Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Len Gray

Geriatric consultation: is there a future?
Age Ageing 2007 36: 1-2; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl125 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Cameron

Ageing and central aortic pulse wave analysis. Commentary on ‘Is Augmentation Index a Good Measure of Vascular Stiffness in the Elderly?’ by Fantin et al.
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 3-5; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl142 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Murdoch

How might a crisis in long-term care of people with dementia be averted
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 6-7; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl141 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hot Topic:

Fraser R. Imrie and Clare Bailey

New treatments for age-related macular degeneration
Age Ageing 2007 36: 8-10; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl135 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Occasional Paper:

D. Rónán Collins and Rachael Bird

The Penitentiary visit—a new role for geriatricians?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 11-13; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

Bill Maclennan

News and reviews
Age Ageing 2007 36: 14-15; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl143 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Alastair Macdonald and Brian Cooper

Long-term care and dementia services: an impending crisis
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 16-22; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl126 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review:

Emmanuel C. Gorospe and Jatin K. Dave

The risk of dementia with increased body mass index
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 23-29; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Marco Baccini, Lucio A. Rinaldi, Gianluca Federighi, Luca Vannucchi, Matteo Paci, and Giulio Masotti

Effectiveness of fingertip light contact in reducing postural sway in older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 20, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 30-35; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tilo T. J. Kircher, Henning Wormstall, Peter H. Müller, Frank Schwärzler, Gerhard Buchkremer, Klaus Wild, Johannes-Martin Hahn, and Christoph Meisner

A randomised trial of a geriatric evaluation and management consultation services in frail hospitalised patients
Age Ageing 2007 36: 36-42; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Fantin, Adriana Mattocks, Christopher J. Bulpitt, Winston Banya, and Chakravarthi Rajkumar

Is augmentation index a good measure of vascular stiffness in the elderly?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 43-48; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arul Ganeshan, Sara Upponi, Raman Uberoi, Horace D'Costa, Carol Picking, and Helen Bungay

Minimal-preparation CT colon in detection of colonic cancer, the Oxford experience
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 48-52; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacques Donzé, Christiane Ruffieux, and Jacques Cornuz

Determinants of smoking and cessation in older women
Age Ageing 2007 36: 53-57; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Todd Schroeder, Steven A. Hawkins, Dan Hyslop, Alberto F. Vallejo, Nicole E. Jensky, and Robert A. Wiswell

Longitudinal Change in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Older Runners
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 6, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 57-62; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard D. Semba, Ravi Varadhan, Benedetta Bartali, Luigi Ferrucci, Michelle O. Ricks, Caroline Blaum, and Linda P. Fried

Low serum carotenoids and development of severe walking disability among older women living in the community: the Women's Health and Aging Study I
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 62-67; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jingming Bai, Jun Hashimoto, Tadaki Nakahara, Takayuki Suzuki, and Atsushi Kubo

Influence of ageing on perioperative cardiac risk in non-cardiac surgery
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 68-72; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain Carpenter, Jacqui Bobby, Elena Kulinskaya, and Gwyn Seymour

People admitted to hospital with physical disability have increased length of stay: implications for diagnosis related group re-imbursement in England
Age Ageing 2007 36: 73-78; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rob Morris, Rowan H. Harwood, Ros Baker, Opinder Sahota, Sarah Armstrong, and Tahir Masud

A comparison of different balance tests in the prediction of falls in older women with vertebral fractures: a cohort study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 78-83; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debbie B. Lowe, Anil K. Sharma, and Michael J. Leathley

The CareFile Project: a feasibility study to examine the effects of an individualised information booklet on patients after stroke
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 83-89; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. G. Smithard, N. C. Smeeton, and C. D. A. Wolfe

Long-term outcome after stroke: does dysphagia matter?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 90-94; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

Abhay K. Das, Paul D. Willcoxson, Oliver J. Corrado, and Robert M. West

The impact of long-term warfarin on the quality of life of elderly people with atrial fibrillation
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 24, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 95-97; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl062 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kathleen F. Hunter and Daniel Cyr

The effect of delirium education on use of target PRN medications in older orthopaedic patients
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 98-101; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl117 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Omid Halse, Andrew Clifton, and Geoffrey C. Cloud

Endovascular intervention for symptomatic bilateral carotid artery stenosis in an octogenarian
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 102-104; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miwa Kurasawa, Kazuhiko Kotani, Gotaro Kurasawa, Kousuke Shida, Shigeki Yamada, and Toshihiko Tago

Adult-onset Still's disease in a patient over 80 years old successfully treated with low-dose methotrexate therapy
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 6, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 104-106; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl128 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Joseph Martin Alisky

Restless arm symptoms as an extension of restless leg syndrome
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 107; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl124 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dustin D. French, Robert R. Campbell, Andrea M. Spehar, and John Accomando

How Well do Psychotropic Medications Match Mental Health Diagnoses? A National View of Potential Off-Label Prescribing in VHA Nursing Homes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 6, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 107-108; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl131 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hanna-Mari Alanen, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Anja Noro, and Esa Leinonen

Reply
Age Ageing 2007 36: 108-109; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl132 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olayinka A. Ogundipe

Undergraduate Training in Geriatric Medicine in the United Kingdom
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 6, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 109-110; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl133 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Crome

Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 6, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 110; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl134 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George I. Varughese and John H. B. Scarpello

Metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency: the role of H2 receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors
Age Ageing 2007 36: 110-111; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl139 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dawn A. Skelton, Klaus Hauer, and Sallie Lamb

Re: ‘Falls Definition Validation’
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 6, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 111-112; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl138 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Croxson

Response to letter of Varughese and Scarpello
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 111; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl140 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

Dawn Skelton

Physical Dimensions of Ageing • Edited by Spirduso, Francis and MacRae. • Human Kinetics, 2005, ISDN 0-7360-3315-7. £45
Age Ageing 2007 36: 113; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl136 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Malcolm J. Jackson

Oxidative Stress, Exercise and Ageing • Edited by Helaine Alessio and Ann Hagerman • Imperial College Press, ISDN 1-86094-619-4
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2007 36: 113-114; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl137 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susie Dinan

Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation for Active Older Adults • Edited by Kevin P. Speer. • Human Kinetics, 2005, ISDN 0-7360-40315. £44
Age Ageing 2007 36: 113; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl155 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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