Chronic Medical Disease and Cognitive Aging - Toward a Healthy Body and Brain (Hardcover)

Chronic Medical Disease and Cognitive Aging: Toward a Healthy Body and Brain explores the important and often overlooked connection between how chronic medical diseases of the body can affect cognitive function and brain health. As population demographics shift to that of an aging population it has become more important to understand and improve cognitive function in late life. Chronic medical diseases often increase the risk of cognitive impairment, and those with cognitive impairment may be less able to effectively manage their medical conditions, suggesting a reciprocal relationship may exist where medical disease impacts cognition that in turn may exacerbate physical health. Chronic Medical Disease and Cognitive Aging discusses current research on the association between a variety of chronic medical diseases and cognition and, where appropriate, promising interventions or accepted treatment strategies. While a cure for many diseases continues to be elusive, insights garnered from the interplay between diseases of the body and mind may help point the way to novel therapeutic strategies to improve cognitive function in late life.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2013
Editors:	Kristine Yaffe (Roy and Marie Scola Endowed Chair in Psychiatry)
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	314
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-979355-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Geriatric medicine Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > General
LSN:	0-19-979355-7
Barcode:	9780199793556

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