Publications related to Elderly care

Plant sterols and cholesterol metabolism are associated with five-year cognitive decline in the elderly population

Dysregulations in cholesterol metabolism are associated with neurodegenerative and vascular pathologies, and dementia. Diet-derived plant sterols (phytosterols) have cholesterol-lowering, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties and may interfere with ...

CELL PRESS2023

Impact of the Natural Compound Urolithin A on Health, Disease, and Aging

Johan Auwerx, Pénélope Andreux, Davide D'Amico, Pamela Solange Valdés Undurraga, Anurag Singh

Urolithin A (UA) is a natural compound produced by gut bacteria from ingested ellagitannins (ETs) and ellagic acid (EA), complex polyphenols abundant in foods such as pomegranate, berries, and nuts. UA was discovered 40 years ago, but only recently has its ...

2021

Gamified Motor Training With Tangible Robots in Older Adults: A Feasibility Study and Comparison With the Young

Pierre Dillenbourg, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Maximilian Jonas Wessel, Ayberk Özgür, Jennifer Kaitlyn Olsen

Background: An increasing lifespan and the resulting change in our expectations of later life stages are dependent on a good health state. This emphasizes the importance of the development of strategies to further strengthen healthy aging. One important as ...

2020

Evaluation of 1-Year in-Home Monitoring Technology by Home-Dwelling Older Adults, Family Caregivers, and Nurses

Daniel Gatica-Perez, Philipp Buluschek, Bruno Pais

Introduction:Population aging is increasing the needs and costs of healthcare. Both frailty and the chronic diseases affecting older people reduce their ability to live independently. However, most older people prefer to age in their own homes. New develop ...

2020

Recommender System for Responsive Engagement of Senior Adults in Daily Activities

Pearl Pu Faltings, Igor Kulev, Yuan Lu

Understanding and predicting how people change their behavior after an intervention from time series data is an important task for health recommender systems. This task is especially challenging when the time series data is frequently sampled. In this pape ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2020

New Measurement Method in Drug Sensing by Direct Total-Charge Detection in Voltammetry

Sandro Carrara, Danilo Demarchi, Simone Aiassa, José David González Martínez

Electrochemical biosensors are promoting point-of-care and wearable instrumentation due to their high versatility in measuring human metabolites. There is a considerable number of biological compounds that can be detected and measured through voltammetry b ...

IEEE2020

Age-Dependent Asymmetry of Wrist Position Sense Is Not Influenced by Stochastic Tactile Stimulation

Jamie Paik, Olivier Lambercy, Harshal Arun Sonar

Stochastic stimulation has been shown to improve movement, balance, the sense of touch, and may also improve position sense. This stimulation can be non-invasive and may be a simple technology to enhance proprioception. In this study, we investigated wheth ...

2020

A biosensor for measuring NAD(+) levels at the point of care

Johan Auwerx, Kai Johnsson, Luc Patiny, Elena Katsyuba, Qiuliyang Yu, Lin Xue

The cellular level of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)), through its different functions, affects cellular metabolism and signalling(1-3). A decrease in the NAD(+) content has been associated with various pathologies and physiological aging(4,5), ...

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2019

The mitophagy activator urolithin A is safe and induces a molecular signature of improved mitochondrial and cellular health in humans

Johan Auwerx, Patrick Aebischer, Pénélope Andreux, Dongryeol Ryu, Frederic Burdet, Anurag Singh

Urolithin A (UA) is a natural dietary, microflora-derived metabolite shown to stimulate mitophagy and improve muscle health in old animals and in preclinical models of aging(1). Here, we report the results of a first-in-human clinical trial in which we adm ...

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2019

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Elderly care

Plant sterols and cholesterol metabolism are associated with five-year cognitive decline in the elderly population

Impact of the Natural Compound Urolithin A on Health, Disease, and Aging

Gamified Motor Training With Tangible Robots in Older Adults: A Feasibility Study and Comparison With the Young

Evaluation of 1-Year in-Home Monitoring Technology by Home-Dwelling Older Adults, Family Caregivers, and Nurses

Transsphenoidal resection for pituitary adenoma in elderly versus younger patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Recommender System for Responsive Engagement of Senior Adults in Daily Activities

New Measurement Method in Drug Sensing by Direct Total-Charge Detection in Voltammetry

Age-Dependent Asymmetry of Wrist Position Sense Is Not Influenced by Stochastic Tactile Stimulation

A biosensor for measuring NAD(+) levels at the point of care

The mitophagy activator urolithin A is safe and induces a molecular signature of improved mitochondrial and cellular health in humans

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Gamified Motor Training With Tangible Robots in Older Adults: A Feasibility Study and Comparison With the Young

Plant sterols and cholesterol metabolism are associated with five-year cognitive decline in the elderly population

A biosensor for measuring NAD(+) levels at the point of care

Evaluation of 1-Year in-Home Monitoring Technology by Home-Dwelling Older Adults, Family Caregivers, and Nurses

Impact of the Natural Compound Urolithin A on Health, Disease, and Aging

Transsphenoidal resection for pituitary adenoma in elderly versus younger patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Recommender System for Responsive Engagement of Senior Adults in Daily Activities

New Measurement Method in Drug Sensing by Direct Total-Charge Detection in Voltammetry

Age-Dependent Asymmetry of Wrist Position Sense Is Not Influenced by Stochastic Tactile Stimulation

The mitophagy activator urolithin A is safe and induces a molecular signature of improved mitochondrial and cellular health in humans