Clinical Immunology
93 Clinical Immunology Immune Senescence and the Acquired Immunodeficiency of Aging Mohan K. Tummala, Dennis D. Taub, William B. Ershler Changes in the Human Immune System with Aging As a…
Sexuality in Old Age
98 Sexuality in Old Age Carien G. Hartmans Introduction Sexuality, sexual behavior, and intimacy are considered aspects of quality of life and remain important throughout all phases of life. Sexuality…
Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment
34 Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment Laurence Z. Rubenstein, Lisa V. Rubenstein Geriatric assessment is a multidimensional, usually interdisciplinary, diagnostic process intended to determine a frail older person’s medical, psychosocial, and functional…
Gynecologic Disorders in Older Women
85 Gynecologic Disorders in Older Women Tara K. Cooper, Oliver Milling Smith Age Changes in the Genital Tract The female physiologic aging process accelerates after the menopause, particularly in the…
Health Promotion for Community-Living Older Adults
97 Health Promotion for Community-Living Older Adults Maureen F. Markle-Reid, Heather H. Keller, Gina Browne Introduction The older adult population (older than 65 years) is growing worldwide1 as a result…
Nutrition and Aging
79 Nutrition and Aging C. Shanthi Johnson, Gordon Sacks Introduction In caring for the older adult population, the nutrition goals are to maintain or even improve their overall health and…
Diseases of the Aging Kidney
81 Diseases of the Aging Kidney John M. Starr, Latana A. Munang Introduction Older adults are particularly vulnerable to renal diseases as changes in the aging kidney diminish the capacity…
Orthopedic Geriatrics
71 Orthopedic Geriatrics Robert V. Cantu Introduction Orthopedic care of older adults, especially those who are frail, presents unique challenges. Frail patients typically have multiple, interacting problems that affect decisions…
The Neurobiology of Aging: Free Radical Stress and Metabolic Pathways
11 The Neurobiology of Aging: Free Radical Stress and Metabolic Pathways Tomohiro Nakamura, Louis R. Lapierre, Malene Hansen, Stuart A. Lipton Environmental stressors and several genetic pathways play complex and…
Sarcopenia
72 Sarcopenia Yves Rolland, Matteo Cesari, Bruno Vellas In a paper published in 1997,1 Irwin Rosenberg described how the term sarcopenia (from Greek, sarx “flesh” and penia “loss”) was coined:…
