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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – March 19, 2013

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A. “Receiving Palliative Treatment Moderates the Effect of Age and Gender on Demoralization in Patients with Cancer,” by Sigrun Vehling, Karin Oechsle, Uwe Koch, and Anja Mehnert (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59417. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059417, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059417

B. “Prevalence of Symptomatic Heart Failure with Reduced and with Normal Ejection Fraction in an Elderly General Population-The CARLA Study,” by Daniel Tiller, Martin Russ, Karin Halina Greiser, Sebastian Nuding, Henning Ebelt, Alexander Kluttig, Jan A. Kors, Joachim Thiery, Mathias Bruegel, Johannes Haerting, and Karl Werdan (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59225. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059225, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059225

C. “Atrophy Rates in Asymptomatic Amyloidosis: Implications for Alzheimer Prevention Trials,” by K. Abigail Andrews, Marc Modat, Kate E. Macdonald, Tom Yeatman, M. Jorge Cardoso, Kelvin K. Leung, Josephine Barnes, Victor L. Villemagne, Christopher C. Rowe, Nick C. Fox, Sebastien Ourselin, and Jonathan M. Schott, the Australian Imaging Biomarkers , Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (PLoS ONE 8(3): e58816. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058816, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0058816

D. “Age-Dependent Neuroplasticity Mechanisms in Alzheimer Tg2576 Mice Following Modulation of Brain Amyloid-{beta} Levels,” by Anna M. Lilja, Jennie Rojdner, Tamanna Mustafiz, Carina M. Thome, Elisa Storelli, Daniel Gonzalez, Christina Unger-Lithner, Nigel H. Greig, Agneta Nordberg, and Amelia Marutle (PLoS ONE 8(3): e58752. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058752, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0058752

E. “Mitral and Tufted Cells Are Potential Cellular Targets of Nitration in the Olfactory Bulb of Aged Mice,” by Myung Jae Yang, Sooyeon Sim, Ji Hyun Jeon, Eojin Jeong, Hyoung-Chin Kim, Yong-Jin Park, and In-Beom Kim (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59673. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059673, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059673

F. “Incident Hip Fractures among Community Dwelling Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease in a Finnish Nationwide Register-Based Cohort,” by Anna-Maija Tolppanen, Piia Lavikainen, Hilkka Soininen, and Sirpa Hartikainen (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59124. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059124, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 6p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059124

G. “Make Vitamin D While the Sun Shines, Take Supplements When It Doesn’t: A Longitudinal, Observational Study of Older Adults in Tasmania, Australia,” by Jane K. Pittaway, Kiran D. K. Ahuja, Jeffrey M. Beckett, Marie-Louise Bird, Iain K. Robertson, and Madeleine J. Ball (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59063. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059063, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059063

CAAR – British Medical Journal Articles – March 8, 2013

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A. “Promotion of physical activity and fitness in sedentary patients with Parkinson’s disease: randomised controlled trial,” by Marlies van Nimwegen, Arlene D. Speelman, Sebastiaan Overeem, Bart P. van de Warrenburg, Katrijn Smulders, Manon L. Dontje, George F. Borm, Frank J. G. Backx, Bastiaan R. Bloem, and Marten Munneke, on behalf of the ParkFit Study Group (Vol. 346, No. 7898, BMJ 2013;346:f576, .pdf and HTML format).

www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f576

B. “Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study,” by Peter K. Lindenauer, Tara Lagu, Michael B. Rothberg, Jill Avrunin, Penelope S. Pekow, Yongfei Wang, and Harlan M. Krumholz (Vol. 346, No. 7898, BMJ 2013;346:f521, .pdf and HTML format).

www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f521

CAAR – Commonwealth Fund Report – November 16, 2012

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“University of California, San Francisco Medical Center: Reducing Readmissions Through Heart Failure Care Management,” by Douglas McCarthy (November 2012, .pdf format, 18p.).

www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Case-Studies/2012/Nov/University-of-California-San-Francisco.aspx

CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – October 16, 2012

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“Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure: United States, 2000-2010,” by Margaret Jean Hall, Shaleah Levant, and Carol J. DeFrances (Data Brief No. 108, October 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).

www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db108.htm

CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Press Releases – August 29, 2012

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A. “Protein linked to increased risk of heart failure and death in older adults,” (August 29, 2012).

www.nih.gov/news/health/aug2012/nhlbi-29.htm

B. “NIH study finds calorie restriction does not affect survival,” (August 29, 2012).

www.nih.gov/news/health/aug2012/nia-29.htm

CAAR – Nature Letter Abstract – May 9, 2012

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“Mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy causes inflammation and heart failure,” by Takafumi Oka, Shungo Hikoso, Osamu Yamaguchi, Manabu Taneike, Toshihiro Takeda, Takahito Tamai, Jota Oyabu, Tomokazu Murakawa, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Kazuhiko Nishida, Shizuo Akira, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Issei Komuro & Kinya Otsu (Vol. 485, No. 7397, May 10, 2012, p. 251-255).

www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7397/abs/nature10992.html

CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – April 10, 2012

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“Association of Treatment With Losartan vs Candesartan and Mortality Among Patients With Heart Failure,” by Henrik Svanstrom, Bjorn Pasternak, and Anders Hviid (Vol. 307, No. 14, April 11, 2012, p. 1506-1512).

jama.ama-assn.org/content/307/14/1506.abstract?etoc