Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

McCormick WC, Hardy J, Kukull WA, Bowen JD, Teri L, Zitzer S, Larson EB. Healthcare utilization and costs in managed care patients with Alzheimer's disease during the last few years of life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001;49(9):1156-60. PubMed

Unutzer J, Katon W, Williams JW Jr, Callahan CM, Harpole L, Hunkeler EM, Hoffing M, Arean P, Hegel MT, Schoenbaum M, Oishi SM, Langston CA. Improving primary care for depression in late life: the design of a multicenter randomized trial. Med Care. 2001;39(8):785-99. PubMed

Cushman M, Psaty BM, Meilahn EN, Dobs AS, Kuller LH. Post-menopausal hormone therapy and concentrations of protein C and antithrombin in elderly women. Br J Haematol. 2001;114(1):162-8. PubMed

Moceri VM, Kukull WA, Emanual I, van Belle G, Starr JR, Schellenberg GD, McCormick WC, Bowen JD, Teri L, Larson EB. Using census data and birth certificates to reconstruct the early-life socioeconomic environment and the relation to the development of Alzheimer's disease. Epidemiology. 2001;12(4):383-9. PubMed

Bond GE, Burr R, McCurry SM, Graves AB, Larson EB. Alcohol, aging, and cognitive performance in a cohort of Japanese Americans aged 65 and older: the Kame project. Int Psychogeriatr. 2001;13(2):207-23. PubMed

Larson EB. General internal medicine at the crossroads of prosperity and despair: caring for patients with chronic diseases in an aging society. Ann Intern Med. 2001;134(10):997-1000. PubMed

Kaplan RC, Heckbert SR, Koepsell TD, Furberg CD, Polak JF, Schoen RE, Psaty BM. Risk factors for hospitalized gastrointestinal bleeding among older persons. Cardiovascular Health Study Investigators. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001;49(2):126-33. PubMed

Heckman TG, Kochman A, Sikkema KJ, Kalichman SC, Masten J, Bergholte J, Catz S. A pilot coping improvement intervention for late middle-aged and older adults living with HIV/AIDS in the USA. AIDS Care. 2001;13(1):129-39. PubMed

Kukull WA. The association between smoking and Alzheimer's disease: effects of study design and bias. Biol Psychiatry. 2001;49(3):194-9. PubMed

Larson EB. Dementia in the elderly: the "silent epidemic" no more. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2001;112:136-46; discussion 146-8. PubMed

de Frias CM, Schaie KW. Perceived work environment and cognitive style. Exp Aging Res. 2001;27(1):67-81. PubMed

McCurry SM, Gibbons LE, Uomoto JM, Thompson ML, Graves AB, Edland SD, Bowen J, McCormick WC, Larson EB. Neuropsychological test performance in a cognitively intact sample of older Japanese American adults. Arch Clin Neuropsych. 2001;16:447-459. PubMed

McCurry SM, Larson EB. Dementia. In: McGraw-Hill 2002 Yearbook of Science & Technology, McGraw-Hill, 2001. PubMed

Catz SL, Heckman TG, Kochman A, DiMarco M. Rates and correlates of HIV treatment adherence among late middle-aged and older adults living with HIV disease. Psychology, Health, and Medicine. 2001;6:47-58. PubMed

Siscovick DS, Schwartz SM, Corey L, Grayston JT, Ashley R, Wang SP, Psaty BM, Tracy RP, Kuller LH, Kronmal RA. Chlamydia pneumoniae, herpes simplex virus type 1, and cytomegalovirus and incident myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease death in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Circulation. 2000;102(19):2335-40. PubMed

Kukull WA, Ganguli M. Epidemiology of dementia: concepts and overview. Neurol Clin. 2000;18(4):923-50. PubMed

LaCroix AZ, Ott SM, Ichikawa L, Scholes D, Barlow WE. Low-dose hydrochlorothiazide and preservation of bone mineral density in older adults. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133(7):516-26. PubMed

Buist DS, LaCroix AZ, Black DM, Harris F, Blank J, Ensrud K, Edgerton D, Rubin S, Fox KM. Inclusion of older women in randomized clinical trials: factors associated with taking study medication in the fracture intervention trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2000;48(9):1126-31. PubMed

Mandelson MT, Curry SJ, Anderson LA, Nadel MR, Lee NC, Rutter CM, LaCroix AZ. Colorectal cancer screening participation by older women. Am J Prev Med. 2000;19(3):149-54. PubMed

Sheps SB, Reid RJ, Barer ML, Krueger H, McGrail KM, Green B, Evans RG, Hertzman C. Hospital downsizing and trends in health care use among elderly people in British Columbia. CMAJ. 2000;163(4):397-401. PubMed