Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Keith Beard

The right medicine
Age Ageing 2003 32: 121-122; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.121 [PDF] Using Prescribing Indicators… by Batty et al. [Request Permissions]  

Kevin Morgan

Single-factor theories of insomnia – handle with care
Age Ageing 2003 32: 123-124; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.123 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Calnan

Are older people still grateful?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 125-126; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.125 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2003 32: 127-128; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.127 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review:

Daniel J. Blackman, John D. Ferguson, David C. Sprigings, and Adrian P. Banning

Revascularisation for acute coronary syndromes in older people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 129-135; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.129 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Piece:

William MacLennan

‘Abuse of the elderly’: a chapter in the World Report on Violence and Health Edited by E. G. Krug et al. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002
Age Ageing 2003 32: 136; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.136 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Paper:

Hylton B. Menz, Stephen R. Lord, and Richard C. Fitzpatrick

Age-related differences in walking stability
Age Ageing 2003 32: 137-142; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.137 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin Stewart, Claire Spice, and G. S. Rai

Where now with Do Not Attempt Resuscitation decisions?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 143-148; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.143 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Tardy, P. Lafond, A. Viallon, A. Buchmuller, F. Zeni, and H. Decousus

Older people included in a venous thrombo-embolism clinical trial: a patients' viewpoint
Age Ageing 2003 32: 149-153; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.149 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julie E. Byles, Gita D. Mishra, Margaret A. Harris, and Kichu Nair

The problems of sleep for older women: changes in health outcomes
Age Ageing 2003 32: 154-163; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.154 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan J. Baskett, Joanna B. Broad, Philip C. Wood, John R. Duncan, Megan J. Pledger, Judie English, and Josephine Arendt

Does melatonin improve sleep in older people? A randomised crossover trial
Age Ageing 2003 32: 164-170; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.164 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael D. Peake, Sandy Thompson, Derek Lowe, and Michael G. Pearson

Ageism in the management of lung cancer
Age Ageing 2003 32: 171-177; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.171 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hannah Kuper and Michael Marmot

Intimations of mortality: perceived age of leaving middle age as a predictor of future health outcomes within the Whitehall II study
Age Ageing 2003 32: 178-184; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.178 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Lynne Armstrong, Joanna Lawson, Adriaan M. Kamper, Julia Newton, and Rose Anne Kenny

The use of an implantable loop recorder in the investigation of unexplained syncope in older people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 185-188; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.185 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Harry Allen, Alistair Burns, Valerie Newton, Frances Hickson, Richard Ramsden, Jenny Rogers, Sue Butler, Gillian Thistlewaite, and Julie Morris

The effects of improving hearing in dementia
Age Ageing 2003 32: 189-193; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.189 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Landi, Matteo Cesari, Andrea Russo, Graziano Onder, Fabrizia Lattanzio, and Roberto Bernabei

Potentially reversible risk factors and urinary incontinence in frail older people living in community
Age Ageing 2003 32: 194-199; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.194 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clive Holmes and Simon Lovestone

Long-term cognitive and functional decline in late onset Alzheimer's disease: therapeutic implications
Age Ageing 2003 32: 200-204; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.200 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Huadong Zhou, Juan Deng, Jingcheng Li, Yanjiang Wang, Meng Zhang, and Hongbo He

Study of the relationship between cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking and cognitive impairment among elderly people in China
Age Ageing 2003 32: 205-210; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.205 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Rodgers, Martin Dennis, David Cohen, and Anthony Rudd

British Association of Stroke Physicians: benchmarking survey of stroke services
Age Ageing 2003 32: 211-217; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.211 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

Tomoko Morimoto, Andrea S. Schreiner, and Hitoshi Asano

Caregiver burden and health-related quality of life among Japanese stroke caregivers
Age Ageing 2003 32: 218-223; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.218 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report:

Amitalh Singhal, Partha Ghosh, and Shahid Anis Khan

Low dose amiodarone causing pseudo-alcoholic cirrhosis
Age Ageing 2003 32: 224-225; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.224 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tayyaba Khan, Farhad Kamali, Ann Daly, Barry King, and Hilary A. Wynne

Warfarin sensitivity: be aware of genetic influence
Age Ageing 2003 32: 226-227; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.226 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

James P. Lund, Phillipe Mojon, Mindy Pho, and Jocelyne S. Feine

Alzheimer's disease and edentulism
Age Ageing 2003 32: 228-229; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.228 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Jones, Raymond Tallis, and Valerie Pomeroy

Physiotherapists may not practice what is implied from treatment ‘labels’
Age Ageing 2003 32: 229-230; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.229 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Battle, Kate Evans, and Jim Copper

The investigation of occult malignancies in patients with venous thromboembolism
Age Ageing 2003 32: 230-231; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.230 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Wilcock

Change in general practitioner prescribing
Age Ageing 2003 32: 231; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.231 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christophe J. Büla, Vincent Wietlisbach, Bertrand Yersin, and Bernard Burnand

Does a single item question identify elderly medical inpatients who report significant depressive symptoms?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 231-233; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.231-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Brocklehurst

Restless legs syndrome as a presenting symptom in malignant disease
Age Ageing 2003 32: 234; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.234 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miles D. Witham and Marion E. T. McMurdo

Pragmatic measures of outcome in trials of exercise training
Age Ageing 2003 32: 234-235; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.234-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Fisher and Michael Davis

Is there rationale for vitamin D prescribing in the elderly population?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 235-236; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.235 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sunil Kumar Munshi, David Mangion, Andy Petit, David Eveson, Thompson Robinson, and T. C. N. Lo

Changing trends of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation
Age Ageing 2003 32: 236-238; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.236 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Forthcoming Meetings:

Forthcoming Meetings
Age Ageing 2003 32: 239; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.2.239 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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