Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Carolyn Greig

The trainability of elderly people
Age Ageing 2002 31: 223-224; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.223 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gary A. Ford, Clive Ballard, and Simon H. L. Thomas

Anti-psychotic drug use in older people
Age Ageing 2002 31: 225-226; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.225 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary:

James D. Price and John Grimley Evans

N-of-1 randomized controlled trials (‘N-of-1 trials’): singularly useful in geriatric medicine
Age Ageing 2002 31: 227-232; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.227 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and reviews:

News and reviews
Age Ageing 2002 31: 233-234; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.233 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

James Kelly, Beverley J. Hunt, Anthony Rudd, and Roger R. Lewis

Pulmonary embolism and pneumonia may be confounded after acute stroke and may co-exist
Age Ageing 2002 31: 235-239; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.235 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Wagg and Maurice Cohen

Medical therapy for the overactive bladder in the elderly
Age Ageing 2002 31: 241-246; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.241 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research papers:

Mauri Kallinen, Sarianna Sipilä, Markku Alen, and Harri Suominen

Improving cardiovascular fitness by strength or endurance training in women aged 76–78 years. A population-based, randomized controlled trial
Age Ageing 2002 31: 247-254; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.247 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katie E. Malbut, Susie Dinan, and Archie Young

Aerobic training in the ‘oldest old’: the effect of 24 weeks of training
Age Ageing 2002 31: 255-260; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.255 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ryosuke Shigematsu, Milan Chang, Noriko Yabushita, Tomoaki Sakai, Masaki Nakagaichi, Hosung Nho, and Kiyoji Tanaka

Dance-based aerobic exercise may improve indices of falling risk in older women
Age Ageing 2002 31: 261-266; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.261 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jugdeep K. Dhesi, Caje Moniz, Jacqueline C. T. Close, Stephen H. D. Jackson, and Theresa J. Allain

A rationale for vitamin D prescribing in a falls clinic population
Age Ageing 2002 31: 267-271; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.267 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rose A. Kenny, Dermot O'Shea, and Heather F. Walker

Impact of a dedicated syncope and falls facility for older adults on emergency beds
Age Ageing 2002 31: 272-275; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.272 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renzo Rozzini, Giovanni B. Frisoni, Luigi Ferrucci, Piera Barbisoni, Toni Sabatini, Piera Ranieri, Jack M. Guralnik, and Marco Trabucchi

Geriatric Index of Comorbidity: validation and comparison with other measures of comorbidity
Age Ageing 2002 31: 277-285; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.277 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Meena Seshamani and Alastair Gray

The impact of ageing on expenditures in the National Health Service
Age Ageing 2002 31: 287-294; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.287 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stuart D. Hutcheon, Neil D. Gillespie, Allan D. Struthers, and Marion E. T. McMurdo

B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of cardiac disease in elderly day hospital patients
Age Ageing 2002 31: 295-301; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.295 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

Elizabeth Burleigh, Ian Reeves, Christine McAlpine, and James Davie

Can doctors predict patients' abbreviated mental test scores
Age Ageing 2002 31: 303-306; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.303 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case reports:

James D. Price and John Grimley Evans

An N-of-1 randomized controlled trial (‘N-of-1 trial’) of donepezil in the treatment of non-progressive amnestic syndrome
Age Ageing 2002 31: 307-309; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.307 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick English and Mukundarao Kishore

Aortic dissection and rupture presenting as suprasternal bruising and neck swelling
Age Ageing 2002 31: 310-312; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.310 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Website:

Christopher M. Castleden and Brian R. Ward

Geriatric medicine on the web
Age Ageing 2002 31: 313-318; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.313 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

David Torgerson, Yvonne Birks, Terry J. Aspray, A. John Campbell, Ian D. Cameron, Susan E. Kurrle, and Robert G. Cumming

Purity, pragmatism and hip protector pads
Age Ageing 2002 31: 319-321; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.319 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Etienne Delgrange

Diagnosis and treatment of prolactinomas in older people
Age Ageing 2002 31: 321-322; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.321 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Crome

Prevalence of faecal incontinence
Age Ageing 2002 31: 322; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.322 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Esther Curnock and Hilary Anne Wynne

Older people's views on the treatment and prevention of influenza in older people
Age Ageing 2002 31: 322-323; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.322-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Michael Mitchell, Kevin McCallion, Keith Gardiner, John Collins, and Peter Watson

Colonoscopy has a high diagnostic yield and low complication rate in older patients
Age Ageing 2002 31: 323-325; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.323 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Forthcoming meetings:

Forthcoming meetings
Age Ageing 2002 31: 326; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.326 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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