Chronic Medical Disease and Cognitive Aging

Kristine Yaffe, MD, is a Roy and Marie Scola Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and professor of psychiatry, neurology, and epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco and Director of the Memory Disorders clinic at San Francisco Veteran's Administration Medical Center. Dr. Yaffe's research focuses on determining predictors, biological mechanisms, and outcomes of cognitive decline and dementia in older adults, with the goal of identifying modifiable risk factors that may lead to novel strategies to prevent cognitive decline. She has received numerous grants from the NIH, DOD and private foundations and has published over 200 articles in prestigious journals.

This is an outstanding, informative book on cognitive aging and all the pertinent factors that can influence it. I truly learned a lot reading this very edifying book.

• Introduction Kristine Yaffe, MD ; Chapter 1 Epidemiological insights into blood pressure and cognitive disorders Lenore J. Launder, PhD ; Chapter 2 Cholesterol, Statins, and Late-life cognitive disorders Alina Solomon, MD, PhD and Miia Kivipelto, MD, PhD ; Chapter 3 Cardiovascular Disease and Cognitive Aging Angela L. Jefferson, PhD, and Melissa Thompson, DVM ; Chapter 4 Obesity and Cognitive Health: Implications of an Altered Adiposity Milieu over the Lifecourse Rachel A. Whitmer, PhD and Deborah R. Gustafson, MS, PhD ; Chapter 5 Insulin Resistance and Pathological Brain Aging Brenna Cholerton, PhD, Laura D. Baker, Ph.D., and Suzanne Craft, PhD ; Chapter 6 Metabolic Syndrome, other Composite Vascular Risk Scores, and Cognitive Impairment Jose Alejandro Luchsinger, MD, MPH ; Chapter 7 Chronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Aging Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH ; Chapter 8 Sleep Disorders and Cognitive Function in Older Adults Adam P. Spira, PhD, and Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD ; Chapter 9 Physical Activity and Cognitive Aging Deborah E. Barnes, PhD, MPM, and Nicola T. Lautenschlager MD ; Chapter 10 Dietary Patterns and Dementia Pascale Barber-Gateau, MD, PhD, Catherine Feart PhD, and Cecilia Samieri PhD ; Chapter 11 Inflammation and Cognitive Decline Roisin Gallinagh Smith, Stephen Todd, MD and Peter A. Passmore, MD ; Chapter 12 HIV Infection and Aging: An Emerging Chronic Medical Illness Lauren Wendelken, MA and Victor Valcour, MD ; Chapter 13 Postoperative Delirium and Cognitive Decline Jacqueline M. Leung, MD, MPH and Tiffany L. Tsai