“Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease,” by Dennis J. Selkoe (Vol. 337, No. 6101, Sep. 21, 2012, p. 1488-1492).
September 26, 2012
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – September 26, 2012
“Prevalence of Obesity Among Older Adults in the United States, 2007-2010,” by Tala H.I. Fakhouri, Cynthia L. Ogden, Margaret D. Carroll, Brian K. Kit, and Katherine M. Flegal (Data Brief No. 106, September 2012, .pdf format, 8p.).
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CAAR – National Academies Press Monograph – September 26, 2012
“Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population,” (Committee on the Long-Run Macro-Economic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population; Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications; Division on Engineering and Physical Science; Committee on Population; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Research Council, 2012, ISBN-10: 0-309-26196-1, ISBN-13: 978-0-309-26196-8, .pdf and OpenBook format, 232p.). Note: NAP requires free registration before providing a .pdf copy.
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CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Periodical, Issue Brief – September 26, 2012
A. EBRI Notes (Vol. 33, No. 9, September 2012, .pdf format, 11p.). The articles in this issue are “2012 Health Confidence Survey: Americans Remain Confident About Health Care, Concerned About Costs, Following Supreme Court Decision,” by Paul Fronstin; and, “Increasing Default Deferral Rates in Automatic Enrollment 401(k) Plans: The Impact on Retirement Savings Success in Plans With Automatic Escalation,” by Jack VanDerhei.
www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5110
B. “Individual Account Retirement Plans: An Analysis of the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances,” by Craig Copeland (EBRI Issue Brief No. 375, September 2012, .pdf format, 28p.).
www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=5112
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CAAR – Society of Actuaries Monograph – September 26, 2012
“Volatility Management Monograph,” (September 2012, .pdf format). This monograph is composed of a series of papers focusing on “volatility management and actuarial smoothing techniques across a broad range of issues.”
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – September 26, 2012
A. “Resting-State Network Disruption and APOE Genotype in Alzheimer’s Disease: A lagged Functional Connectivity Study,” by Leonides Canuet, Ivan Tellado, Veronica Couceiro, Carmen Fraile1, Lucia Fernandez-Novoa, Ryouhei Ishii, Masatoshi Takeda, and Ramon Cacabelos (PLoS ONE 7(9): e46289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046289, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0046289
B. “Free Cholesterol Induces Higher beta-Sheet Content in A{beta} Peptide Oligomers by Aromatic Interaction with Phe19,” by Xiaolin Zhou and Jie Xu (PLoS ONE 7(9): e46245. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046245, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0046245
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CAAR – Journal Tables of Contents – September 26, 2012
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (Vol. 33, No. 10, October 2012).
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CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – September 26, 2012
“Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January-March 2012 National Health Interview Survey” (September 2012, .pdf format, 134p.). Included are tables of the over 65 age group in the vaccination and personal care sections of the report.
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