Age and Ageing

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M Connolly

Editorial. Smoking cessation in old age: closing the stable door?
Age Ageing 2000 29: 193-195; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.193 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W MacLennan

News and reviews
Age Ageing 2000 29: 196; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.196 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Scott and C Gray

Review. Cerebral and systemic pathophysiological responses to acute stroke
Age Ageing 2000 29: 197-202; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.197 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Kelly and K Kelleher

Review. The electrocardiogram in heart failure
Age Ageing 2000 29: 203-206; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.203 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Gariballa and A Sinclair

Review. Carnosine: physiological properties and therapeutic potential
Age Ageing 2000 29: 207-210; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.207 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Gupta, K Makinde, G Morris, T Thomas, and M Hasan

Influenza immunization coverage in older hospitalized patients during winter 1998-99 in Carmarthenshire, UK
Age Ageing 2000 29: 211-213; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.211 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Mitsunobu, T Mifune, Y Hosaki, K Ashida, H Tsugeno, M Okamoto, S Harada, and Y Tanizaki

IgE-mediated and age-related bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with asthma. Relationship to family history of the disease
Age Ageing 2000 29: 215-220; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.215 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Lotery, M Wiggam, A Jackson, G Silvestri, K Refson, K Fullerton, D Gilmore, and T Beringer

Correctable visual impairment in stroke rehabilitation patients
Age Ageing 2000 29: 221-222; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.221 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Gregson, M Leathley, A Moore, T Smith, A Sharma, and C Watkins

Reliability of measurement of muscle tone and muscle power in stroke patients
Age Ageing 2000 29: 223-228; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.223 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V Pomeroy, D Dean, L Sykes, E Faragher, M Yates, P Tyrrell, S Moss, and R Tallis

The unreliability of clinical measures of muscle tone: implications for stroke therapy
Age Ageing 2000 29: 229-233; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.229 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Samson, I Meeuwsen, A Crowe, J Dessens, S Duursma, and H Verhaar

Relationships between physical performance measures, age, height and body weight in healthy adults
Age Ageing 2000 29: 235-242; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.235 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Kilander, H Nyman, M Boberg, and H Lithell

The association between low diastolic blood pressure in middle age and cognitive function in old age. A population-based study
Age Ageing 2000 29: 243-248; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.243 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K McGrail, B Green, M Barer, R Evans, C Hertzman, and C Normand

Age, costs of acute and long-term care and proximity to death: evidence for 1987-88 and 1994-95 in British Columbia
Age Ageing 2000 29: 249-253; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.249 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Challis, C Mozley, C Sutcliffe, H Bagley, L Price, A Burns, P Huxley, and L Cordingley

Dependency in older people recently admitted to care homes
Age Ageing 2000 29: 255-260; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.255 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Kelly, M Gattens, and R Geraghty

Case report. An unusual cause of bruising in an 80-year-old woman
Age Ageing 2000 29: 261-263; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.261 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Maguire, J Ryan, A Kelly, D O'Neill, D Coakley, and J Walsh

Short report. Do patient age and medical condition influence medical advice to stop smoking?
Age Ageing 2000 29: 264-266; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.264 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Valderrama Gama, J Damian, J Perez del Molino, M Lopez, M Perez, and F Iglesias

Short report. Association of individual activities of daily living with self-rated health in older people
Age Ageing 2000 29: 267-270; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.267 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Hyde, I Robert, and A Sinclair

Systematic review. The effects of supporting discharge from hospital to home in older people
Age Ageing 2000 29: 271-279; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.271 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Connolly and L Shaw

Conference report. Respiratory disease in old age: research into ageing workshop, London, 1998
Age Ageing 2000 29: 281-285; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.281 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Gaynor, R Morris, and T Masud

Letter. Osteoporosis management in elderly subjects - a UK survey of geriatricians
Age Ageing 2000 29: 286a; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.286a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Thornton, A Yohannes, R Baldwin, and M Connolly

Letter. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and depression: analysis of depressive symptoms
Age Ageing 2000 29: 286b-287b; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.286b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Spencer, S Lowrey, O Chao, and J Richards

Letter. Doctors' training in manual handling
Age Ageing 2000 29: 287-288; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.287 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Dudley

Letter. Does everyone in heart failure need echocardiography?
Age Ageing 2000 29: 288-289; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.288 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Gillespie, S Hutcheon, M McMurdo, and A Struthers

Letter. Does everyone in heart failure need echocardiography?
Age Ageing 2000 29: 289; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.289 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Berkin

Letters to the editor
Age Ageing 2000 29: 290; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.290 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews
Age Ageing 2000 29: 291-292; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.291 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Forthcoming meetings
Age Ageing 2000 29: 293-294; doi:10.1093/ageing/29.3.293 [Request Permissions]  

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