This is a selection of articles from the April 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Geriatrics headlines.
Brain Training
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals
AGS's "Get Up And Go" Falls Prevention Program To Offer Free Falls Risk Screening, Health Education And Information At Washington DC's Union Station
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals
Presentations From 'Intracellular Traffic And Neurodegenerative Disorders' Meeting
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals
Device Approved to Assess Arterial Plaque
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals
[Regular Research Articles] Clinical Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease: Still Good After All These Years
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - April 30, 2008 Authors: Ranginwala, N. A., Hynan, L. S., Weiner, M. F., White, C. L. Tags: Regular Research Articles Source Type: journals
Early age-related changes in adult hippocampal neurogenesis in C57 mice.
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Source: Neurobiology of Aging - April 30, 2008 Authors: Ben Abdallah NM, Slomianka L, Vyssotski AL, Lipp HP Tags: Neurobiol Aging Source Type: journals
Educational Differentials in Life Expectancy With Cognitive Impairment Among the Elderly in the United States
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Source: Journal of Aging and Health - April 30, 2008 Authors: Lievre, A., Alley, D., Crimmins, E. M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals
Urinary Incontinence and Self-Reported Health Among the U.S. Medicare Managed Care Beneficiaries
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Source: Journal of Aging and Health - April 30, 2008 Authors: Chang, C.-H., Gonzalez, C. M., Lau, D. T., Sier, H. C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals
[Regular Research Articles] Cognitive Discrepancies Versus APOE Genotype as Predictors of Cognitive Decline in Normal-Functioning Elderly Individuals: A Longitudinal Study
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - April 30, 2008 Authors: Fine, E. M., Delis, D. C., Wetter, S. R., Jacobson, M. W., Jak, A. J., McDonald, C. R., Braga, J. C., Thal, L. J., Salmon, D. P., Bondi, M. W. Tags: Regular Research Articles Source Type: journals
Evaluating the SF-36 Health Survey (Version 2) in Older Vietnamese Americans
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Source: Journal of Aging and Health - April 30, 2008 Authors: Ngo-Metzger, Q., Sorkin, D. H., Mangione, C. M., Gandek, B., Hays, R. D. Tags: Article Source Type: journals
[Regular Research Articles] Personality and All-Cause Mortality Among Older Adults Dwelling in a Japanese Community: A Five-Year Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - April 30, 2008 Authors: Iwasa, H., Masui, Y., Gondo, Y., Inagaki, H., Kawaai, C., Suzuki, T. Tags: Regular Research Articles Source Type: journals
[Regular Research Articles] Outcomes and Predictors of Late-Life Depression Trajectories in Older Primary Care Patients
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Source: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry - April 30, 2008 Authors: Cui, X., Lyness, J. M., Tang, W., Tu, X., Conwell, Y. Tags: Regular Research Articles Source Type: journals
Investigators Unveil New Drug Discovery Tool For Alzheimer's Disease
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
American Geriatrics Society To Honor AARP CEO William Novelli With 2008 David H. Solomon Distinguished Public Service Award
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
American Geriatrics Society To Honor AARP CEO William Novelli With 2008David H. Solomon Distinguished Public Service Award
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Alzheimer Scotland Welcomes Sutherland Report On Free Personal Care
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
MPs Highlight Abuse Of Human Rights Of People With Dementia, UK
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Severely Depressed
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Infection, Cardiac Woes Send Heart Failure Patients to the Hospital
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Always a last resort
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Source: NLH Later Life Specialist Library Newsfeed - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
HHS Secretary Leavitt Says Rising Medicare Costs Will Cause Generational Divide
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
When It Comes to Memory, It's All About Location
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Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
Factors in Cancer Death Rates Stay Stagnant
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
Relistor Helps Ease Painkiller-Related Constipation
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
Black, Hispanic Caregivers More Likely To Misinterpret Signs Of Alzheimer's, Survey Finds
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Study At AGS' Annual Scientific Meeting Reveal Some Challenges Older Adults Face When Taking Prescription Drugs And How Electronic Pillboxes Can Help
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Experts At AGS' Annual Scientific Meeting Determine "Virtual" Interdisciplinary Healthcare Teams Improve Care For Chronic Patients
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Study Details New Molecular Approach to Preventing Alzheimer's
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Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Study Details New Molecular Approach to Preventing Alzheimer's
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Health Tip: If You Have to Take Iron Supplements
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 24, 2008 Source Type: journals
Self-reported assessment of intraoral prostheses among patients attending the prosthodontic department in a dental institute in India
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Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology Inte - April 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Description of an orthopedic–geriatric model of care in Australia with 3 years data
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Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology Inte - April 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Gene Variant Boosts Risk for Stress-Related Ischemia
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 23, 2008 Source Type: journals
Factors in Cancer Death Rates Stay Stagnant
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 23, 2008 Source Type: journals
Pin1 Is Beneficial In Alzheimer's Disease, Detrimental To Some Forms Of Dementia
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - April 23, 2008 Source Type: journals
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
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Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - April 23, 2008 Source Type: journals
Gene Variant Protects Black Heart Failure Patients
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 22, 2008 Source Type: journals
Many Cancer Survivors Are Overweight and Sedentary: Study
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 22, 2008 Source Type: journals
Reasons for psychiatric consultation referrals in Dutch nursing home patients with dementia: a comparison with normative data on prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms
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Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - April 22, 2008 Authors: Martin G. Kat, Sytse U. Zuidema, Tjeerd van der Ploeg, Kees J. Kalisvaart, Willem A. van Gool, Piet Eikelenboom, Jos F. M. de Jonghe Source Type: journals
Polymorphisms in the receptor for GDNF (RET) are not associated with Parkinson's disease in Southern Germany.
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Source: Neurobiology of Aging - April 22, 2008 Authors: Lücking CB, Lichtner P, Kramer ER, Gieger C, Illig T, Dichgans M, Berg D, Gasser T Tags: Neurobiol Aging Source Type: journals
Preventing And Halting The Progress Of Age-Related Vision Loss, UK
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
National Knowledge Week on Rheumatoid Arthritis 2008
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Source: NLH Later Life Specialist Library Newsfeed - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Dementia Now A National Priority: Alzheimer Scotland Welcomes Ministerial Statement
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Cameron's Statement On Care Funding A 'Welcome Addition' To The Debate, UK
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Hip and Knee Replacements on the Rise
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Health Tip: Talking to a Person With Alzheimer's Disease
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Health Woes Not Always to Blame for Chronic Cough
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Health Tip: Controlling Crohn's Disease
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Filling in the Alzheimer's 'Race Gap'
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Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Talk Therapy Proves Effective for Terminal Cancer Patients
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Extra Pounds During and Between Pregnancies Can Pose Problems
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Health Tip: Talking to a Person With Alzheimer's Disease
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Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - April 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Association study of the CFH Y402H polymorphism with Alzheimer's disease.
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Source: Neurobiology of Aging - April 21, 2008 Authors: Le Fur I, Laumet G, Richard F, Fievet N, Berr C, Rouaud O, Delcourt C, Amouyel P, Lambert JC Tags: Neurobiol Aging Source Type: journals
One Benefit Of Aging - Happiness
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 20, 2008 Source Type: journals
Study: Lower Macular Degeneration Risk In Postmenopausal Women Taking Hormones
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Healthy ageing in rural Australia: Issues and challenges
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Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing: - April 18, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Functional Recovery After Hip Fracture: The Combined Effects of Depressive Symptoms, Cognitive Impairment, and Delirium
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Source: Journal of the American Geriatr - April 18, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Medivation's Dimebon(TM) Significantly Improved Thinking And Memory In Alzheimer's Disease Patients Over One Year
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Study Of Dietary Restriction To Slow Down Aging
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Looming Baby Boomer Health Care Crisis; GSA Bolsters Call For Stronger Workforce
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Common Medications May Harm Memory in Older People
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Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - April 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Alzheimer's Starts Earlier For Heavy Drinkers, Smokers
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Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
FDA Grants NeoVista's Request To Expand CABERNET Trial To 30 Sites In The U.S.
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Skin Test Spots Heart Risks in Healthy People
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Perceptions of personal safety among older Australians
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Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing: - April 18, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
What are the first quality reports from the Transition Care Program in Australia telling us?
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Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing: - April 18, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
The challenges of clinical trials in the exclusion zone: The case of the frail elderly
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Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing: - April 18, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Influence of different health-care systems on health of older adults: A comparison of Hong Kong, Beijing urban and rural cohorts aged 70 years and older
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Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing: - April 18, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Memory Problems In Older People Affects Men More Than Women
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Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - April 17, 2008 Source Type: journals
Diabetic Diet
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 17, 2008 Source Type: journals
Cardiac Patients Admitted During Week More Likely to Survive
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 17, 2008 Source Type: journals
Seasonal Flu Outbreaks Start in Asia: Study
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Source: MedicineNet Senior Health General - April 17, 2008 Source Type: journals
Factor XII C46T gene polymorphism linked to cerebral venous thrombosis
