This is a selection of articles from the August 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Geriatrics headlines.
A Composite Screening Tool for Medication Reviews of Outpatients: General Issues with Specific Examples.
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Source: Drugs & Aging - August 31, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (289 K) Source Type: news
Big Three Companies Competing To Become Lead Negotiator In UAW Contract Negotiations
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Exploring The Relationship Between Alzheimer's, High Stress, Genetic Risk Factor And Increased Memory Decline
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - August 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Nurses Admit They Can't Cope With Abused Older People In Their Care, New Survey Reveals, UK
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Opko Health Doses First Patient In Phase 3 COBALT Trial Of Bevasiranib For The Treatment Of AMD
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Older Americans Are Happiest At Work
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Link Discovered Between Zinc And Macular Degeneration
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Patterns of intergenerational support in grandparent-grandchild and parent-child relationships in Germany
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Source: Ageing - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Caroline Glendinning and Peter A. Kemp (eds), Cash and Care: Policy Challenges in the Welfare State, Policy, Bristol, Avon, 2006, 322 pp., hbk £60, ISBN 978 186134 8579, pbk £22.99, ISBN 978 186134 8562.
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Source: Ageing - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Care management and care provision for older relatives amongst employed informal care-givers
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Source: Ageing - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Sheila M. LoboPrabhu, Victor A. Molinari and James W. Lomax (eds), Supporting the Caregiver in Dementia: A Guide for Health Care Professionals, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 2006, 295 pp., hbk US$55.00 or £36.50, ISBN 978 0 8018 343 9.
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Source: Ageing - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Pam Schweitzer, Reminiscence Theatre: Making Theatre from Memories, Jessica Kingsley, London, 2006, 320 pp., pbk £19.99 or US$34.95, ISBN 978 1 8431 0430 8.
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Source: Ageing - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Sharon R. Kaufman, And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005, 412 pp., hbk no price, pbk (2006) US$18.00 or £11.50, ISBN 978 0 226 42685 3.
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Source: Ageing - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Pat Thane (ed.), The Long History of Old Age, Thames and Hudson, London, 2005, 320 pp., hbk £25.00, ISBN 13: 978 0 500 25126 3.
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Source: Ageing - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Experimental Drug Ketasyn(TM) Improves Memory In Age-Associated Memory Impairment Study
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Memory Pharmaceuticals Commences Phase 1 Clinical Program For R4996/MEM 63908
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - August 30, 2007 Source Type: news
New AHIP Ad Campaign: Medicare Advantage Cuts Threaten Seniors' Health Security, USA
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Gestational Diabetes Ups Child Obesity
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Practice style in the nursing home: dimensions for assessment and quality improvement
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - August 29, 2007 Authors: Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Aleksandra Parpura-Gill Source Type: news
The specificity of neuropsychological impairment in predicting antidepressant non-response in the very old depressed
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - August 29, 2007 Authors: Joel R. Sneed, John G. Keilp, Adam M. Brickman, Steven P. Roose Source Type: news
New Data Highlights Long Term Tolerability And Sustained Benefits Of The Exelon Patch In The Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - August 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Gene Therapy Reduces Amyloid Plaques In Mice With Model Of Alzheimer Disease
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - August 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Association Between Aspects of Oral Health–Related Quality of Life and Body Mass Index in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 28, 2007 Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: news
Symptom Experience of Dying Long-Term Care Residents
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 28, 2007 Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: news
Treatment of Dementia in Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 28, 2007 Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: news
Three-Year Change in Inflammatory Markers in Elderly People and Mortality: The Invecchiare in Chianti Study
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 28, 2007 Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: news
Preventive home visitation programmes for older people: the role of municipality organisation
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Source: European Journal of Ageing - August 28, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Ageing Source Type: news
The influence of living arrangements, marital patterns and family configuration on employment rates among the 1945–1954 birth cohort: evidence from ten European countries
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Source: European Journal of Ageing - August 28, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Ageing Source Type: news
A housing crisis for older people
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Source: Older People's NSF Newsfeed - August 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Embryonic Human Stem Cells May Help Repair Heart Muscle, Lab Study Shows
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Giving CPR Kits to Kids Nudges Parents to Learn
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Continued Statin Use Boosts Post-Stroke Outcomes
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Stars Start Countdown To Record Breaking Dementia Fundraiser, UK
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - August 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Make a New Assault on Salt
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Gene Tied to Post-Op Delirium in Elderly
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Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - August 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Gene Tied to Post-Op Delirium in Elderly
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 27, 2007 Source Type: news
American Seniors' Intimacy And Sexual Health Studied
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 26, 2007 Source Type: news
Conferences and Courses
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 24, 2007 Tags: Notices Source Type: news
Hand Function and Oral Hygiene in Older Institutionalized Brazilians. (See Editorial Comments by Dr. Kenneth Shay on pp 1470–1471)
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 24, 2007 Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: news
Maintenance Treatment for Old-Age Depression Preserves Health-Related Quality of Life: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Paroxetine and Interpersonal Psychotherapy
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 24, 2007 Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: news
CHANGE OF DIAGNOSES IN PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: THE ITALIAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGING
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 24, 2007 Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: news
Who Is Responsible for a Nursing Home Resident's Daily Oral Care?
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 24, 2007 Tags: Editorial Source Type: news
Parental Stress Can Keep Kids Obese
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Cortical Brain Metabolism as Measured by Proton Spectroscopy Is Related to Memory Performance in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease
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Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders - August 23, 2007 Source Type: news
New Study Examines Memory, Learning And Aging
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 23, 2007 Source Type: news
Drug That Lowers Resting Heart Rate Being Tested
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 23, 2007 Source Type: news
Risperdal Ok'd for Kids & Teens Treatment
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 23, 2007 Source Type: news
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Treatment Reclast Approved By FDA
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Early Detection For Dry Eye Syndrome Using Eye-Staining Technique
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - August 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Vaccine Thwarts The Tangles Of Alzheimer's
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - August 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Kids' High Blood Pressure Often Missed
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Online 'Epidemic' Gives Clues to Bird Flu Spread
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Improving Quality of Care for Urban Older People with Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease. (see editorial comments by Drs. Gordon Mosser and Robert L. Kane, on pp 000–000)
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 21, 2007 Tags: Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination Source Type: news
Psychiatric Comorbidity and Greater Hospitalization Risk, Longer Length of Stay, and Higher Hospitalization Costs in Older Adults with Heart Failure
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - August 21, 2007 Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: news
New Approach To Delaying Onset Of Alzheimer's Disease
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - August 21, 2007 Source Type: news
Weight Loss: Early Sign of Dementia?
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 21, 2007 Source Type: news
Calendar
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Source: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - August 21, 2007 Tags: Article Source Type: news
Impact of a Multimodal Rehabilitative Intervention on Demented Patients and Their Caregivers
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Source: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - August 21, 2007 Authors: Onor, M. L., Trevisiol, M., Negro, C., Alessandra, S., Saina, M., Aguglia, E. Tags: Article Source Type: news
Depressed Mood in Informal Caregivers of Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment
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Source: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - August 21, 2007 Authors: Lu, Y.-F. Y., Austrom, M. G., Perkins, S. M., Bakas, T., Farlow, M. R., Feng He, , Shelia Jin, , Gamst, A. Tags: Article Source Type: news
A Quick Test for Cognitive Speed: A Measure of Cognitive Speed in Dementia With Lewy Bodies
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Source: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - August 21, 2007 Authors: Andersson, M., Wiig, E. H., Minthon, L., Londos, E. Tags: Article Source Type: news
EDITORIAL: This geriatrician wears hip protectors
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Source: Geriatrics Magazine - August 21, 2007 Source Type: news
News Briefs
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Source: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - August 21, 2007 Tags: Article Source Type: news
Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia Associated With a New Mutation V363I in Tau Gene
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Source: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - August 21, 2007 Authors: Munoz, D. G., Ros, R., Fatas, M., Bermejo, F., de Yebenes, J. G. Tags: Article Source Type: news
Effect of olanzapine on cognition during treatment of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia: a post-hoc analysis
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - August 21, 2007 Authors: Walter G. Deberdt, Alan Siegal, Jonna Ahl, Adam L. Meyers, Ronald Landbloom Source Type: news
Viscosupplementation with Hyaluronans for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Clinical Efficacy and Economic Implications.
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Source: Drugs & Aging - August 20, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (271 K) Source Type: news
Withdrawal of Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs in Older Persons: Effect on Mobility Test Outcomes.
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Source: Drugs & Aging - August 20, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (208 K) Source Type: news
Targeting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor: A Promising Strategy for Treating Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
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Source: Drugs & Aging - August 20, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (246 K) Source Type: news
Is Combination Therapy with Inhaled Anticholinergics and 2-Adrenoceptor Agonists Justified for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
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Source: Drugs - August 20, 2007 Authors: Reddy, Chakravarthy B.Kanner, Richard E. Tags: Current Opinion Source Type: news
Direct Medical Costs of Serious Gastrointestinal Ulcers among Users of NSAIDs
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Source: Drugs - August 20, 2007 Authors: Vonkeman, Harald E.Klok, Rogier M.Postma, Maarten J.Brouwers, Jacobus R.B.J.Mart AFJ van de Laar, Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: news
Restricting Blood Flow May Help Heart Bypass Patients
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 20, 2007 Source Type: news
Reclast - FDA OKs Once-Yearly Osteoporosis Drug
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 20, 2007 Source Type: news
Health Tip: Talking to Your Doctor About How to Lose Weight
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 20, 2007 Source Type: news
Urban Smog Tough on Young Adults' Hearts
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - August 20, 2007 Source Type: news
Exercise Does Not Make Heart Grow Younger
