Vitality 90+ / Marja Jylhä The Vitality 90+ Study (in Finnish: Tervaskannot 90+) is a multidisciplinary project focusing on longevity and the oldest-old. The sub-projects address the biological basis of aging, predictors of health, functioning and longevity, old age as…
Equality of participation in physical activity in old age (Equal-Part) / Merja Rantakokko According to Finnish Sports Act, all Finnish residents should have an equal opportunity for physical activity, regardless of their age or health status. In the present study,…
New dynamic of longevity and the changing needs for services (COCTEL) / Marja Jylhä The purpose is to produce information about use and costs of health and social services among old people in the last two years of life and…
Promoting safe walking among older people: Physical and cognitive training intervention among older community-dwelling sedentary or moderate physically active men and women (PASSWORD) Promoting safe walking among older people: Physical and cognitive training intervention among older community-dwelling sedentary or moderate…
Health and social care provided for the aged consist of a wide range of different types of services ranging from geriatric prevention to acute care and again to end-of-life care. Furthermore, it involves health and social care professionals at various…
Estrogen Regulation of Muscle Apoptosis (ERMA-study) / Vuokko Kovanen and Eija Laakkonen Female steroid hormone mediated regulation of apoptosis as a mechanism of muscle aging and sarcopenia ERMA is a multidisciplinary study defined to reveal, how hormonal differences over the…
Globally and nationally one of the central questions at the heart of modern politics and policies is to how best support wellbeing of older people and meet their housing and care needs in the future. Housing, living environment and social…
Risk of metabolic dysfunction in middle aged women: systemic and intracrine estrogen and microRNAs as mediating factors (EsmiRs) / Eija Laakkonen Aging and specifically menopausal transition (cessation of ovarian estradiol) may greatly increase fat accumulation and the risk of several…
The project aims to combine large-scale molecular databases and develop statistical models for the assessment of pathways linking molecular information to complex phenotype expressions such as hypertension. The resulting models are applied to data from monozygotics twins of the SAWES-study…
Tampere Longitudinal Study on Aging (TamELSA) / Marja Jylhä TamELSA focuses on health and functioning, living conditions and way of life, social contacts, use of and need for services, and experiences of life among individuals aged 60 to 89 years.…
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Aging is associated with a functional decline of the immune system, which manifests as an increased morbidity and mortality to infectious diseases and cancer. We focus on the analysis of the function and distribution of the cells of human immune…