Women & Aging
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60456-575-1 (ISBN)
In the past 20 years, the number of women over 65 has grown enormously. A woman alive at the end of the 20th century can expect to live 27 years longer than her 19th century ancestor. And among the "oldest old" -- those aged 85 and over -- women outnumber men 2-to-1. This dramatic decrease in mortality rates and increase in life expectancy has created a need for quality care and services for older women. As women live longer, they become significant consumers of health care and human services as they face chronic health problems, losses encountered in later years, and impoverishment. This book presents recent medical research on important topics dealing with women and ageing.
Preface; Alcohol Use Disorders in Elderly Women: Invisible Distress; Working under Time Pressure: An Increasing Risk for Women's Health?; Language and Thought: Linguistic Influence on Developmental Neural Basis of "Theory of Mind" ; Physicians' Communication With Their Older vs. Younger Female and Male Patients; Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Aging Women and Coronary Heart Disease; Prognosis of Women With Acute Coronary Syndromes: An Overview; The Effects of Aging on the Electrophysiological Properties of the Atrial Myocardium in Women with and Without Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation; Physiological Changes in Human Cardiac Sympathetic Innervation and Activity Assessed by Metaiodobenzylguanidine Imaging; Women and Angina Pectoris: Emergency Department and Diagnostic Difficulties in an Undeveloped Community; Sarcopenia and Frailty in Older Women; Resistance Training for Musculoskeletal Health and the Prevention of Disability in Postmenopausal Women; Hip Fracture in Elderly Women: Risk Factors, Management and Prevention; Age-Related Micro- and Ultrastructural Changes in Women's Bone; Age and Gender Differences in Some Components of Spatial Cognition; Age Stereotypes Versus Gender Stereotypes and Cognitive Performance: A Threat or a Release from Threat for Older Women?; Gender Differences in the Incidence of Alzheimers Disease: Is there an Implication for Age-Related Changes in Body Composition and Body Fat Distribution?; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Older Women: Current Research and Future Directions; Aging and Memory: A Review of Theories, Source and Context Memory, and Distinctiveness; Sexual Difference Between the Macromolecular Synthesis of Hepatocyte Mitochondria in Male and Female Mice in Aging as Revealed by Electron Microscopic Radioautography; Salutogenic Perspectives on Healthy Aging in Women; Primary Care Evaluation on Nutritional Habit and Weight Gain of Elderly Women in Hungary; Aging and Calcium Paradox. Increase of Red Cell Calcium Content With Age and Its Reversal by Calcium Supplementarion; Gender Differentials in Transitions and Expected Years Spent in Seven Living Arrangements among the Oldest-Old in China; Aging and Culture: Implications for Well-Being; Spouse's Emotional Support and Attainment of Health Goals; Does the Gender Persist in the Last Years of Very Long Lives?; Nonhuman Primates as the Animal Model for Age-Dependent Diseases; Physical Activity, Obesity and Environmental Characteristics in Youth; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.5.2009 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 260 x 180 mm |
| Gewicht | 1664 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-60456-575-6 / 1604565756 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-60456-575-1 / 9781604565751 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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