Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

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

Sakkinen PA, Cushman M, Psaty BM, Kuller LH, Bajaj SP, Sabharwal AK, Boineau R, Macy E, Tracy RP. Correlates of antithrombin, protein C, protein S, and TFPI in a healthy elderly cohort. Thromb Haemost. 1998;80(1):134-9. PubMed

Craft S, Teri L, Edland SD, Kukull WA, Schellenberg G, McCormick WC, Bowen JD, Larson EB. Accelerated decline in apolipoprotein E-epsilon4 homozygotes with Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 1998;51(1):149-53. PubMed

Graves AB, Rajaram L, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, McCurry SM, Larson EB. Impaired olfaction as a clinical marker for cognitive decline. Neurobiol Aging. 1998;19:S21. PubMed

Larson EB, McCurry SM, Graves AB, Bowen JD, Rice MM, McCormick WC, Zee N, Homma A, Imai Y, White L, Masaki K, Petrovitch H, Ross W, Yamada M, Mimori Y, Sasaki H. Standardization of the clinical diagnosis of the dementia syndrome and its subtypes in a cross-national study: the Ni-Hon-Sea experience.  J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1998;53(4):M313-9. PubMed

Smith NL, Psaty BM, Pitt B, Garg R, Gottdiener JS, Heckbert SR. Temporal patterns in the medical treatment of congestive heart failure with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in older adults, 1989 through 1995. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(10):1074-80. PubMed

Larson EB. New drug treatments for Alzheimer disease. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(9):941-2. PubMed

Cushman M, Rosendaal FR, Psaty BM, Cook EF, Valliere J, Kuller LH, Tracy RP. Factor V Leiden is not a risk factor for arterial vascular disease in the elderly: results from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Thromb Haemost. 1998;79(5):912-5. PubMed

Rathouz PJ, Kasper JD, Zeger SL, Ferrucci L, Bandeen-Roche K, Miglioretti DL, Fried LP. Short-term consistency in self-reported physical functioning among elderly women: the Women's Health and Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1998;147(8):764-73. PubMed

Coleman EA, Wagner EH, Grothaus LC, Hecht J, Savarino J, Buchner DM. Predicting hospitalization and functional decline in older health plan enrollees: Are administrative data as accurate as self-report? J Am Geriatr Soc. 1998;46(4):419-25. PubMed