Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Saver BG, Doescher MP, Jackson JE, Fishman P. Seniors with chronic health conditions and prescription drugs: benefits, wealth, and health. Value Health. 2004;7(2):133-43. PubMed

Phelan EA, Anderson LA, Lacroix AZ, Larson EB. Older adults' views of "successful aging"-how do they compare with researchers' definitions?  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004;52(2):211-16. PubMed

Crane PK, van Belle G, Larson EB. Test bias in a cognitive test: differential item functioning in the CASI. Stat Med. 2004;23:241-56. PubMed

Larson EB. General internal medicine at the crossroads of prosperity and despair: Caring for patients with chronic diseases in an aging society. In: Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System. Isaacs SL, Knickman JR eds. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp 138-44, 2004. PubMed

Lin EH, Katon W, Von Korff M, Tang L, Williams JW Jr, Kroenke K, Hunkeler E, Harpole L, Hegel M, Arean P, Hoffing M, Della Penna R, Langston C, Unutzer J. Effect of improving depression care on pain and functional outcomes among older adults with arthritis: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2003;290(18):2428-9. PubMed

Gray SL, Penninx BW, Blough DK, Artz MB, Guralnik JM, Wallace RB, Buchner DM, LaCroix AZ. Benzodiazepine use and physical performance in community-dwelling older women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003;51:1563-70. PubMed

Chen Z, Pettinger MB, Ritenbaugh C, LaCroix AZ, Robbins J, Caan BJ, Barad DH, Hakim IA. Habitual tea consumption and risk of osteoporosis: a prospective study in the Women's Health Initiative observational cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2003;158(8):772-81. PubMed

Ackermann RT, Cheadle A, Sandhu N, Madsen L, Wagner EH, LoGerfo JP. Community exercise program use and changes in healthcare costs for older adults. Am J Prev Med. 2003;25(3):232-7. PubMed

Cauley JA, Robbins J, Chen Z, Cummings SR, Jackson RD, LaCroix AZ, LeBoff M, Lewis CE, McGowan J, Neuner J, Pettinger M, Stefanick ML, Wactawski-Wende J, Watts NB. Effects of estrogen plus progestin on risk of fracture and bone mineral density: the Women's Health Initiative randomized trial. JAMA. 2003;290(13):1729-38. PubMed

Katon WJ, Lin E, Russo J, Unutzer J. Increased medical costs of a population-based sample of depressed elderly patients. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2003;60(9):897-903. PubMed

Gray SL, Eggen AE, Blough D, Buchner D, LaCroix AZ. Benzodiazepine use in older adults enrolled in a health maintenance organization. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2003;11(5):568-76. PubMed

Phelan EA, Cheadle A, Schwartz SJ, Snyder S, Williams B, Wagner EH, LoGerfo JP. Promoting health and preventing disability in older adults: lessons from intervention studies carried out through an academic-community partnership. Fam Community Health. 2003;26(3):214-20. PubMed

Powers KM, Smith-Weller T, Franklin GM, Longstreth WT Jr, Swanson PD, Checkoway H. Parkinson's disease risks associated with dietary iron, manganese, and other nutrient intakes. Neurology. 2003;60(11):1761-1766. PubMed

Jackson LA, Neuzil KM, Thompson WW. Pneumococcal vaccine in older adults. N Engl J Med. 2003;349:713-4. PubMed

Bond GE, Burr R, Rice MM, McCurry SM, Graves AB, Teri L, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Larson EB. Alcohol, aging, and cognitive performance: a cross-cultural comparison. J Aging Health. 2003;15(2):371-90. PubMed

Adams KF, Newton KM, Chen C, Emerson SS, Potter JD, White E, Lampe JW. Soy isoflavones do not modulate circulating insulin-like growth factor concentrations in an older population in an intervention trial. J Nutr. 2003;133(5):1316-9. PubMed

Unutzer J, Katon W, Callahan CM, Williams JW, Hunkeler E, Harpole L, Hoffing M, Della Penna RD, Noel PH, Lin EH, Tang L, Oishi S. Depression treatment in a sample of 1,801 depressed older adults in primary care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003;51(4):505-514. PubMed

Oishi SM, Shoai R, Katon W, Callahan C, Unutzer J, Arean P, Della Penna R, Harpole L, Hegel M, Noel PH, Hoffing M, Hunkeler EM, Levine S, Lin EH, Oddone E, Williams J; Improving Mood: Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment Investigators. Impacting late life depression: integrating a depression intervention into primary care. Psychiatr Q. 2003;74(1):75-89. PubMed

Ott SM, LaCroix AZ, Ichikawa LE, Scholes D, Barlow WE. Effect of low-dose thiazide diuretics on plasma lipids: results from a double-blind, randomized clinical trial in older men and women.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003;51(3):340-347. PubMed

Caplan LS, Mandelson MT, Anderson LA. Validity of self-reported mammography: examining recall and covariates among older women in a health maintenance organization. Am J Epidemiol. 2003;157(3):267-72. PubMed