The Lancet Healthy Longevity in conversation with
Editors at The Lancet Healthy Longevity, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.
A monthly audio companion to this open access journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from dementia prevention to older people in the criminal justice system, the haematological malignancies in older people to the link between physical activity, sleep duration, and cognitive ageing, and more.
Episodes
38 episodes
Harish Nair and Durga Kulkarni on the human metapneumovirus burden in older adults globally
Professor Harish Nair and Durga Kulkarni (University of Edinburgh) discuss their systematic review and meta-analysis on the global burden of human metapneumovirus-associated respiratory infections in older adults.Read the full article:
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Dannii Yuen-Lan Yeung and Da Jiang on a the benefits of a volunteering intervention for lonely older adults
Prof. Dannii Yuen-Lan Yeung & Dr. Da Jiang discuss the benefits of a volunteering intervention in mitigating loneliness in older volunteers.Read the full article:
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Antonia Clarke on dementia prevalence in Indigenous populations
Antonia Clarke (Monash University, Australia) joins Editor-in-Chief Philippa Harris to discuss her systematic review on dementia prevalence in Indigenous populations in countries with a very high Human Development Index.
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18:06
Dr Iracema Leroi on a hearing and vision rehabilitation intervention for people with dementia
Dr Iracema Leroi discusses the SENSE-Cog trial on the effects of a hearing and vision rehabilitation and support programme on quality of life in people living with dementia.Read the full article:
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18:30
Juan Fortea on biomarkers of neurodegeneration
Juan Fortea joins Editor-in-Chief Philippa Harris to discuss the joint The Lancet Healthy Longevity and eBioMedicine Series on biomarkers of neurodegeneration.Read the Series:
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22:52
Dina Goodman-Palmer on frailty in rural Burkina Faso
Dr Dina Goodman-Palmer discusses her study on frailty progression in adults living in rural Burkina Faso.Read the full article:
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Professor Joël Guigay on clinical trials of older patients with head and neck cancer
Joël Guigay discusses the ELAN-FIT and ELAN-UNFIT trials in older people with head and neck cancer, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, and the importance of geriatric assessments in clinical trials of older cancer patients.Read ...
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Jonas Salling Quist on time-restricted eating
Jonas Salling Quist talks about his trial on the effects of time-restricted eating on bodyweight and cardiometabolic health for individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes.Read the full article:
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Lara Pivodic on social connections at the end of life
Professor Lara Pivodic discusses her publication in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on social connections in the final years of life and how these connections predict end-of-life outcomes.Read the full article:
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24:30
Helena Carreira on fracture risk in cancer survivors
Helena Carreira discuses her recent work on the risk of fractures in half a million survivors of 20 cancers in England.Read the full article:
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10:20
David Ekers, Simon Gilbody, and Judith Webster on the BASIL trial
David Ekers, Simon Gilbody, and Judith Webster discuss the BASIL trial on behavioural activation to prevent depression and loneliness among socially isolated older people with long-term health conditions.
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Elburg van Boetzelaer and Favila Escobio on the exclusion of older people during humanitarian emergencies
Elburg van Boetzelaer, joined by Favila Escobio, discusses her recent publication in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on involving older people in the preparedness, response, and recovery phrases of humanitarian emergencies.Read the full ar...
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21:51
Kathy Liu on evaluating the clinical benefit of treatments for Alzheimer's disease
Kathy Liu discusses her publication in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on how to evaluate the clinical benefits of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.Read the full article:
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14:54
Magdalena Taube on haematological cancer following bariatric surgery
Magdalena Taube discusses her work on haematological cancer following bariatric surgery with The Lancet Healthy Longevity Editor-in-Chief Philippa Harris.Read the full article:
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Lindsay Kobayashi on negative wealth shocks in later life and subsequent cognitive function
Lindsay Kobayashi talks with Editor-in-Chief Philippa Harris about her Article in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on negative wealth shocks in later life and subsequent cognitive function.Read the full article:
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17:37
Amanda Perry on older people in the criminal justice system
Amanda Perry discusses her paper on interventions for depression and anxiety in older people with physical health problems in the criminal justice system. Read the full article:
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22:40
Mikaela Bloomberg on physical activity, sleep duration, and cognitive ageing
Dr Mikaela Bloomberg talks about her paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on joint associations of physical activity and sleep duration with cognitive ageing.Read the full article:
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12:22
Sawsan Abdulrahim and Stephen J McCall on COVID-19 vaccination of Syrian refugees
Sawsan Abdulrahim and Stephen J McCall discuss their paper published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on COVID-19 vaccination of older Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Read the full article:
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18:27
Suraj Samtani on associations between social connections and cognition
Dr. Samtani discusses his new paper published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on associations between social connections and cognitionRead the full article:
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10:23
Madeline Meier on healthy ageing in long-term cannabis users
Prof. Meier discusses her new paper published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on preparedness for healthy ageing in long-term cannabis users.Read the full article:
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13:03
Dr. Luigi Ferrucci on improving care of older patients with complex multimorbidity and frailty.
Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, Scientific Director of the US National Institute on Aging, discusses his new Comment published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on a call to action for better care of older patients with complex multimorbidity and fr...
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14:43
Christopher Mikton on elder abuse
Dr Christopher Mikton discusses his and his collaborators’ new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on the factors influencing the global prioritisation of elder abuse.Read the full article:
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20:44
Hussein Yassine on dementia prevention trial design
Dr Hussein Yassine discusses the findings of the Nutrition for Dementia Prevention Working Group on the limitations of existing nutrition clinical trials for dementia prevention and corresponding recommendations for the design of future trials....
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Christopher Chiu and Stephanie Ascough on respiratory syncytial virus in older adults
Professor Christopher Chiu and Dr Stephanie Ascough discuss their new paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity on the correlates and mechanisms of protection against respiratory syncytial virus in older adults.Read the full articl...
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