Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Bertil Steen

A ‘healthy’ lifestyle in old age and its relation to health and disease
Age Ageing 2003 32: 365-366; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.365 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and reviews:

News and reviews
Age Ageing 2003 32: 367-369; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.367 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Richard Frearson, Tim Cassidy, and Julia Newton

Polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis: evidence and guidelines for diagnosis and management in older people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 370-374; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.370 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Jane Youde, Ronney Panerai, Clare Gillies, and John Potter

Reproducibility of circulatory changes to head-up tilt in healthy elderly subjects
Age Ageing 2003 32: 375-381; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.375 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruth E. Hubbard, Ronan A. Lyons, Ken W. Woodhouse, Sharon L. Hillier, Kathie Wareham, Bruce Ferguson, and Ed Major

Absence of ageism in access to critical care: a cross-sectional study
Age Ageing 2003 32: 382-387; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.382 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jenny Shun Wah Lee and Tung Wai Auyeung

A comparison of two feeding methods in the alleviation of diarrhoea in older tube-fed patients: a randomised controlled trial
Age Ageing 2003 32: 388-393; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.388 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tommi Sulander, Satu Helakorpi, Ossi Rahkonen, Aulikki Nissinen, and Antti Uutela

Changes and associations in healthy diet among the Finnish elderly, 1985–2001
Age Ageing 2003 32: 394-400; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.394 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sutthichai Jitapunkul, Chaiyos Kunanusont, Wiput Phoolcharoen, Paibul Suriyawongpaisal, and Shah Ebrahim

Disability-free life expectancy of elderly people in a population undergoing demographic and epidemiologic transition
Age Ageing 2003 32: 401-405; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.401 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne Barnett, Ben Smith, Stephen R. Lord, Mandy Williams, and Adrian Baumand

Community-based group exercise improves balance and reduces falls in at-risk older people: a randomised controlled trial
Age Ageing 2003 32: 407-414; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.407 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert H. Wood, Jan M. Hondzinski, and C. Matthew Lee

Evidence of an association among age-related changes in physical, psychomotor and autonomic function
Age Ageing 2003 32: 415-421; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.415 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mona Pache, Claudia H. W. Smeets, Paola Fontana Gasio, Egemen Savaskan, Josef Flammer, Anna Wirz-Justice, and Hedwig J. Kaiser

Colour vision deficiencies in Alzheimer's disease
Age Ageing 2003 32: 422-426; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.422 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annemien Haveman-Nies, Lisette C.P.G.M. de Groot, and Wija A. van Staveren

Dietary quality, lifestyle factors and healthy ageing in Europe: the SENECA study
Age Ageing 2003 32: 427-434; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.427 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Piece:

Sunku H. Guptha and Gordon A. Campbell

Gas in the hernial sac
Age Ageing 2003 32: 406; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.406 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Reports:

Rachel L. Anderson, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, Robert J. Buchanan, Meridean L. Maas, and Sara L. Imhof

Validity and reliability of the Minimum Data Set Depression Rating Scale (MDSDRS) for older adults in nursing homes
Age Ageing 2003 32: 435-438; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.435 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Fahy, Claudia Wald, Zuzana Walker, and Gill Livingston

Secrets and lies: the dilemma of disclosing the diagnosis to an adult with dementia
Age Ageing 2003 32: 439-441; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.439 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yvonne F. Birks, Ruth Hildreth, Peter Campbell, Christine Sharpe, David J. Torgerson, and Ian Watt

Randomised controlled trial of hip protectors for the prevention of second hip fractures
Age Ageing 2003 32: 442-444; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.442 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Kam Yin Chan, Bin Ong, Kai Zhang, Roger Li, Jun Guang Liu, Rick Iedema, and Jeffrey Braithwaite

Hospitalisation, care plans and not for resuscitation orders in older people in the last year of life
Age Ageing 2003 32: 445-449; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.445 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Appukuttan Suman, Jawahar L. Sarin, Simon C. Grant, and Talal A. Bazaraa

A case of tuberculous pericardial effusion
Age Ageing 2003 32: 450-452; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.450 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Rasool, Indrajit Gupta, and Gerry Bennett

Paroxysmal ‘funny turns' in an elderly woman – a 95-year-old with an insulinoma
Age Ageing 2003 32: 453-455; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.453 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vedamurthy Adhiyaman and Jolyon Meara

Meningioma presenting as bilateral parkinsonism
Age Ageing 2003 32: 456-458; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.456 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

Yih Yiow Sitoh, Tang Ching Lau, Jane Zochling, Robert G. Cumming, Stephen R. Lord, Jennifer Schwarz, Lyn M. March, Philip N. Sambrook, and Ian D. Douglas

Proxy assessment of health-related quality of life in the frail elderly
Age Ageing 2003 32: 459; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.459 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lene Sorensen, Michelle A. King, Clare S. Ientile, and Michael S. Roberts

Has drug therapy gone to the dogs?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 460-461; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.460 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Misha Witz, Shula Witz, Ali Shnaker, and Jonathan M. Lehmann

Carotid surgery in the octogenarians. Should patients' age be a consideration in carotid artery endarterectomy?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 462-463; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.462 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jo Szram, Andrew G. Nicholson, Peter Goldstraw, and Michael I. Polkey

Left lower lobe collapse in an octogenarian
Age Ageing 2003 32: 463-464; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.463 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anil Mane, Hassan Termizi, and Ming Lam

A survey of arterial blood gas analysis of older patients
Age Ageing 2003 32: 464-465; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.464 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Opinder Sahota, Kay Gaynor, Rowan H. Harwood, and David J. Hosking

Hypovitaminosis D and ‘functional hypoparathyroidism’ – the NoNoF (Nottingham Neck of Femur Study)
Age Ageing 2003 32: 465-466; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.465 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Steven Alsop

Influenza in Practice
Age Ageing 2003 32: 467; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.467 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacqueline C. T. Close

Falls in Older People. Risk Factors and Strategies for Prevention
Age Ageing 2003 32: 467; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.467-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lisa Fook

Principles of Best Practice in Clinical Audit; National Institute of Clinical Excellence
Age Ageing 2003 32: 467-468; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.467-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margot Gosney

Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer 3rd Edition
Age Ageing 2003 32: 468-469; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.468 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Appointments:

G. K. Wilcock

Appointments
Age Ageing 2003 32: 470; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.4.470 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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