PSYC 353 Lecture Notes - Autoimmunity, Psychoneuroimmunology, Rheumatoid Arthritis
28 Feb 2014
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**watched a video about the senior population in okinawa** Heath absence of acute and chronic physical or mental disease and impairments. Illness presence of a physical or mental disease or impairment. Relating to specific diseases or conditions: to what extent does distress from illness or side effects associated with treatment reduce the person"s will to live, valuation of life qualitative. Relating to end-of-life issues: functioning and well-being, alzheimer"s (and related dementia) How does aging affect the immune system: not well understood. Aging is related to how well the system works. B-cells and t-cells: nk (natural killers) subpopulation of lymphocytes. Autoimmunity: immune system can attack the body itself, rheumatoid arthritis. Public health agency of canada reported that in first six months of 2004 there were 177 new cases of hiv identified among adults over age of 50. Because of social stereotype that older adults are not sexually active, many physicians do not test older patients.
