Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics
Bosworth HB, Schaie KW. Survival effects in cognitive function, cognitive style, and sociodemographic variables in the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Exp Aging Res. 1999;25(2):121-39. PubMed
Cushman M, Lemaitre RN, Kuller LH, Psaty BM, Macy EM, Sharrett AR, Tracy RP. Fibrinolytic activation markers predict myocardial infarction in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999;19(3):493-8. PubMed
Sakkinen PA, Cushman M, Psaty BM, Rodriguez B, Boineau R, Kuller LH, Tracy RP. Relationship of plasmin generation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in elderly men and women. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999;19(3):499-504. PubMed
Mosher BA, Cuddigan J, Thomas DR, Boudreau DM. Outcomes of 4 methods of debridement using a decision analysis methodology. Advances in Wound Care. 1999;12(2):81-88. PubMed
Smith NL, Psaty BM, Heckbert SR, Tracy RP, Cornell ES. The reliability of medication inventory methods compared to serum levels of cardiovascular drugs in the elderly. J Clin Epidemiol. 1999;52(2):143-6. PubMed
Teri L. Training families to provide care: effects on people with dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1999;14(2):110-6; discussion 116-9. PubMed
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
