The Lancet Healthy Longevity

🆕 Our February issue is out - featuring human metapneumovirus-associated acute respiratory infections in older adults, the association between physical activity, p-tau181 and cognition, and home-based health promotion intervention for older people with mild frailty: https://lnkd.in/epWK2xwW

✨ Exciting new Lancet role ✨ This autumn, The Lancet Group will launch an open-access journal dedicated to the unique health challenges on the African continent: The Lancet Regional Health—Africa. To lead this important endeavour, we are searching for an Editor-in-Chief—someone with a good understanding of ✅ The challenges facing health care across Africa ✅ The dependencies and nuances within and between countries ✅ A well-established network of colleagues established during their time working in medicine or medical research The Editor-in-Chief will ensure all content meets the rigorous standards of external peer review and that expected by our readers. This will be a full-time, in-house position, based in Cape Town, South Africa. Think you or someone you know is the ideal candidate? Find out more and apply here 👉 bit.ly/3Xp919w

🆕 Cost-utility of a new psychosocial goal-setting and manualised support intervention for independence in dementia (NIDUS-Family) by Abdinasir Isaaq and colleagues: https://lnkd.in/dGZGsyTD 🌟 The NIDUS-Family intervention is a tailored programme using behavioural interventions, carer support, psychoeducation, communication and coping skills, enablement, and environmental adaptations.(https://lnkd.in/eFsEGfbz) 🌟 Intervention participants accrued on average £8934 (37%) less in costs than control participants 🌟 Linked Comment by Kate Laver and Miia Rahja discusses the wider applicability of NIDUS-Family: https://lnkd.in/exsmKeeQ

🆕 Human metapneumovirus has been in the news recently but how worried should we be? In our new podcast Senior Editor Sophie-Marie Raeder talks to Harish Nair and Durga Kulkarni about hMPV and their Article on the global burden of human metapneumovirus-associated acute respiratory infections in older adults Podcast: https://lnkd.in/eixMPMe5 Article: https://lnkd.in/epvrhuzw

📢 Our new podcast explores the HEAL-HOA trial and the effect of volunteering on mitigating loneliness in older volunteers. Senior Editor Sophie-Marie Raeder speaks to YEUNG Dannii and Dr Da Jiang. 👉 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eC6f4_fZ

Ahora en español! Our recent The Lancet Healthy Longevity paper has been featured in Infobae ➡️ Una investigación global propone repensar desde cuándo se debe prevenir la demencia: por qué la clave está en la juventud [Global research proposes rethinking when dementia should be prevented: why the key is in youth]: https://lnkd.in/ee2RFthu The article gives an excellent overview complete with Spanish graphic, and quotes from the fantastic Lucia Crivelli Laura Booi, Sarah Gregory, Katie Bridgeman, Isabelle Foote, #OttoEmilJutila, Ľudmila Kučíková, Luciano Mariano, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Tony Thayanandan, Funmi Akindejoye, Joe Butler, Ismael Luis Calandri, Giedrė Čepukaitytė, #ScottChiesa, Walt Dawson, Kay Deckers, Vanessa De la Cruz Góngora, Maria-Eleni Dounavi, Ishtar Govia, Edmarie Guzmán-Vélez, Ph.D., Shimaa Adel Heikal, Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, Ph.D., Agustin Ibanez, Bryan James, Eimear McGlinchey, Donncha Mullin, Graciela Muniz Terrera, Maritza Pintado-Caipa, Esraa M. Qansuwa, #LouiseRobinson, Dr Antonella Santuccione Chadha, Oliver Shannon, Li Su, Wendy Weidner Link to the original paper: https://lnkd.in/e2jzzX9g #BrainHealth #DementiaPrevention #YoungAdults #GlobalHealth #HealthyLongevity #PublicHealth

🆕 The effects of volunteering on loneliness among lonely older adults: the HEAL-HOA dual randomised controlled trial: https://lnkd.in/eXgHGGxw 🌟 Participants in the volunteering group reported a significantly lower level of loneliness at 6 months compared with baseline than participants in the control group. However, most of the positive effects of volunteering were not sustained at 12 months, although volunteers who continued to volunteer for more than 2 h per week at this timepoint reported lower levels of loneliness than those who did not maintain volunteering. By YEUNG Dannii Lisa Marie Warner Choi, Namkee Rainbow Tin Hung Ho Jojo Kwok and colleagues

🆕 Our January issue is out: https://lnkd.in/dFbciKH 🌟 Featuring fall mortality across HIC and UMIC countries, volunteering to combat loneliness in the HEL-HOA trial, the health needs to older adults in humanitarian settings, and more....

🌟 Highlight: Read the Review on the prevalence of dementia among Indigenous populations of countries with a very high Human Development Index: https://lnkd.in/g7fgPnpW 📢 Listen to the linked podcast with Antonia Clarke "Despite improved management of risk factors, a greater prevalence of dementia persists in Indigenous populations, overall and at younger ages than in non-Indigenous populations. Future epidemiological work involving Indigenous populations should uphold and prioritise Indigenous perspectives."

One of our 2024 highlights was publishing the joint eBioMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science and The Lancet Healthy Longevity Series on Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration: https://lnkd.in/e6YV8PTP Led by Juan Fortea, MD PhD the Series explores the use of biomarkers of neurodegeneration for research and clinical care and the importance of centring patients’ needs and preferences in use of these biomarkers. María Carmona Iragui Michael Schöll Joshua Grill Tharick Pascoal Agustin Ibanez