This is a selection of articles from the March 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Geriatrics headlines.
Subthreshold depression in patients with Parkinson's disease and dementia--clinical and demographic correlates
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - March 31, 2007 Authors: Uwe Ehrt, Kolbjørn Brønnick, Peter Paul De Deyn, Murat Emre, Sibel Tekin, Roger Lane, Dag Aarsland Source Type: journals
VA Study Finds Time Waiting For Health Care Linked To Mortality
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 30, 2007 Source Type: journals
First-Time DWI Offenders Often Have Multiple Problems
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 30, 2007 Source Type: journals
Boston Hospices Target Minorities To Address Use Disparities
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 29, 2007 Source Type: journals
Response To Alzheimer's Disease Disparities From Medical University Of South Carolina
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - March 29, 2007 Source Type: journals
Abstracts
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Source: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity - March 29, 2007 Tags: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity Source Type: journals
MRI Technique Could Predict Heart Attack Risk
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 29, 2007 Source Type: journals
Emotions May Influence Arthritis Pain
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 29, 2007 Source Type: journals
Kids See Thousands of Junk Food Ads
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 29, 2007 Source Type: journals
Are Microvascular Abnormalities in the Retina Associated With Depression Symptoms? The Cardiovascular Health Study.
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - March 29, 2007 Authors: Sun C, Tikellis G, Klein R, Steffens DC, Larsen EK, Siscovick DS, Klein BE, Wong TY Tags: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Source Type: journals
Cardiac and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality associated with antipsychotic medications in elderly psychiatric inpatients.
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - March 29, 2007 Authors: Barak Y, Baruch Y, Mazeh D, Paleacu D, Aizenberg D Tags: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Source Type: journals
Predictors of subjective cognitive difficulties in older adults with atherosclerotic vascular disease.
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - March 29, 2007 Authors: Humphreys CT, Moser DJ, Hynes SM, Reese RL, Haynes WG Tags: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Source Type: journals
Predictive Validity of Neuropsychiatric Subgroups on Nursing Home Placement and Survival in Patients With Alzheimer Disease.
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - March 29, 2007 Authors: Tun SM, Murman DL, Long HL, Colenda CC, von Eye A Tags: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Source Type: journals
Frequent Napping Is Associated With Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Depression, Pain, and Nocturia in Older Adults: Findings From the National Sleep Foundation '2003 Sleep in America' Poll.
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - March 29, 2007 Authors: Foley DJ, Vitiello MV, Bliwise DL, Ancoli-Israel S, Monjan AA, Walsh JK Tags: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Source Type: journals
Prayer and depressive symptoms in a period of secularization: patterns among older adults in the Netherlands.
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - March 29, 2007 Authors: Braam AW, Deeg DJ, Poppelaars JL, Beekman AT, van Tilburg W Tags: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Source Type: journals
Depression in older adults: exploring the relationship between goal setting and physical health
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - March 29, 2007 Authors: Helen Street, Moira O'Connor, Hayley Robinson Source Type: journals
Research Propels Advances in Clinical Cardiology
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 28, 2007 Source Type: journals
Zinc Found To Be A Link In Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 28, 2007 Source Type: journals
ERRATUM
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatr - March 27, 2007 Tags: Erratum Source Type: journals
CIRCULATING SEX HORMONE LEVELS AND AORTIC STIFFNESS IN MEN
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatr - March 27, 2007 Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
REVERSIBLE COGNITIVE AND NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING VALPROIC ACID THERAPY
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatr - March 27, 2007 Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIP FRACTURE SUBTYPES AND ANALGESIA USE
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatr - March 27, 2007 Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
CENTRAL HYPOTHYROIDISM ALLOWS DISCOVERY OF A PITUITARY DISORDER IN OLDER PEOPLE
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatr - March 27, 2007 Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
ACUTE INCREASE IN BLOOD UREA NITROGEN CAUSED BY ENTERIC NUTRITION
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatr - March 27, 2007 Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
RESPONSE LETTER TO DR. JOLOBE
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatr - March 27, 2007 Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
Panic Attacks
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 27, 2007 Source Type: journals
Traditional LowFat Diet Rated Healthy
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 27, 2007 Source Type: journals
Antianginal agents may improve outcomes in silent ischemia without CAD
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Source: Geriatrics Magazine - March 27, 2007 Source Type: journals
Telomerase activity is maintained throughout the lifespan of long-lived birds.
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Source: Experimental Gerontology - March 27, 2007 Authors: Haussmann MF, Winkler DW, Huntington CE, Nisbet IC, Vleck CM Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: journals
Increased Breast Cancer Risk Associated With Greater Fat Intake
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
NEC Foundation Of America Grant Helps Build Weill Cornell Medical College's Alzheimer's-Friendly Virtual Home
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
Perceptions of Risk and Prevention of Dementia in the Healthy Elderly
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Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
Gene therapy for ischemic brain disease with special reference to vascular dementia
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Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology Inte - March 26, 2007 Tags: REVIEW ARTICLE Source Type: journals
Paul Dornan, Delivering Benefits in Old Age: The Take-up of the Minimum Income Guarantee , Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire, 2006, 254 pp., hbk £50.00, ISBN 0 7546 4688 2.
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Source: Ageing - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
Increasing gerontological communication
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Source: Ageing - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
Intersections of age and masculinities in the information technology industry
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Source: Ageing - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
Robert S. Weiss, The Experience of Retirement , Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York and London, 2005, 213 pp., pbk $18.95, ISBN 978 0 8014 7252 7.
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Source: Ageing - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
The temporal relationship between falls and fear-of-falling among Chinese older primary-care patients in Hong Kong
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Source: Ageing - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
Jan Baars, Dale Dannefer, Chris Phillipson and Alan Walker (eds), Aging, Globalization and Inequality: The New Critical Gerontology , Baywood, Amityville, New York, 2006, 300 pp., hbk $60, ISBN 0 89503 358 5.
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Source: Ageing - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
Disturbing life events and wellbeing after 80 years of age: a longitudinal comparison of survivors and the deceased over five years
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Source: Ageing - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
The : a documentary analysis of the regulation and inspection of dying and death in English care homes for older people
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Source: Ageing - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
Relationship between liver cirrhosis and arteriosclerosis: Evaluation by pulse wave velocity, carotid arterial echotomography and autonomic nervous activity
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Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology Inte - March 26, 2007 Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals
Long-term cognitive benefits of donepezil in Alzheimer?s disease: A retrospective comparison between 1994–1999 and 2000–2004
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Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology Inte - March 26, 2007 Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals
Successful treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura by Chinese herbal medicine EK-49 and ascorbic acid in an elderly patient developing chronic subdural hematoma
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Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology Inte - March 26, 2007 Tags: CASE REPORTS Source Type: journals
Life satisfaction in older people
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Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology Inte - March 26, 2007 Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals
Cholesterol Drug Boosts: After Angioplasty
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 26, 2007 Source Type: journals
American College Of Physicians Releases New Patient Education Resources
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 24, 2007 Source Type: journals
IADR Oral Medicine & Pathology Award Received By Baum
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 24, 2007 Source Type: journals
Pain in older people - a hidden problem
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Source: Older People's NSF Newsfeed - March 24, 2007 Source Type: journals
Higher prevalence of aspirin resistance in patients with diabetes
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Source: Geriatrics Magazine - March 24, 2007 Source Type: journals
Wandering Is Health Risk For 1 In 5 Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Patients
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 23, 2007 Source Type: journals
Exercise May Boost Memory
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Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - March 23, 2007 Source Type: journals
Exercise May Boost Memory
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 23, 2007 Source Type: journals
Sarasota's Roskamp Institute Announces Positive Safety Data In Human Clinical Study For Alzheimer's Disease
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - March 23, 2007 Source Type: journals
Challenging NICE's Restriction For Alzheimer's Drugs May Be Attempt To Undermine Its Processes, UK
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - March 23, 2007 Source Type: journals
Depression: Phone Based Therapy Helpful
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - March 23, 2007 Source Type: journals
Elderly Spinal Cord Injuries Increase Five-Fold In 30 Years, Jefferson Neurosurgeons Find
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 23, 2007 Source Type: journals
[Regular Research Articles] Religious Beliefs and Practices Are Associated With Better Mental Health in Family Caregivers of Patients With Dementia: Findings From the REACH Study
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - March 23, 2007 Authors: Hebert, R. S., Dang, Q., Schulz, R. Tags: Regular Research Articles Source Type: journals
[Regular Research Articles] Predictive Validity of Neuropsychiatric Subgroups on Nursing Home Placement and Survival in Patients With Alzheimer Disease
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - March 23, 2007 Authors: Tun, S.-M., Murman, D. L., Long, H. L., Colenda, C. C., von Eye, A. Tags: Regular Research Articles Source Type: journals
[Brief Reports] Prevalence and Impact of Paratonia in Alzheimer Disease in a Multiracial Sample
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - March 23, 2007 Authors: Vahia, I., Cohen, C. I., Prehogan, A., Memon, Z. Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: journals
[Brief Reports] Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Antipsychotic Medications in Elderly Psychiatric Inpatients
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - March 23, 2007 Authors: Barak, Y., Baruch, Y., Mazeh, D., Paleacu, D., Aizenberg, D. Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: journals
[Regular Research Articles] Gambling Level and Psychiatric and Medical Disorders in Older Adults: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - March 23, 2007 Authors: Pietrzak, R. H., Morasco, B. J., Blanco, C., Grant, B. F., Petry, N. M. Tags: Regular Research Articles Source Type: journals
[Regular Research Articles] Religion and Depression in Older Medical Inpatients
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - March 23, 2007 Authors: Koenig, H. G. Tags: Regular Research Articles Source Type: journals
[Letter to the Editor] Nine-Year Prophylactic Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy in an 89-Year-Old Woman With Recurrent Psychotic Major Depressive Disorder
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - March 23, 2007 Authors: Buhl, C., Riaux, A., Andraud, F., Chouinard, G., Hardy, P., Corruble, E. Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: journals
[Letter to the Editor] Concomitant Use of Medications With Anticholinergic Properties and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: Impact on Cognitive and Physical Functioning in Alzheimer Disease
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - March 23, 2007 Authors: Bottiggi, K. A., Salazar, J. C., Yu, L., Caban-Holt, A. M., Ryan, M., Schmitt, F. A. Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: journals
Dementia: Available Resources for Alzheimer discussed
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Source: MUSC Elder Care Podcast - March 22, 2007 Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: journals
Dementia: An Overview of Dementia/Alzheimer
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Source: MUSC Elder Care Podcast - March 22, 2007 Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: journals
Alzheimer's Growth Shows Need For Increased FDA Funding
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - March 22, 2007 Source Type: journals
A six-month double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of a transdermal patch in Alzheimer's disease-- rivastigmine patch versus capsule
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - March 22, 2007 Authors: Bengt Winblad, Jeffrey Cummings, Niels Andreasen, George Grossberg, Marco Onofrj, Carl Sadowsky, Stefanie Zechner, Jennifer Nagel, Roger Lane Source Type: journals
Can the recognition of clinical features of mental illness at clinical presentation in ethnic elders be improved?
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - March 22, 2007 Authors: Ajit Shah Source Type: journals
Current awareness in geriatric psychiatry
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - March 22, 2007 Authors: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Source Type: journals
NEC Foundation Of America Grant Helps Build Weill Cornell Medical College's Alzheimer's-Friendly Virtual Home
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - March 21, 2007 Source Type: journals
Research Has Shed Light On The Computer Frustrations That Plague Older Adults
