On a sunny afternoon in October, several hundred people gathered in the Aula Medica at Karolinska Institutet in Solna. Study participants in the extensive SNAC-K study had been invited by the Stockholm Gerontology Research Center

Hi there Federico Triolo! October 25 2023, you defend your thesis entitled “Depression and chronic diseases in old age: understanding their interplay for better health”. What is the main focus? The primary aim of my

October 20 2023, Xin Xia defended her thesis entitled “Cardiovascular Health, Orthostatic Hypotension, and Cognitive Aging”. Xin, Could you tell us a little bit more? The main aim of my thesis is to evaluate the

June 15 2023 Jing Wu defended her thesis entitled “Ambient Air Pollution and Transportation Noise: How They Affect Mental Health in Older Adults”. Jing, could you tell us a little bit more about it? With

Researchers and the data collection staff working with the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC) met at Djurönäset, Stockholm, during a two-day retreat on 24–25 May 2022. During the retreat, examples of 20-year-long

Cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND) is considered an at-risk condition for dementia. However, many older individuals with CIND will remain cognitively stable or even revert to a normal state of cognition. In this study, we

In this study, we investigated whether greater engagement in leisure activities and a richer social network may compensate for the increased risk of dementia in older adults with diabetes. During 10-year follow-up, diabetes was associated

We investigated if lifelong engagement in activities promoting cognitive reserve (eg. early life education, midlife substantive work complexity, late life leisure activities and social networks) modified the risk of dementia attributable to Apolipoprotein ε4 allele

Atrial fibrillation, a particular kind of irregular heartbeat, predominantly affects older adults. In atrial fibrillation, the electrical signals in the heart muscle are disturbed, causing the heart to quiver rather than contract normally. As a

Multiple neuropsychiatric diseases are major predisposing factors for functional decline in older people and may play a greater role in this age-related phenomenon than cardiovascular diseases, according to a new study by researchers at Karolinska