Two measures of social function designed for community studies of normal aging and mild
senile dementia were evaluated in 195 older adults who underwent neurological, cognitive, …

All cases of endometrial cancer occurring among the residents of an affluent retirement
community were compared with controls chosen from a roster of all women in the same …

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors, indirectly acting sympathomimetic amines, reserpine and
bretylium, which possess no direct inhibitory effect on tyrosine hydroxylase, inhibit tyrosine …

In a white, predominantly middle class southern California retirement community, 817 adults
aged 65–99 years were evaluated in 1980–1982 in a study designed to assess prevalence …

To validate a senile dementia survey diagnostic tool, 195 individuals aged 61–91 and referred
by their physicians as normal or mildly demented were examined. The etlologic diagnosis …

Most dementias in old age are characterized by a progressive course with interindividual
variability in pattern and rate of progression. Developing a system for staging such dementia …

The Mental Function index is a weighted combination of scores on three brief tests. The
index was developed to aid in the discrimination of elderly persons with early cases of senile …

Of some 15,500 women resident In a retirement community during an 11-year Interval, 220
suffered a cardiologically ascertained first myocardial infarction. A case-control study …

Among postmenopausal women (58–98 years of age) in a retirement community use of oral
estrogens was not significantly associated with overall risk of stroke. Estrogen use was …

Among nondiabetic women aged 58–79 years in a stable retirement community, use of oral
estrogens was significantly associated with hypertension. Estrogen use was not significantly …