Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Bhadelia RA, Anderson M, Polak JF, Manolio TA, Beauchamp N, Knepper L, O'Leary DH. Prevalence and associations of MRI-demonstrated brain infarcts in elderly subjects with a history of transient ischemic attack. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 1999;30(2):383-8. PubMed

Malmgren JA, Koepsell TD, Martin DP, Diehr P, LaCroix AZ. Mortality, health services use, and health behavior in a cohort of well older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999;47(1):51-9. PubMed

Shadlen MF, Larson EB. What's new in Alzheimer's disease treatment? Reasons for optimism about future pharmacologic options. Postgrad Med. 1999;105(1):109-18. PubMed

McCurry SM, Larson EB. Management of dementia in primary care. Clin Geriatr. 1999;6:14-26. PubMed

Shadlen MF, Larson EB. Unique features of Alzheimer’s disease in ethnic minority populations. In Full-Color Aging: Facts, Goals, and Recommendations for America’s Diverse Elders, edited by Miles TP. Washington DC: Gerontologic Society of America. 1999:33-51. PubMed

McCormick WC, Larson EB. Dementia. In Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Problems, Second Ed., edited by Black ER, Bordely DR, Tape TG, Panzer RJ, Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 639-651, 1999. PubMed

Larson EB. Recognition of dementia: Discovering the silent epidemic. Commentary on studies in Literature Monitor. Alzheimer’s Disease Management Today. 1999;2:17-19. PubMed

Von Korff M, Wagner EH. The role of the older person in managing illness. In: E. Calkins and EH Wagner (Eds) Better Ways to Care for Older People: Building Systems Based on Evidence. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 1999. PubMed

Larson EB. Recognition of dementia: discovering the silent epidemic. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1998;46(12):1576-7. PubMed

Davis C, Leveille SG, Favaro S, LoGerfo M. Benefits to volunteers in a community-based health promotion and chronic illness self-management program for the elderly. J Gerontol Nurs. 1998;24(10):16-23. PubMed

Leveille SG, Wagner EH, Davis C, Grothaus L, Wallace J, LoGerfo M, Kent D. Preventing disability and managing chronic illness in frail older adults: a randomized trial of community-based partnership with primary care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1998;46(10):1191-8. PubMed

Teri L, McCurry SM, Buchner DM, Logsdon RG, LaCroix AZ, Kukull WA, Barlow WE, Larson EB. Exercise and activity level in Alzheimer's disease: a potential treatment focus. J Rehabil Res Dev. 1998;35(4):411-9. PubMed

Larson EB. New drug treatments for Alzheimer disease. King County Medical Society Bulletin. 1998. PubMed

Wahl PW, Savage PJ, Psaty BM, Orchard TJ, Robbins JA, Tracy RP. Diabetes in older adults: comparison of 1997 American Diabetes Association classification of diabetes mellitus with 1985 WHO classification. Lancet. 1998;352(9133):1012-5. PubMed

Lemaitre RN, Furberg CD, Newman AB, Hulley SB, Gordon DJ, Gottdiener JS, McDonald RH Jr, Psaty BM. Time trends in the use of cholesterol-lowering agents in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(16):1761-8. PubMed

Graves AB, Rosner D, Echeverria D, Mortimer JA, Larson EB. Occupational exposures to solvents and aluminium and estimated risk of Alzheimer's disease. Occup Environ Med. 1998;55(9):627-33. PubMed

Hu Q, Kukull WA, Bressler SL, Gray MD, Cam JA, Larson EB, Martin GM, Deeb SS. The human FE65 gene: genomic structure and an intronic biallelic polymorphism associated with sporadic dementia of the Alzheimer type. Hum Genet. 1998;103(3):295-303. PubMed

Liu HC, Fuh JL, Wang SJ, Liu CY, Larson EB, Lin KN, Wang HC, Chou P, Wu ZA, Lin CH, Wang PN, Teng EL. Prevalence and subtypes of dementia in a rural Chinese population. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 1998;12(3):127-34. PubMed

Logsdon RG, Teri L, McCurry SM, Gibbons LE, Kukull WA, Larson EB. Wandering: a significant problem among community-residing individuals with Alzheimer's disease. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1998;53(5):P294-9. PubMed

Larson EB. Genotype testing improved the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. ACP J Club. 1998;48. PubMed