Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Boudreau DM, Leveille SG, Gray SL, Black DJ, Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L, LaCroix AZ. Risks for frequent antimicrobial-treated infections in postmenopausal women.  Aging Clin Exp Res. 2003;15(1):12-8. PubMed

Cassel CK, Leipzig RM, Cohen HJ, Larson EB, Meier DE, Capello CF (Eds). Geriatric Medicine, Fourth edition. New York, Springer-Verslag, 2003. PubMed

Larson EB, Shadlen MF. Diagnostic tests. In: Principles of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, Fifth Ed.,In Principles of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, Fifth Ed., edited by Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Ettinger Jr WH, Halter JB and Ouslander JG. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp 127-36, 2003. PubMed

Larson, EB. The future of primary care: background paper reconstructing primary care of the elderly. In: The Future of Primary Care: Proceedings of the Glen Cove Conference, edited by Showstack JS, Rothmann AA, He. PubMed

Larson EB, Bruce RA. Exercise. In Geriatric Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach, Fourth Ed., edited by Cassel DK, Leipzig RM, Cohen HJ, Larson EB, Meier DE, Capello CF. New York: Springer, 2003. PubMed

Seevak E, Kent DJ, Wagner E. A pharmacist-based screening program of octogenarians starting new medications. J Manag Care Pharm. 2003;9(1):13-8. PubMed

Unutzer J, Katon W, Callahan CM, Williams JW Jr, Hunkeler E, Harpole L, Hoffing M, Della Penna RD, Noel PH, Lin EH, Arean PA, Hegel MT, Tang L, Belin TR, Oishi S, Langston C; IMPACT Investigators. Collaborative care management of late-life depression in the primary care setting: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002;288(22):2836-45. PubMed

Psaty BM, Manolio TA, Smith NL, Heckbert SR, Gottdiener JS, Burke GL, Weissfeld J, Enright P, Lumley T, Powe N, Furberg CD. Time trends in high blood pressure control and the use of antihypertensive medications in older adults: the cardiovascular health study. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162(20):2325-32. PubMed

Gibbons LE, Teri L, Logsdon R, McCurry S, Kukull W, Bowen J, McCormick W, Larson EB. Anxiety symptoms as predictors of nursing home placement in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. J Clin Geropsych. 2002;8(4):335-42. PubMed

Kukull WA, Higdon R, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Schellenberg GD, van Belle G, Jolley L, Larson EB. Dementia and Alzheimer disease incidence: a prospective cohort study. Arch Neurol. 2002;59(11):1737-46. PubMed

Pfeiffer EM, Kukull WA, Larson EB, McCormick WC, Bowen JB, Schellenberg G. Exploring the relationship between microtubule-associated protein TAU 9MAPT gene variation and Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S323. PubMed

Moceri VM, Kukull WA, van Belle G, Higdon R, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Larson EB. Anthropometric differences identified prior to clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S291. PubMed

Kukull WA, Lampinen T, Pfeiffer E, Higdon R, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Yost M, Moceri V, Larson EB. Occupational factors and Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S6. PubMed

Crane P, van Belle G, Larson E. Utility of item response theory for predicting item sensitivity to change over time: Data from two large ongoing studies of cognitive function in older adults. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S36. PubMed

Cherrir M, Leverenz J, Tsuang D, Teri L, McCormick W, Bowen J, Kukull W, Larson E. Neuropsychological characterization of ad versus diffuse lewy body dementia (DLBD) versus lewy body variant of AD (LBVAD) in a community-based sample. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S29. PubMed

Bonher L, Tsuang D, Eugenio C, DiGincomo L, Raskind M, Leverenz J, Nochlin D, Bowen J, McCormick W, Larson E, Teri L, Kukull W. Dementia with lewy bodies in a community-based sample. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S447. PubMed

Larson EB. Comments on article: Efficacy of galantamine in probable vascular dementia or Alzheimer’s disease combined with cerebrovascular disease: A randomised trial. [Lancet 359:1283-1290.] ACP J Club. 2002;137(3):102. PubMed

Larson EB. Commentary on: Galantamine improved cognition and global functioning in vascular dementia or Alzheimer disease with cerebrovascular disease. (Lancet 2002 Apr 13;359:1283-90), ACP J Club. 2002. PubMed

Unutzer J, Patrick DL, Marmon T, Simon GE, Katon WJ. Depressive symptoms and mortality in a prospective study of 2,558 older adults.  Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002;10(5):521-30. PubMed

Wang L, Van Belle G, Kukull WB, Larson EB. Predictors of functional change: a longitudinal study of nondemented people aged 65 and older. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50(9):1525-34. PubMed