Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

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

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