Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Larson EB, Yaffe K, Langa K. New insights into the dementia epidemic. N Engl J Med. 2013 Dec 12;369(24):2275-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1311405. Epub 2013 Nov 27. PubMed

Ridge PG, Mukherjee S, Crane PK, Kauwe JS; Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium. Alzheimer’s disease: analyzing the missing heritability. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 7;8(11):e79771. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079771. PubMed

Kerr J, Marshall SJ, Patterson RE, Marinac CR, Natarajan L, Rosenberg DE, Wasilenko K, Crist K. Objectively measured physical activity is related to cognitive function in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Nov;61(11):1927-31. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12524. PubMed

Blondon M, Wiggins KL, Van Hylckama Vlieg A, McKnight B, Psaty BM, Rice KM, Heckbert SR, Smith NL. Smoking, postmenopausal hormone therapy and the risk of venous thrombosis: a population-based, case-control study. Br J Haematol. 2013 Nov;163(3):418-20. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12508. Epub 2013 Aug 8. PubMed

Lambert JC, Ibrahim-Verbaas CA, Harold D, Naj AC, Sims R, Bellenguez C, Jun G, Destefano AL, Bis JC, Beecham GW, Grenier-Boley B, Russo G, Thornton-Wells TA, Jones N, Smith AV, Chouraki V, Thomas C, Ikram MA, Zelenika D, Vardarajan BN, Kamatani Y, Lin CF, Gerrish A, Schmidt H, Kunkle B, Dunstan ML, Ruiz A, Bihoreau MT, Choi SH, Reitz C, Pasquier F, Hollingworth P, Ramirez A, Hanon O, Fitzpatrick AL, Buxbaum JD, Campion D, Crane PK, Baldwin C, Becker T, Gudnason V, Cruchaga C, Craig D, Amin N, Berr C, Lopez OL, De Jager PL, Deramecourt V, Johnston JA, Evans D, Lovestone S, Letenneur L, Morón FJ, Rubinsztein DC, Eiriksdottir G, Sleegers K, Goate AM, Fiévet N, Huentelman MJ, Gill M, Brown K, Kamboh MI, Keller L, Barberger-Gateau P, McGuinness B, Larson EB, Green R, Myers AJ, Dufouil C, Todd S, Wallon D, Love S, Rogaeva E, Gallacher J, St George-Hyslop P, Clarimon J, Lleo A, Bayer A, Tsuang DW, Yu L, Tsolaki M, Bossù P, Spalletta G, Proitsi P, Collinge J, Sorbi S, Sanchez-Garcia F, Fox NC, Hardy J, Naranjo MC, Bosco P, Clarke R, Brayne C, Galimberti D, Mancuso M, Matthews F; European Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (EADI); Genetic and Environmental Risk in Alzheimer's Disease (GERAD); Alzheimer's Disease Genetic Consortium (ADGC); Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE), Moebus S, Mecocci P, Del Zompo M, Maier W, Hampel H, Pilotto A, Bullido M, Panza F, Caffarra P, Nacmias B, Gilbert JR, Mayhaus M, Lannfelt L, Hakonarson H, Pichler S, Carrasquillo MM, Ingelsson M, Beekly D, Alvarez V, Zou F, Valladares O, Younkin SG, Coto E, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Gu W, Razquin C, Pastor P, Mateo I, Owen MJ, Faber KM, Jonsson PV, Combarros O, O'Donovan MC, Cantwell LB, Soininen H, Blacker D, Mead S, Mosley TH Jr, Bennett DA, Harris TB, Fratiglioni L, Holmes C, de Bruijn RF, Passmore P, Montine TJ, Bettens K, Rotter JI, Brice A, Morgan K, Foroud TM, Kukull WA, Hannequin D, Powell JF, Nalls MA, Ritchie K, Lunetta KL, Kauwe JS, Boerwinkle E, Riemenschneider M, Boada M, Hiltunen M, Martin ER, Schmidt R, Rujescu D, Wang LS, Dartigues JF, Mayeux R, Tzourio C, Hofman A, Nöthen MM, Graff C, Psaty BM, Jones L, Haines JL, Holmans PA, Lathrop M, Pericak-Vance MA, Launer LJ, Farrer LA, van Duijn CM, Van Broeckhoven C, Moskvina V, Seshadri S, Williams J, Schellenberg GD, Amouyel P. Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease. Nat Genet. 2013 Dec;45(12):1452-8. doi: 10.1038/ng.2802. Epub 2013 Oct 27. PubMed

Gschwind YJ, Kressig RW, LaCroix AZ, Muehlbauer T, Pfenninger B, Granacher U. A best practice fall prevention exercise program to improve balance, strength / power, and psychosocial health in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.  BMC Geriatr. 2013 Oct 9;13:105. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-105. PubMed

Manson JE, Chlebowski RT, Stefanick ML, Aragaki AK, Rossouw JE, Prentice RL, Anderson G, Howard BV, Thomson CA, LaCroix AZ, Wactawski-Wende J, Jackson RD, Limacher M, Margolis KL, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Beresford SA, Cauley JA, Eaton CB, Gass M, Hsia J, Johnson KC, Kooperberg C, Kuller LH, Lewis CE, Liu S, Martin LW, Ockene JK, O'Sullivan MJ, Powell LH, Simon MS, Van Horn L, Vitolins MZ, Wallace RB. Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the Women's Health Initiative randomized trials.  JAMA. 2013;310(13):1353-68. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.278040. PubMed

Rustagi AS, Kamineni A, Weiss NS. Response to counterpoint: efficacy of cervical cancer screening in older women. Am J Epidemiol. 2013;178(7):1027. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt166. Epub 2013 Aug 21. PubMed

Rustagi AS, Kamineni A, Weiss NS. Point: cervical cancer screening guidelines should consider observational data on screening efficacy in older women. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Oct 1;178(7):1020-2. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt167. Epub 2013 Aug 21. PubMed

Newton KM, Reed SD, Guthrie KA, Sherman KJ, Booth-LaForce C, Caan B, Sternfeld B, Carpenter JS, Learman LA, Freeman EW, Cohen LS, Joffe H, Anderson GL, Larson JC, Ensrud KE, LaCroix AZ. Efficacy of yoga for vasomotor symptoms: a randomized controlled trial. Menopause. 2014 Apr;21(4):339-46. doi: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31829e4baa. PubMed

Stevens JA, Phelan EA. Development of STEADI: a fall prevention resource for health care providers. Health Promot Pract. 2013 Sep;14(5):706-14. doi: 10.1177/1524839912463576. Epub 2012 Nov 16. PubMed

Kamineni A, Weinmann S, Shy KK, Glass AG, Weiss NS. Efficacy of screening in preventing cervical cancer among older women. Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Sep;24(9):1653-60. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0239-4. Epub 2013 Jun 7. PubMed

Crane PK, Walker R, Hubbard RA, Li G, Nathan DM, Zheng H, Haneuse S, Craft S, Montine TJ, Kahn SE, McCormick W, McCurry SM, Bowen JD, Larson EB. Glucose levels and risk of dementia. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(6):540-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1215740. PubMed

Cholerton B, Larson EB, Baker LD, Craft S, Crane PK, Millard SP, Sonnen JA, Montine TJ. Neuropathologic correlates of cognition in a population-based sample. J Alzheimers Dis. 2013;36(4):699-709. doi: 10.3233/JAD-130281. Epub 2013 May 10. PubMed

Bell CL, LaCroix A, Masaki K, Hade EM, Manini T, Mysiw WJ, Curb JD, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Prestroke factors associated with poststroke mortality and recovery in older women in the Women's Health Initiative. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Aug;61(8):1324-30. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12361. Epub 2013 Jul 19. PubMed

Larson EB. The body-mind connection in aging and dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jul;61(7):1210-1. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12257. PubMed

LaCroix AZ, Jackson RD, Aragaki A, Kooperberg C, Cauley JA, Chen Z, Leboff MS, Duggan D, Wactawski-Wende J. OPG and sRANKL serum levels and incident hip fracture in postmenopausal Caucasian women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. Bone. 2013 Oct;56(2):474-81. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2013.05.018. Epub 2013 Jun 2. PubMed

Vitiello MV, McCurry SM, Shortreed SM, Balderson BH, Baker LD, Keefe FJ, Rybarczyk BD, Von Korff M. Cognitive-behavioral treatment for comorbid insomnia and osteoarthritis pain in primary care: the Lifestyles Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013;61(6):947-56. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12275. Epub 2013 May 27. PubMed

Perry CK, Herting JR, Berke EM, Nguyen HQ, Vernez Moudon A, Beresford SA, Ockene JK, Manson JE, LaCroix AZ. Does neighborhood walkability moderate the effects of intrapersonal characteristics on amount of walking in post-menopausal women?  Health Place. 2013 May;21:39-45. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.12.007. Epub 2013 Jan 23. PubMed

Sternfeld B, LaCroix A, Caan BJ, Dunn AL, Newton KM, Reed SD, Guthrie KA, Booth-Laforce C, Sherman KJ, Cohen L, Freeman MP, Carpenter JS, Hunt JR, Roberts M, Ensrud KE. Design and methods of a multi-site, multi-behavioral treatment trial for menopausal symptoms: The MsFLASH experience.  Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 May;35(1):25-34. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.02.009. Epub 2013 Feb 24. PubMed