“Global AgeWatch Index 2013: Insight report,” (October 2013, .pdf format, 50p.).
Country report cards can be found at:
“Global AgeWatch Index 2013: Insight report,” (October 2013, .pdf format, 50p.).
Country report cards can be found at:
Note: Lancet requires free registration prior to providing access.
A. “Bevacizumab plus capecitabine versus capecitabine alone in elderly patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer (AVEX): an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial,” by David Cunningham, Istvan Lang, Eugenio Marcuello, Vito Lorusso, Janja Ocvirk, Dong Bok Shin, Derek Jonker, Stuart Osborne, Niko Andre, Daniel Waterkamp, and Mark P. Saunders, for the AVEX study investigators (Vol. 14, No. 11, October 2013, p. 1077-1085).
www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045%2813%2970154-2/abstract
B. “Effect of comprehensive lifestyle changes on telomerase activity and telomere length in men with biopsy-proven low-risk prostate cancer: 5-year follow-up of a descriptive pilot study,” by Dean Ornish, Jue Lin, June M. Chan, Elissa Epel, Colleen Kemp, Gerdi Weidner, Ruth Marlin, Steven J. Frenda, Mark Jesus M Magbanua, Jennifer Daubenmier, Ivette Estay, Nancy K. Hills, Nita Chainani-Wu, Peter R. Carroll, and Elizabeth H. Blackburn (Vol. 14, No. 11, October 2013, p. 1112-1120).
www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045%2813%2970366-8/abstract
“Brain Imaging of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter Type 2 in Healthy Aging Subjects by 18F-FP-(+)-DTBZ PET,” by Kun-Ju Lin, Yi-Hsin Weng, Chia-Ju Hsieh, Wey-Yil Lin, Shiaw-Pyng Wey, Mei-Ping Kung, Tzu-Chen Yen, Chin-Song Lu, and Ing-Tsung Hsiao (PLoS ONE 8(9): e75952. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075952, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0075952
“Decision Memo for Beta Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography in Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease (CAG-00431N),” (Sept. 27, 2013).
www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=265
“What Do Managers Really Think about Flexibility?” by Stephen Sweet and Jacquelyn B. James (IB26, September 2013, .pdf format, 8p.).
“Pensions in an Independent Scotland,” (September 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 109p.).
“The mortgage debt of older households and the effect of age: An analysis using the Wealth and Assets Survey 2008-10,” (September 2013, .pdf format, 11p.).
“Accounting for the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity,” by Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arie Kapteyn, Titus Galama (Discussion Paper No. 7622, September 2013, .pdf format, 56p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7622
A. “Development of a New DNA Vaccine for Alzheimer Disease Targeting a Wide Range of A{beta} Species and Amyloidogenic Peptides,” by Yoh Matsumoto, Naoko Niimi, and Kuniko Kohyama (PLoS ONE 8(9): e75203. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075203, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0075203
B. “Ubiquilin 2 Is Not Associated with Tau Pathology,” by Anna Nolle, Elise S. van Haastert, Rob Zwart, Jeroen J. M. Hoozemans, and Wiep Scheper (PLoS ONE 8(9): e76598. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076598, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0076598
“Estimates of the Very Old (including Centenarians), 2002-2012, England and Wales,” (September 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 14p.).
Note: Lancet requires free registration prior to providing content:
“90-day mortality after 409,096 total hip replacements for osteoarthritis, from the National Joint Registry for England and Wales: a retrospective analysis,” by Linda P. Hunt, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Emma M. Clark, Paul Dieppe, Andrew Judge, Alex J. MacGregor, Jon H. Tobias, Kelly Vernon, and Ashley W. Blom, on behalf of the National Joint Registry for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Vol. 382, No. 9898, September 28, 2013, p. 1097-1104).
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2813%2961749-3/abstract
“Age groups and the measure of population aging,” by Hippolyte d’Albis and Fabrice Collard (Vol. 29, Article 23, September 2013, .pdf format, p. 617-640).
A. “Utilization of Medicare Ambulance Transports, 2002-2011,” (OEI-09-12-00350, September 2013, .pdf format, 26p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-09-12-00350.asp
B. “Medicare Incorrectly Paid Hospitals for Beneficiaries Who Had Not Received 96 or More Hours of Mechanical Ventilation,” (A-09-12-02066, September 2013, .pdf format, 9p.).
“Decision Memo for Bariatric Surgery for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity – Facility Certification Requirement,” (CAG-00250R3),” (Sept. 24, 2013).
www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=266
EBRI Notes (Vol. 34, No. 9, September 2013, .pdf format, 9p.). Note: The articles in this issue are “2013 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey: Nearly 90% of Workers Satisfied With Their Own Health Plan, But 55% Give Low Ratings to Health Care System,” by Paul Fronstin; and, “How Does Household Income Change in the Ten Years Around Age 65?” by Sudipto Banerjee.
www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5268
“Carer’s Allowance and the Retirement Pension,” by Steven Kennedy (SN06349, September 2013, .pdf format, 7p.).
www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06349/carer-s-allowance-and-the-retirement-pension
“Occupational Pension Schemes Survey, 2012,” (September 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 18p.).
www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/fi/occupational-pension-schemes-survey/2012/stb-opss-2012.html
“Restoring polyamines protects from age-induced memory impairment in an autophagy-dependent manner,” by Varun K. Gupta, Lisa Scheunemann, Tobias Eisenberg, Sara Mertel, Anuradha Bhukel, Tom S. Koemans, Jamie M. Kramer, Karen S. Y. Liu, Sabrina Schroeder, Hendrik G. Stunnenberg, Frank Sinner, Christoph Magnes, Thomas R. Pieber, Shubham Dipt, Andre Fiala, Annette Schenck, Martin Schwaerzel, Frank Madeo & Stephan J. Sigrist (Vol. 16, No. 10, October 2013, p. 1453-1460).
“The ubiquitin ligase parkin mediates resistance to intracellular pathogens,” by Paolo S. Manzanillo, Janelle S. Ayres, Robert O. Watson, Angela C. Collins, Gianne Souza, Chris S. Rae, David S. Schneider, Ken Nakamura, Michael U. Shiloh & Jeffery S. Cox (Vol. 501, No. 7468, September 25, 2013, p. 512-516).
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v501/n7468/abs/nature12566.html
“Inhibition of androgen receptor and {beta}-catenin activity in prostate cancer,” by Eugine Lee, Aviv Madar, Gregory David, Michael J. Garabedian, Ramanuj DasGupta, and Susan K. Logan (Vol. 110, No. 39, September 24, 2013, p. 15710-15715).
“PARP-1 Modulates Amyloid Beta Peptide-Induced Neuronal Damage,” by Sara Martire, Andrea Fuso, Dante Rotili, Italo Tempera, Cesare Giordano, Ivana De Zottis, Alessia Muzi, Patrizia Vernole, Grazia Graziani, Emanuela Lococo, Martina Faraldi, Bruno Maras, Sigfrido Scarpa, Luciana Mosca, and Maria d’Erme (PLoS ONE 8(9): e72169. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072169, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0072169
“The fragility of the future and the tug of the past: Longevity in Latin America and the Caribbean,” by Alberto Palloni and Laeticia Souza (Vol. 29, Article 21, September 2013, .pdf format, p.543-578).
“Showcasing Aged-care Nursing,” (September 2013, Word and .pdf format, 16p.).
A. “Motor Timing Deficits in Sequential Movements in Parkinson Disease Are Related to Action Planning: A Motor Imagery Study,” by Laura Avanzino, Elisa Pelosin, Davide Martino, and Giovanni Abbruzzese (PLoS ONE 8(9): e75454. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075454, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0075454
B. “Huperzine A for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials,” by Guoyan Yang, Yuyi Wang, Jinzhou Tian, and Jian-Ping Liu (PLoS ONE 8(9): e74916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074916, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0074916
C. “Age-Related Hearing Loss and the Factors Determining Continued Usage of Hearing Aids among Elderly Community-Dwelling Residents,” by Kunio Mizutari, Takehiro Michikawa, Hideyuki Saito, Yasuhide Okamoto, Chieko Enomoto, Toru Takebayashi, Kaoru Ogawa, and Yuji Nishiwaki (PLoS ONE 8(9): e73622. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073622, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0073756
“Automatic IRAS: Lower-Earning Households Could Realize Increases in Retirement Income,” (GAO-13-699, August 2013, .pdf format, 65p.).
“Use of Electronic Health Records in Residential Care Communities,” by Christine Caffrey and Eunice Park-Lee (Data Brief No. 128, September 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
“Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09,” (September 2013, .pdf format, 232p.).
“Teachers’ Pension Schemes- current reforms,” by Djuna Thurley (SN06731, September 2013, .pdf format, 33p.).
www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06731/teachers-pension-schemes-current-reforms
“The Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System: the next 20 years 2011 – 2030,” (September 2013, .pdf format, 32p.).
“World Alzheimer Report 2013: ‘Journey of Caring: An analysis of long-term care for dementia’,” (September 2013, .pdf format, 88p.).
“Physical Activity for Brain Health and Fighting Dementia,” by Dr. Maree Farrow and Dr. Kathryn Ellis (Paper No. 36, September 2013, .pdf format, 21p.).
www.fightdementia.org.au/common/files/NAT/YBMPaper36_webfinal.pdf
“Human LilrB2 Is a {beta}-Amyloid Receptor and Its Murine Homolog PirB Regulates Synaptic Plasticity in an Alzheimer’s Model,” by Taeho Kim, George S. Vidal, Maja Djurisic, Christopher M. William, Michael E. Birnbaum, K. Christopher Garcia, Bradley T. Hyman, and Carla J. Shatz (Vol. 341, No. 6152, September 20, 2013, p. 1399-1404).
www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6152/1399.abstract
Related NIH Press Release:
“Variation in Surgical-Readmission Rates and Quality of Hospital Care,” by Thomas C. Tsai, Karen E. Joynt, E. John Orav, Atul A. Gawande, and Ashish K. Jha (Vol. 369, No. 12, September 19, 2013, p. 1134-1142).
“Aging-Induced Proteostatic Changes in the Rat Hippocampus Identify ARP3, NEB2 and BRAG2 as a Molecular Circuitry for Cognitive Impairment,” by Philipp Ottis, Bianca Topic, Maarten Loos, Ka Wan Li, Angelica de Souza, Daniela Schulz, August B. Smit, Joseph P. Huston, and Carsten Korth (PLoS ONE 8(9): e75112. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075112, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0075112
“Income and Poverty of Older Americans, 2011,” by Ke Bin Wu (September 2013, .pdf format, 8p.).
“Wide Disparities in the Income and Assets of People on Medicare by Race and Ethnicity: Now and in the Future,” by Gretchen Jacobson, Jennifer Huang, Patricia Neuman and Karen Smith (September 2013, HTML format).
“A Universal Pension for Ireland,” by Adam Larragy (September 2013, .pdf format, 52p.). The report is linked from a SJI news release: “Ireland could and should have a Universal Pension for all older people.”
www.socialjustice.ie/content/ireland-could-and-should-have-universal-pension-all-older-people
Click on “full study” for link to full text.
More information about SJI:
“Unpaid Eldercare in the United States–2011-2012: Data From the American Time Use Survey,” (September 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 22p.).
“NIH funding boosts new Alzheimer’s research on prevention, novel drug targets,” (September 18, 2013).
“Healthy Life Expectancy at birth for Upper Tier Local Authorities: England 2009-11,” (September 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 27p.).
“Validation of an index to estimate the prevalence of frailty among community-dwelling seniors,” by Melanie Hoover, Michelle Rotermann, Claudia Sanmartin and Julie Bernier (Health Reports, Vol. 24, No. 9, September 2013, .pdf and HTML format, p. 10-17).
www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2013009/article/11864-eng.htm
“The Future of Retirement: Life after work?” (September 2013, .pdf format, 38p.). Note: Individual country reports are also available (.pdf format).
“Saving for Retirement and Investing for Growth,” by Mirzha de Manuel (September 2013, .pdf format, 127p.).
“Germline mitochondrial DNA mutations aggravate ageing and can impair brain development,” by Jaime M. Ross, James B. Stewart, Erik Hagstrom, Stefan Brene, Arnaud Mourier, Giuseppe Coppotelli, Christoph Freyer, Marie Lagouge, Barry J. Hoffer, Lars Olson & Nils-Goran Larsson (Vol. 501, No. 7467, September 19, 2013, p. 412-415).
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v501/n7467/abs/nature12474.html
A. “Integrated multidisciplinary care in Parkinson’s disease: a non-randomised, controlled trial (IMPACT),” by Marjolein A. van der Marck, Marten Munneke, Wim Mulleners, Edo M. Hoogerwaard, George F. Borm, Sebastiaan Overeem, Bastiaan R. Bloem, for the IMPACT study group (Vol 12, No. 10, October 2013, p. 947-956).
www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(13)70196-0/abstract
B. “Preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and its outcome: a longitudinal cohort study,” by Stephanie J.B. Vos, Chengjie Xiong, Pieter Jelle Visser, Mateusz S. Jasielec, Jason Hassenstab, Elizabeth A. Grant, Nigel J. Cairns, John C. Morris, David M. Holtzman, and Anne M. Fagan(Vol 12, No. 10, October 2013, p. 957-965).
www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(13)70194-7/abstract
A. “Diets Based on Virgin Olive Oil or Fish Oil but Not on Sunflower Oil Prevent Age-Related Alveolar Bone Resorption by Mitochondrial-Related Mechanisms,” by Pedro Bullon, Maurizio Battino, Alfonso Varela-Lopez, Patricia Perez-Lopez, Sergio Granados-Principal, Maria C. Ramirez-Tortosa, Julio J. Ochoa, Mario D. Cordero, Adrian Gonzalez-Alonso, César L. Ramirez-Tortosa, Corrado Rubini, Antonio Zizzi, and Jose L. Quiles (PLoS ONE 8(9): e74234. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074234, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0074234
B. “Area-Specific Alterations of Synaptic Plasticity in the 5XFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease: Dissociation between Somatosensory Cortex and Hippocampus,” by Nadine Crouzin, Kevin Baranger, Melanie Cavalier, Yannick Marchalant, Catherine Cohen-Solal, François S. Roman, Michel Khrestchatisky, Santiago Rivera, Francois Feron, and Michel Vignes (PLoS ONE 8(9): e74667. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074667, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0074667
C. “Rare Variants in Calcium Homeostasis Modulator 1 (CALHM1) Found in Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Patients Alter Calcium Homeostasis,” by Fanny Rubio-Moscardo, Nuria Seto-Salvia, Marta Pera, Monica Bosch-Morato, Cristina Plata, Olivia Belbin, Gemma Gene, Oriol Dols-Icardo, Martin Ingelsson, Seppo Helisalmi, Hilkka Soininen, Mikko Hiltunen, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Lars Lannfelt, Ana Frank, Ma Jesus Bullido, Onofre Combarros, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Merce Boada, Lluís Tarraga, Pau Pastor, Jordi Perez-Tur, Miquel Baquero, Jose L. Molinuevo, Raquel Sanchez-Valle, Pablo Fuentes-Prior, Juan Fortea, Rafael Blesa, Francisco J. Munoz, Alberto Lleo, Miguel A. Valverde, and Jordi Clarimon (PLoS ONE 8(9): e74203. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074203, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0074203
D. “Prevalence of Major Chronic Conditions among Older Chinese Adults: The Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 1,” by Fan Wu, Yanfei Guo, Paul Kowal, Yong Jiang, Min Yu, Xinjian Li, Yang Zheng, and Jiying Xu (PLoS ONE 8(9): e74176. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074176, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0074176
E. “Mitochondrial Inverted Repeats Strongly Correlate with Lifespan: mtDNA Inversions and Aging,” by Jiang-Nan Yang, Andrei Seluanov, and Vera Gorbunova (PLoS ONE 8(9): e73318. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073318, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0073318
F. “Effects of apoE Deficiency and Occlusal Disharmony on Amyloid-Beta Production and Spatial Memory in Rats,” by Daisuke Ekuni, Yasumasa Endo, Takaaki Tomofuji, Tetsuji Azuma, Koichiro Irie, Kenta Kasuyama, and Manabu Morita (PLoS ONE 8(9): e74966. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074966, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0074966
“Home Care Quality and Safety: A Profile of Home Care Providers in California,” by Nadereh Pourat (August 2013, .pdf format, 43p.).
healthpolicy.ucla.edu/publications/search/pages/detail.aspx?PubID=1223
“Framework for the analysis of future pension incomes,” (September 2013, .pdf format, 42p.).
www.gov.uk/government/publications/framework-for-the-analysis-of-future-pension-incomes
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