trial on behavioural activation to prevent depression and loneliness among socially isolated older people with long-term health conditions.
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Elburg van Boetzelaer, joined by Favila Escobio, discusses her recent publication in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on involving older people in the preparedness, response, and recovery phrases of humanitarian emergencies.
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Kathy Liu discusses her publication in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on how to evaluate the clinical benefits of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
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Magdalena Taube discusses her work on haematological cancer following bariatric surgery with The Lancet Healthy Longevity Editor-in-Chief Philippa Harris.
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Lindsay Kobayashi talks with Editor-in-Chief Philippa Harris about her Article in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on negative wealth shocks in later life and subsequent cognitive function.
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Amanda Perry discusses her paper on interventions for depression and anxiety in older people with physical health problems in the criminal justice system.
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Dr Mikaela Bloomberg talks about her paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on joint associations of physical activity and sleep duration with cognitive ageing.
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Sawsan Abdulrahim and Stephen J McCall discuss their paper published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on COVID-19 vaccination of older Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
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Dr. Samtani discusses his new paper published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on associations between social connections and cognition
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Associations between social connections and cognition: a global collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis
Prof. Meier discusses her new paper published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on preparedness for healthy ageing in long-term cannabis users.
Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, Scientific Director of the US National Institute on Aging, discusses his new Comment published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on a call to action for better care of older patients with complex multimorbidity and frailty.
Read the Comment in The Lancet Healthy Longevity: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(22)00173-8/fulltext
Dr Christopher Mikton discusses his and his collaborators’ new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on the factors influencing the global prioritisation of elder abuse.
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Factors shaping the global political priority of addressing elder abuse: a qualitative policy analysis
Dr Hussein Yassine discusses the findings of the Nutrition for Dementia Prevention Working Group on the limitations of existing nutrition clinical trials for dementia prevention and corresponding recommendations for the design of future trials.
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Nutrition state of science and dementia prevention: recommendations of the Nutrition for Dementia Prevention Working Group
Professor Christopher Chiu and Dr Stephanie Ascough discuss their new paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on the correlates and mechanisms of protection against respiratory syncytial virus in older adults.
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Divergent age-related humoral correlates of protection against respiratory syncytial virus infection in older and young adults: a pilot, controlled, human infection challenge model
Dr Sophie Vieujean (Liège University Hospital) joins Ben Burwood to discuss her Review detailing the issues facing the inclusion of older adults with inflammatory bowel disease in clinical trials.
Dr Samar Al-Hajj discusses a recent GBD study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on injury morbidity and mortality in older people living in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
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Injury burden in individuals aged 50 years or older in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2019
Dr Amy Justice (Yale University, USA) talks to Philippa Harris about the joint The Lancet HIV and The Lancet Healthy Longevity Series Ageing with HIV.
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Ageing with HIV
Dr Yao Yao discusses his and his collaborators’ study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, on the effects of China’s Clean Air Act on cognitive function in older adults.
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The effect of China's Clean Air Act on cognitive function in older adults
Dr. Jacqueline Ramke discusses her and her collaborators’ study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, on the key challenges in global eye health and the importance of addressing these in the context of population ageing.
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Grand Challenges in global eye health: a global prioritisation process using Delphi method
Professor Andrew J. Scott discusses his two Health Policy papers, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, on the importance of achieving a longevity society and longevity economy.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00247-6/fulltext
Dr Raul Cordoba discusses the joint Series between The Lancet Healthy Longevity and The Lancet Haematology on haematological malignancies in older people.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00184-7/fulltext
Dr Michaël Boissonneault discusses his recent study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on changes over time in unhealthy working life expectancy and related implications for policy and practice.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00202-6/fulltext
Professor Alex Jadad discusses his recent review published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on the conditions for a good death.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00097-0/fulltext
Professor Jack Rowe discusses his and his collaborators’ study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, on gender differences in societal ageing across 18 different countries.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00121-5/fulltext
Dr Peter Hanlon talks with The Lancet Healthy Longevity about the representativeness of clinical trials done in older people.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00092-1/fulltext
Laura Shallcross discusses her study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in seropositive staff and residents in long-term care facilities.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(20)30065-9/fulltext
Dr Paula Rochon talks with The Lancet Healthy Longevity about polypharmacy in older people through a sex and gender lens.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00054-4/fulltext
Dr Jendé Zijlmans and Dr Annemarie Luik discuss the interaction of cognitive reserve and brain reserve with frailty and the association with mortality risk.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00028-3/fulltext