Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Jonathan Waite

Keep taking the medicine?
Age Ageing 2002 31: 423-425; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.423 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and reviews:

News and reviews
Age Ageing 2002 31: 426-428; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.426 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Gillian E. Mead, Joanna M. Wardlaw, Martin S. Dennis, and Stephanie C. Lewis

Extensive haemorrhagic transformation of infarct: might it be an important cause of primary intracerebral haemorrhage?
Age Ageing 2002 31: 429-433; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.429 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research paper:

C. Alice Oborne, Richard Hooper, Ka Chi Li, Cameron G. Swift, and Stephen H. D. Jackson

An indicator of appropriate neuroleptic prescribing in nursing homes
Age Ageing 2002 31: 435-439; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.435 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan H. Williams, Erlick A. C. Pereira, Marc M. Budge, and Kevin M. Bradley

Minimal hippocampal width relates to plasma homocysteine in community-dwelling older people
Age Ageing 2002 31: 440-444; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.440 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tanya Nelson, Gill Livingston, Martin Knapp, Monica Manela, Ginnette Kitchen, and Cornelius Katona

Slicing the health service cake: the Islington study
Age Ageing 2002 31: 445-450; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.445 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Holly Blake, Michelle McKinney, Karen Treece, Elizabeth Lee, and Nadina B. Lincoln

An evaluation of screening measures for cognitive impairment after stroke
Age Ageing 2002 31: 451-456; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.451 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edoardo Giannini, Paola Romagnoli, Alberto Fasoli, Federica Botta, Domenico Risso, and Roberto Testa

Influence of age on clinical presentation, therapeutic options, and prognosis in anti-HCV positive cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Age Ageing 2002 31: 457-462; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.457 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short report:

Andreas E. Stuck, P. Elkuch, U. Dapp, J. Anders, S. Iliffe, and Cameron G. Swift

Feasibility and yield of a self-administered questionnaire for health risk appraisal in older people in three European countries
Age Ageing 2002 31: 463-467; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.463 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Avan Aihie Sayer, Holly Syddall, Sandra D. O'Dell, Xiao-he Chen, Patricia J. Briggs, R. Briggs, Ian N.M. Day, and Cyrus Cooper

Polymorphism of the IGF2 gene, birth weight and grip strength in adult men
Age Ageing 2002 31: 468-470; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.468 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marilyn Malone, Amanda Hill, and Geoff Smith

Three-month follow up of patients discharged from a geriatric day hospital
Age Ageing 2002 31: 471-475; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.471 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report:

Yichayaou Beloosesky, Jonathan Y. Streifler, Nachman Eynan, and Joseph Grinblat

Brain abscess complicating cerebral infarct
Age Ageing 2002 31: 477-480; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.477 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hussain Al-Sardar and Wolf Grabau

Locked-in syndrome caused by basilar artery ectasia
Age Ageing 2002 31: 481-482; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.481 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Miaw-Jene Liou, Jir-Shiong Tsai, and Jen-Der Lin

Hip fractures: an increasing geriatric problem in Taiwan
Age Ageing 2002 31: 483-485; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.483 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard P. Heatley, Matthew Heatley, and Richard V. Heatley

Hymn writers appear to live longer
Age Ageing 2002 31: 485; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.485 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jong-in Kim

Longevity and occupation
Age Ageing 2002 31: 485-486; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.485-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timothy Beringer

Hypovitaminosis D and ‘functional hypoparathyroidism’ – the NoNoF (Nottingham Neck of Femur Study)
Age Ageing 2002 31: 486; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.486 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annelies Vreeburg

Airline travel at high altitude may also put elderly people at risk of hypoxamia
Age Ageing 2002 31: 486; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.486-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suzanne Crowe and Diarmuid O'Shea

Should people with cognitive impairment be looking after young children?
Age Ageing 2002 31: 487; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.487 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antony Johansen, Sanjeev Vasishta, Paul Edison, and Ian Hosein

Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea: how good are nurses at identifying the disease?
Age Ageing 2002 31: 487-488; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.487-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacqueline C. T. Close, Mary Halter, Alan Elrick, Geoffrey Brain, and Cameron G. Swift

Falls in the older population: a pilot study to assess those attended by London Ambulance Service but not taken to A&E
Age Ageing 2002 31: 488-489; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.488 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon N. Madge and Cieran Donegan

Active idiopathic Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a 94-year-old woman necessitating immunosuppressive therapy
Age Ageing 2002 31: 489-490; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.489 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

David Stewart

Parkinson's Disease in Practice
Age Ageing 2002 31: 491; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.491 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Forthcoming meetings:

Forthcoming meetings
Age Ageing 2002 31: 492; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.6.492 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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