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January 26, 2012

CAAR – US Census Bureau News Release-Data Update – January 26, 2012

Filed under: Data Files — Tags: — admin @ 4:17 pm

“Census Bureau Reports State Retirement Systems Assets Rise $214 Billion in 2010 and Show First Increase in Investment Earnings Since 2007″ (CB12-19, Jan. 26, 2012). The news release links to data updates at the 2010 Annual Survey of Public-Employee Retirement Systems: State-Administered Pensions site (HTML, ASCII text, and Micorosoft Excel formats).

www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb12-19.html

CAAR – World Economic Forum Monograph – January 26, 2012

Filed under: Books — Tags: — admin @ 3:55 pm

Global Population Ageing: Peril or Promise? (2012, .pdf format, 144p.).

www.icaa.cc/wef/Global-Population-Ageing-Book.pdf

CAAR – British Medical Journal Articles – January 26, 2012

Note: these articles are available free of charge.

A. “Timing of onset of cognitive decline: results from Whitehall II prospective cohort study,” by Archana Singh-Manoux, Mika Kivimaki, M. Maria Glymour, Alexis Elbaz, Claudine Berr, Klaus P. Ebmeier, Jane E. Ferrie, and Aline Dugravot (BMJ 2012;344:d7622, Vol. 344, No. 7840, Jan. 21, 2012, HTML and .pdf format, 8p.).

www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.d7622

B. “Short term outcomes of prostate biopsy in men tested for cancer by prostate specific antigen: prospective evaluation within ProtecT study,” by Derek J. Rosario, J. Athene Lane, Chris Metcalfe, Jenny L. Donovan, Andy Doble, Louise Goodwin, Michael Davis,  James W.F. Catto, Kerry Avery,  David E. Neal, and Freddie C. Hamdy (BMJ 2012;344:d7894, Vol. 344, No. 7840, Jan. 21, 2012, HTML and .pdf format, 12p.).

www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.d7894

CAAR – Swiss Statistics Newsletter – January 26, 2012

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: — admin @ 3:13 pm

Active ageing,” (Demographic information No. 1, January 2012, .pdf format, 12p.).

www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/news/publikationen.html?publicationID=4663

CAAR – KevinMD.com Blog – January 26, 2012

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: — admin @ 3:12 pm

Myths and misses about Alzheimer’s Disease,” by James P. Richardson (January 25, 2012).

www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/01/myths-misses-alzheimers-disease.html

For more information about this Blog:

www.kevinmd.com/blog/about-kevin-md

CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract — January 26, 2012

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“Caregiving Burden, Stress, and Health Effects Among Family Caregivers of Adult Cancer Patients,” by Margaret Bevans and Esther M. Sternberg (Vol. 307, No. 4, Jan. 25, 2011, p. 398-403).

jama.ama-assn.org/content/307/4/398.abstract

CAAR – New England Journal of Medicine Article Abstract – January 26, 2012

New England Journal of Medicine Article Abstract: “Lifetime Risks of Cardiovascular Disease,” by Jarett D. Berry, Alan Dyer, Xuan Cai, Daniel B. Garside, Hongyan Ning, Avis Thomas, Philip Greenland, Linda Van Horn, Russell P. Tracy, and Donald M. Lloyd-Jones Vol. 366, No. 4, Jan. 26, 2012, p. 321-329).

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1012848

CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Reports – January 26, 2012

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 1:13 pm

A. “Capitol Police: Retirement Benefits, Pay, Duties, and Attrition Compared to Other Federal Police Forces” (GAO-12-58, January 2012, .pdf format, 64p.).

www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-58

B. “Medicare Advantage: CMS Should Improve the Accuracy of Risk Score Adjustments for Diagnostic Coding Practices,” (GAO-12-51, January 2012, .pdf format, 32p.).

www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-51

CAAR – AARP, Various Reports – January 26, 2012

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , , , — admin @ 1:07 pm

A. “Social Security State Quick Fact Sheets: 2011″ (December 2012, .pdf format).

www.aarp.org/work/social-security/info-12-2011/social-security-quick-facts-2011.html

B. “2011 AARP Survey Of Members In Nevada: Opinions On Volunteerism,” by Erin Pinkus (January 2012, .pdf format, 5p.).

www.aarp.org/giving-back/volunteering/info-01-2012/nevada-members-volunteering.html

C.AARP Bulletin Survey on Exercise,” by Elyssa Klein (January 2012, .pdf format, 7p.).

www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-01-2012/exercise-fitness-bulletin-survey.html

D. “The State of Hearing Health: A Study of AARP Members,” by Teresa A. Keenan (December 2012, .pdf format, 41p.).

www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-12-2011/hearing-issues.html

CAAR – Nature Letter Abstracts – January 26, 2012

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , , — admin @ 12:41 pm

A. “Probing sporadic and familial Alzheimer’s disease using induced pluripotent stem cells,” by Mason A. Israel, Shauna H. Yuan, Cedric Bardy, Sol M. Reyna, Yangling Mu, Cheryl Herrera, Michael P. Hefferan, Sebastiaan Van Gorp, Kristopher L. Nazor, Francesca S. Boscolo, Christian T. Carson, Louise C. Laurent, Martin Marsala, Fred H. Gage, Anne M. Remes, Edward H. Koo, and Lawrence S.B. Goldstein (doi:10.1038/nature10821, Jan. 25, 2012).

www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nature10821.html

B. “Structures of cytochrome P450 17A1 with prostate cancer drugs abiraterone and TOK-001,” by Natasha M. DeVore and Emily E. Scott (doi:10.1038/nature10743, Jan. 22, 2012).

www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nature10743.html

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