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Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine
This new edition of the comprehensive and renowned textbook Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine offers a fully revised and updated review of geriatric medicine. It covers the full spectrum of the subject, features 41 new chapters, and provides up-to-date, evidence-based, and practical information about the varied medical problems of ageing citizens. The three editors, from UK, USA and France, have ensured that updated chapters provide a global perspective of geriatric medicine, as well as reflect the changes in treatment options and medical conditions which have emerged since publication of the 4th edition in 2006. The book includes expanded sections on acute stroke, dementia, card...
Atlas of Osteoarthritis
This Atlas provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the historical and current perspectives on osteoarthritis, including the pathophysiology and epidemiology of the disease. Written by leading authors in the field of osteoarthritis, the book discusses classification, etiology and risk factors for osteoarthritis, the disease course and determinants of osteoarthritis progression, clinical features and diagnosis as well as imaging methods to assess joint damage. The Atlas of Osteoarthritis concludes with the latest treatment updates including both nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments, as well as surgical recommendations for patients with the disease. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of joint disease causing joint pain, stiffness, and physical disability among adults. It is an important issue for both the individual and society with its impact on public health continuing to grow as a result of the aging population, the rising prevalence of obesity, and the lack of definitive treatments to prevent or halt the progress of the disease.
Sarcopenia
SARCOPENIA An in-depth examination of sarcopenia’s underexplored yet widespread impact within the field of gerontology Sarcopenia is common in older men and women, and yet awareness of its clinical relevance is still relatively low. Only formally included in the International Classification of Diseases in 2016, the condition may impact societies with serious health-related and financial consequences unless consistent, effective methods of identification and management are adopted. This second edition of Sarcopenia provides geriatricians and other healthcare professionals with a revised and expanded examination of this understudied and underdiagnosed condition. Edited by two leading authori...
COVID-19 and Women's Health, 2nd edition
As a result of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the world is facing one of the greatest challenges we have experienced in over a century. The economic consequences for society at large are potentially catastrophic. The health and social care sectors have reacted by providing emergency care on an unprecedented scale, while the scientific community has focused on developing new treatments and a vaccine to prevent future waves of the pandemic. Evidence is emerging to suggest that certain conditions, such as obesity and hypertension, predispose some individuals to a worse outcome if they become infected, and that women may be less likely to die from COVID-19 than men. It is also curr...
Extending healthy ageing across the life course- connecting healthy development and healthy ageing
World Health Organization (WHO)’s work on the life course – connecting healthy development and healthy ageing – aims to extend learning on healthy ageing and connect it to other efforts to improve people’s abilities and capacities, such as supports for early child development. This perspective considers the well-being of the whole person, not simply a focus on illness or disease. The third Life Course Network meeting followed two previous meetings in June and December 2022. The WHO Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing (MCA) hosted a hybrid meeting in Geneva, 28–30 November 2023, with over 40 experts leading eight working groups of 200 individuals from life course research centres, other academics, policy-makers, civil society and representatives from the six WHO regional offices and other WHO staff, attending the meeting in person. Working groups and the MCA Life Course team prepared and discussed 18 project papers, including a draft WHO-wide framework on putting a life course approach into practice. The meeting comprised six sessions to take stock of progress and facilitate learning across working groups.
Aging Bones
How osteoporosis went from a normal aging process to a disease. In the middle of the twentieth century, few physicians could have predicted that the modern diagnostic category of osteoporosis would emerge to include millions of Americans, predominantly older women. Before World War II, popular attitudes held that the declining physical and mental health of older persons was neither preventable nor reversible and that older people had little to contribute. Moreover, the physiological processes that influenced the health of bones remained mysterious. In Aging Bones, Gerald N. Grob makes a historical inquiry into how this one aspect of aging came to be considered a disease. During the 1950s and...
New Approaches to Economic Challenges A Systemic Recovery
New economic thinking and acting through a systemic approach could outline policy alternatives to tackle the global-scale systemic challenges of financial, economic, social and environmental emergencies, and help steer our recovery out of the current crisis. A systemic recovery requires an economic approach that balances several factors – markets and states, efficiency and resilience, growth and sustainability, national and global stability, short-term emergency measures and long-term structural change.
Beyond the decade of healthy ageing
The related text for the publications page on the WHO website will be as follows: WHO’s comprehensive response to population ageing and health is to promote healthy ageing over the life course. The new area of work led by the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing (MCA), within its cross-cutting work on healthy trajectories and concentrating on connecting healthy development and healthy ageing across the life course, was launched in the kick-off meeting on 9-10 June 2022. The virtual meeting included 30 speakers from a range of national and international perspectives and was attended by wide range of participants from all six WHO regions. Key issues and questions for research were identified for each life stage, and across life stages, on ways to operationalize life course interventions and measure their impact. Multisectoral actions required to optimize functional ability and well-being across the life course was emphasized. Finally, the meeting initiated the development of a collaborative network of life course centers worldwide interested to work together.
