Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

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

Borenstein A, Wu Y, Bowen JS, McCormick WM, Uomoto J, McCurry SM, Schellenberg G, Larson EB. Incidence rates of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia in the Japanese population in Seattle, WA: the Kame Project. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2014 Jan-Mar;28(1):23-9. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182a2e32f. 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

Cohen LS, Joffe H, Guthrie KA, Ensrud KE, Freeman M, Carpenter JS, Anderson GL, Larson JC, LaCroix AZ, Newton KM, Reed SD, Manson JE, Sternfeld B, Freeman EW, Tinker LE, Booth LaForce C. Efficacy of omega-3 for vasomotor symptoms treatment: a randomized controlled trial. Menopause. 2014 Apr;21(4):347-54. doi: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31829e40b8. 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

Miyawaki CE. Generational differences in Japanese Americans' preferred senior service environments. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2013;56(5):388-406. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2013.791906. Epub 2013 Jun 14. 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

Pawloski PA, Geiger AM, Haque R, Kamineni A, Fouayzi H, Ogarek J, Petersen HV, Bosco JL, Thwin SS, Silliman RA, Field TS. Fracture risk in older, long-term survivors of early-stage breast cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jun;61(6):888-95. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12269. Epub 2013 May 6. 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

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

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

Reitz C, Jun G, Naj A, Rajbhandary R, Vardarajan BN, Wang LS, Valladares O, Lin CF, Larson EB, Graff-Radford NR, Evans D, De Jager PL, Crane PK, Buxbaum JD, Murrell JR, Raj T, Ertekin-Taner N, Logue M, Baldwin CT, Green RC, Barnes LL, Cantwell LB, Fallin MD, Go RC, Griffith P, Obisesan TO, Manly JJ, Lunetta KL, Kamboh MI, Lopez OL, Bennett DA, Hendrie H, Hall KS, Goate AM, Byrd GS, Kukull WA, Foroud TM, Haines JL, Farrer LA, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Mayeux R; Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium. Variants in the ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCA7), apolipoprotein E 4, and the risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease in African Americans. JAMA. 2013;309(14):1483-92. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.2973. PubMed