Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

Berke EM, Koepsell TD, Moudon AV, Hoskins RE, Larson EB. Association of the built environment with physical activity and obesity in older persons. Am J Public Health. 2007;97(3):486-92. Epub 2007 Jan 31. PubMed

Larson E, McCurry S. Olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone did not differ from placebo for Alzheimer disease. ACP J Club. 2007;146(2):35. PubMed

Berke EM, Gottlieg LM, Moudon AV, Larson EB. Protective association between neighborhood walkability and depression in older men. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(4):526-33. Epub 2007 Feb 26. PubMed

Nguyen HQ, Ackermann RT, Berke EM, Cheadle A, Williams B, Lin E, Maciejewski ML, Logerfo JP. Impact of a managed-medicare physical activity benefit on health care utilization and costs in older adults with diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2007;30(1):43-8. PubMed

Tsuang D, Simpson K, Larson EB, Peskind E, Kukull W, Bowen JB, McCormick W, Teri L, Montine T, Thompson ML, Leverenz JB. Predicting lewy body pathology in a community-based sample with clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2006;19(4):195-201. PubMed

Kurland BF, Gill TM, Patrick DL, Larson EB, Phelan EA. Longitudinal change in positive affect in community-dwelling older persons.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006;54(12):1846-53. PubMed

Jenny NS, Arnold AM, Kuller LH, Tracy RP, Psaty BM. Serum amyloid p and cardiovascular disease in older men and women. results from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007;27(2):352-8. Epub 2006 Nov 30. PubMed

Kronmal RA, Barzilay JI, Smith NL, Psaty BM, Kuller LH, Burke GL, Furberg C. Mortality in pharmacologically treated older adults with diabetes: the Cardiovascular Health Study, 1989-2001. PLoS Med. 2006;3(10):e400. Epub 2006. PubMed

Unutzer J, Tang L, Oishi S, Katon W, Williams JW Jr, Hunkeler E, Hendrie H, Lin EH, Levine S, Grypma L, Steffens DC, Fields J, Langston C. Reducing suicidal ideation in depressed older primary care patients.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006;54(10):1550-6. PubMed

Levine M, Phelan EA, Balderson BHK, Wagner EH. Collaborative treatment planning for older patients in primary care. Generations. 2006;30(3):83-5. PubMed

Enger SM, Thwin SS, Buist DS, Field T, Frost F, Geiger AM, Lash TL, Prout M, Yood MU, Wei F, Silliman RA. Breast cancer treatment of older women in integrated health care settings. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24(27):4377-83. PubMed

Dai Q, Borenstein AR, Wu Y, Jackson JC, Larson EB. Fruit and vegetable juices and Alzheimer's disease: the Kame Project. Am J Med. 2006;119(9):751-9. PubMed

Simon GE, Ludman EJ. Outcome of new benzodiazepine prescriptions to older adults in primary care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2006;28(5):374-8. PubMed

Kaplan RC, Tirschwell DL, Longstreth WT Jr, Manolio TA, Heckbert SR, LeValley AJ, Lefkowitz D, El-Saed A, Psaty BM. Blood pressure level and outcomes in adults aged 65 and older with prior ischemic stroke. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006;54(9):1309-16. PubMed

Shlipak MG, Katz R, Sarnak MJ, Fried LF, Newman AB, Stehman-Breen C, Seliger SL, Kestenbaum B, Psaty B, Tracy RP, Siscovick DS. Cystatin C and prognosis for cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in elderly persons without chronic kidney disease. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145(4):237-46. PubMed

Ramos EM, Lin MT, Larson EB, Maezawa I, Tseng LH, Edwards KL, Schellenberg GD, Hansen JA, Kukull WA, Jin LW. Tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 10 promoter region polymorphisms and risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol. 2006;63(8):1165-9. PubMed

Smith NL, Heckbert SR, Doggen CJ, Lemaitre RN, Reiner AP, Lumley T, Meijers JC, Psaty BM, Rosendaal FR. The differential association of conjugated equine estrogen and esterified estrogen with activated protein C resistance in postmenopausal women. J Thromb Haemost. 2006;4(8):1701-6. PubMed

Paniagua MA, Malphurs JE, Phelan EA. Older patients presenting to a county hospital ED after a fall: missed opportunities for prevention.  Am J Emerg Med. 2006;24(4):413-7. PubMed

Berke EM, Ackermann RT, Lin EH, Diehr PH, Maciejewski ML, Williams B, Patrick MB, LoGerfo JP. Distance as a barrier to using a fitness-program benefit for managed Medicare enrollees. J Aging Phys Act. 2006;14(3):313-24. PubMed

Li G, Larson EB. Do statins lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?and alzheimer’s disease? Res Pract Alzheimers Dis 2006;11:160-5. PubMed