Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

Leverenz JB, Hamilton R, Tsuang DW, Schantz A, Vavrek D, Larson EB, Kukull WA, Lopez O, Galasko D, Masliah E, Kaye J, Nixon R, Clark C, Trojanowski J, Montine TJ. Empiric refinement of the pathologic assessment of lewy-related pathology in the dementia patient.  Brain Pathol. 2008;18(2):220-4. Epub 2008 Jan 29. PubMed

Nguyen HQ, Ackermann RT, Maciejewski M, Berke E, Patrick M, Williams B, LoGerfo JP. Managed-Medicare health club benefit and reduced health care costs among older adults. Prev Chronic Dis 2008;5(1). PubMed

Hawkins V, Foster-Schubert K, Chubak J, Sorensen B, Ulrich CM, Stancyzk FZ, Plymate S, Stanford J, White E, Potter JD, McTiernan A. Effect of exercise on serum sex hormones in men: a 12-month randomized clinical trial. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008;40(2):223-233. PubMed

Sawchuk CN, Bogart A, Charles S, Goldberg J, Forquera R, Roy-Byrne P, Buchwald D. Education is associated with physical activity among American Indian elders. Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res. 2008;15(1):1-17. PubMed

Vannoy SD, Duberstein P, Cukrowicz K, Lin E, Fan MY, Unutzer J. The relationship between suicide ideation and late-life depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007;15(12):1024-33. PubMed

Larson EB, Wang L. Exercise reduces risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Nutr Geriatr. 2007;17(3):4-6. PubMed

Gray SL, Anderson ML, Crane PK, Breitner JC, McCormick W, Bowen JD, Teri L, Larson E. Antioxidant vitamin supplement use and risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Feb;56(2):291-5. Epub 2007 Nov 27. PubMed

Phelan EA, Balderson B, Levine M, Erro JH, Jordan L, Grothaus L, Sandhu N, Perrault PJ, Logerfo JP, Wagner EH. Delivering effective primary care to older adults: a randomized, controlled trial of the senior resource team at Group Health Cooperative. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(11):1748-56. PubMed

Simonsen L, Taylor RJ, Viboud C, Miller MA, Jackson LA. Mortality benefits of influenza vaccination in elderly people: an ongoing controversy. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007;7(10):658-66. PubMed

Rajpathak SN, McGinn AP, Strickler HD, Rohan TE, Pollak M, Cappola AR, Kuller L, Xue X, Newman AB, Strotmeyer ES, Psaty BM, Kaplan RC. Insulin-like growth factor-(IGF)-axis, inflammation, and glucose intolerance among older adults. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2008;18(2):166-73. Epub 2007 Sep 27. PubMed

Cao JJ, Biggs ML, Barzilay J, Konen J, Psaty BM, Kuller L, Bleyer AJ, Olson J, Wexler J, Summerson J, Cushman M. Cardiovascular and mortality risk prediction and stratification using urinary albumin excretion in older adults ages 68-102: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Atherosclerosis. 2008;197(2):806-13. Epub 2007 Sep 17. PubMed

Frederick JT, Steinman LE, Prohaska T, Satariano WA, Bruce M, Bryant L, Ciechanowski P, Devellis B, Leith K, Leyden KM, Sharkey J, Simon GE, Wilson N, Unutzer J, Snowden M. Community-based treatment of late life depression an expert panel-informed literature review. Am J Prev Med. 2007;33(3):222-49. PubMed

Larson EB, Wang Li. Exercise reduces risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Research Pract Alzheimers Dis Cog Decline. 2007;12:38-41. PubMed

Li G, Larson EB, Sonnen JA, Shofer JB, Petrie EC, Schantz A, Peskind ER, Raskind MA, Breitner JC, Montine TJ. Statin therapy is associated with reduced neuropathologic changes of Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 2007;69(9):878-85. PubMed

Sonnen JA, Larson EB, Crane PK, Haneuse S, Li G, Schellenberg GD, Craft S, Leverenz JB, Montine TJ. Pathological correlates of dementia in a longitudinal, population-based sample of aging. Ann Neurol. 2007;62(4):406-13. Epub 2007 Aug 20. PubMed

Li G, Rhew IC, Shofer JB, Kukull WA, Breitner JC, Peskind E, Bowen JD, McCormick W, Teri L, Crane PK, Larson EB. Age-varying association between blood pressure and risk of dementia in those aged 65 and older: a community-based prospective cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(8):1161-7. PubMed

Lash TL, Fox MP, Buist DS, Wei F, Field TS, Frost FJ, Geiger AM, Quinn VP, Yood MU, Silliman RA. Mammography surveillance and mortality in older breast cancer survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25(21):3001-6. Epub 2007 Jun 4. PubMed

Morden NE, Zerzan JT, Larson EB. Alzheimer's disease medication: use and cost projections for medicare part d.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(4):622-4. PubMed

Zakai NA, Katz R, Jenny NS, Psaty BM, Reiner AP, Schwartz SM, Cushman M. Inflammation and hemostasis biomarkers and cardiovascular risk in the elderly: the cardiovascular health study. J Thromb Haemost. 2007;5(6):1128-35. PubMed

Jackson LA, Neuzil KM, Nahm MH, Whitney CG, Yu O, Nelson JC, Starkovich PT, Dunstan M, Carste B, Shay DK, Baggs J, Carlone GM. Immunogenicity of varying dosages of 7-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine in seniors previously vaccinated with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. Vaccine. 2007;25(20):4029-37. Epub 2007 Mar 12. PubMed