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Resting-state slow wave power, healthy aging and cognitive performance

Cognitive functions and spontaneous neural activity show significant changes over the life-span, but the interrelations between age, cognition and resting-state brain oscillations are not well understood. Here, we assessed performance on the Trail Making Test and resting-state magnetoencephalographic (MEG) recordings

Skeletal muscle mass and body fat in relation to successful ageing of older adults: The multi-national MEDIS study

The aim of the present study was to determine the role of skeletal muscle mass and body fat percentage (BF%), in the level of successful ageing among older people (aged 65–100 years) from 21 Mediterranean islands and the rural Mani

The challenge of healthy, active and successful ageing

The ageing of the population is an inevitable natural transition, it is genetically predefined and is affected by environmental factors, which are related with the way of living which exist from the time a person is born. It constitutes the

The challenge of health, active and successful ageing

The purpose of the present article is a general approach to healthy, active and successful ageing and suggestions of interventions for ways of delaying ageing. Methods: A review of references in the electronic database Pubmed and a secondary article search

Prevention of falls as a significant parameter of a healthy and successful aging

Among all health-related problems of the elderly, falls seem to constitute one of the most serious due to its substantial impact on the older person, the family and the healthcare system. Such accidents may be caused by a large number

The Role of Energy Balance in Successful Aging : The Multinational MEDIS Study

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of energy balance in successful aging, in a random sample of older individuals living in the Mediterranean basin. 2,663 older (aged 65-100 years) adults from 21 Mediterranean islands and

Defining Factors in Longevity and in Health Promotion

Exceptional longevity is a particular area of research interest, which only in the last decades, has been systematically studied. The literature reveals that this is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon influenced by a number of genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors

Healthy Ageing A CHALLENGE FOR EUROPE A SHORT VERSION

This report is a short version of the report “Healthy Ageing“ project initiated in 2003 under the European Union Public Health Programme by the Swedish National Institute of Public Health, with the support of the European Commission and 12 partners

Successful aging, dietary habits and health status of older individuals: a k-dimensional approach within the multi-national MEDIS study.

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate determinants of successful aging together with an assessment of dietary habits in relation to healthcare facility use among older people inhabitants of the Mediterranean basin. 2663 older (aged 65–100 years) individuals

Enabling active and healthy ageing decision support systems with the smart collection of TV usage patterns.

A smart monitoring system has been used in order to extract meaningful information about television (TV) usage patterns and subsequently associate them with clinical findings of experts. The smart TV operating state remote monitoring system was installed in four elderly