Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

Riekse RG, Tsuang D, Leverenz J, Moceri V, McCormick W, Bowen JD, Teri L, Eugenio C, Kukull W, Larson E. Do MMSE scores decline more in cases with autopsy-proven Alzheimer’s disease and vascular lesions compared to those with Alzheimer’s disease alone? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;S166. PubMed

Shadlen MF, McCormick WC, Larson EB. Research agenda for understanding Alzheimer disease in diverse populations: work group on cultural diversity, Alzheimer's association.  Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2002;16 Suppl 2:S96-S100. PubMed

Stewart AL, Gillis D, Grossman M, Pruitt L, McLellan B, Castrillo M, Tuzzio L, Ritter PL. Increasing physical activity levels of underserved seniors: diffusing a research-based program into community settings. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2002; 9, (Suppl 1), 260-261. PubMed

Borenstein Graves A, Mortimer JA, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, McCurry SM, Schellenberg GD, Larson EB. Head circumference and incident Alzheimer's disease: modification by apolipoprotein E. Neurology. 2001;57(8):1453-60. PubMed

Shadlen MF, Larson EB, Gibbons LE, Rice MM, McCormick WC, Bowen J, McCurry SM, Graves AB. Ethnicity and cognitive performance among older African Americans, Japanese Americans, and Caucasians: the role of education. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001;49(10):1371-8. PubMed

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