“Global AgeWatch Index 2013: Insight report,” (October 2013, .pdf format, 50p.).
Country report cards can be found at:
October 1, 2013
CAAR – Institute of Medicine Monograph – October 1, 2013
Variation in Health Care Spending: Target Decision Making, Not Geography, edited by Joseph P. Newhouse, Alan M. Garber, Robin P. Graham, Margaret A. McCoy, Michelle Mancher, and Ashna Kibria (2013, 978-0-309-28869-9, OpenBook and .pdf format, 206p.). Ordering information for a print copy is available at the site. Note: NAP requires free registration before providing a .pdf copy.
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CAAR – Lancet Oncology Article Abstracts – October 1, 2013
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
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CAAR – Center for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) [Munich, Bavaria, Germany] Working Paper – October 1, 2013
“Retiree Health Insurance for Public School Employees: Does it Affect Retirement?” by Maria D. Fitzpatrick (CESifo Working Paper No. 4415, October 2013, .pdf format, 38p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/working-papers/CESifoWP/CESifoWPdetails?wp_id=19096941
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 1, 2013
“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
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