(2) Fostering high value medical specialty care for chronic disease, with emphasis in heart disease, cancer, complex comorbidities, geriatric disorders and interventions.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is assumed to be one of the most frequently observed neurodegenerative disease among geriatric disorders.
The KURE study will provide longitudinal epidemiologic data on health, aging, and common geriatric disorders of the elderly in Korea.
OXYS rats spontaneously develop several pathological phenotypes similar to human geriatric disorders including cataract, retinopathy, osteoporosis, high blood pressure and behavioral alterations [ 41- 50].
The KURE study is a community-based prospective cohort study on health, aging, and common geriatric disorders of Korean elderly persons aged at least 65 years.
Previously we found, in OXYS rats, an early development of age-associated pathological phenotypes similar to several geriatric disorders in humans, including cerebral dysfunctions.
In this study, we focus on not only epidemiologic characteristics of geriatric disorders, but also the relationship between social support (network) and geriatric health in terms of cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and immune system.
OXYS rats show a very early development of age-associated pathological phenotypes similar to several geriatric disorders observed in humans, including cataract, AMD-like retinopathy, osteoporosis and age-related cerebral dysfunctions [ 16- 21].
Approximately 40 50% of the population over 80 years of age suffers from sarcopenia making this condition a major geriatric clinical disorder and a key challenge to healthy aging.
The most common geriatric psychiatric disorder is depression.
