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News from Penn Medicine Research:

• Penn Researchers Find Surgery Has a More Profound Impact on Brain Pathology and Cognition in Alzheimer's Animal Model. More information...

• Penn Researchers Report Anti-Tau Drug Effective in Animal Models of Alzheimer's; Clinical Trial to Begin. More information...

• Penn Medicine Study Shows Regional Anesthesia Reduces Complications and Death for Hip Fracture Patients. More information...

• An Inside Look at the Research Efforts of CNDR. Download PDF...

• Penn-Led Alzheimer's Disease Consortium Identifies New Genes for Alzheimer's Risk. More information...

• CNDR Study Shows Potential Alzheimer's Disease Drug Slows Damage and Symptoms in Animal Model. More information and interview...

• First Blood Test to Determine Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease Developed at Penn

• Alzheimer’s Test Can Determine Presence of Disease, Before Dementia Symptoms Appear

News Articles and Reports:

• U.S. Government Presents National Plan to Fight Alzheimer's Disease. NIA Press Release...

• World Health Organization's Report - Dementia: A Public Health Priority. Download PDF of Report...

• More information on the Draft National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease (NAPA).

• FDA to Consider Alzheimer's Test for Living Patients. More information...

• Proposed guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's updated. PDF of Criteria for AD Dementia. CNN report...

• Drs. Lee and Trojanowski featured in New York Times' article, "Taking an Alternative Path in Fighting the Disease." Click here to read the article...
  

• "Socializing brings health benefits for older adults" - reported on WHYY 91FM. More information...
  John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute on Aging, Steve Arnold, MD, Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Center, and Melissa Livney, Psyc.D., clinical psychologist at the Alzheimer's Disease Center, were featured on WHYY’s Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane discussing Alzheimer’s disease. More information...

• Huge Global Increase in Alzheimer's, Dementia Predicted, New York Times Syndicate

Articles and Papers on Aging, Aging Services and Aging-Related Disease (PDF format):

• State of the IOA, December 2009

• New Year's Conversation on Healthy Aging with the IOA Director

• "Physical Activity and Cognitive Health," Alzheimer’s & Dementia 3 (2007) 98-108, M. Kathryn Jedrziewski, Virginia M.-Y. Lee, and John Q. Trojanowski

• Targeting Tau - Penn researchers and colleagues gain more insight into Alzheimer's disease

• Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials and the Logic of Clinical Purpose, New England Journal of Medicine, October 12, editorial by Dr. Jason Karlawish

• Picking Apart the Causes of Mysterious Dementias, Science, October 6, 2006 Vol 314

• Mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease Linked to Pathological beta-Synuclein: New Targets for Drug Discovery, Neuron, Vol 52:33-38, October 5, 2006, Virginia M.-Y. Lee and John Q. Trojanowski

• Ubiquitinated TDP-43 in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Science, October 6, 2006, Vol 314:130-133, Manuela Neumann, Deepak M. Sampathu, Linda K. Kwong, Adam C. Truax, Matthew C. Micsenyi, Thomas T. Chou, Jennifer Bruce, Theresa Schuck, Murray Grossman, Christopher M. Clark, Leo F. McCluskey, Bruce L. Miller, Eliezer Masliah, Ian R. Mackenzie, Howard Feldman, Wolfgang Feiden, Hans A. Kretzschmar, John Q. Trojanowski, and Virginia M.-Y. Lee

• Thyroid Status, Cardiovascular Risk, and Mortality in Older Adults
  Anne R. Cappola (IOA Fellow); Linda P. Fried; Alice M. Arnold; Mark D. Danese; Lewis H. Kuller; Gregory L. Burke; Russell P. Tracy; Paul W. Ladenson
  JAMA. 2006;295:1033-1041.

• "Mortality after the Hospitalization of a Spouse"
  Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, Harvard University and Paul D. Allison, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  New England Journal of Medicine Volume 354:719-730. February 16, 2006

• "Developing a Research Agenda in Biogerontology: Basic Mechanisms"  Sage KE article (Science of Aging Knowledge Environment)

• "Appropriate Use of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration —
  Fundamental Principles and Recommendations"
  David Casarett, MD, Jennifer Kapo, MD, and Arthur Caplan, PhD  (IOA Fellows)
  New England Journal of Medicine 353;24. December 15, 2005.

• Study: Scientists Focusing Less on Longevity, More on How We Age and Why We Die, new report prepared by Public Agenda for the Alliance for Aging Research and the American Federation for Aging Research.

External Events and Conferences on Aging, Aging Services, and Aging-Related Diseases:

• Alzheimer: 100 Years and Beyond. Tubingen, Germany, November 2-5, 2006
  Video streaming of conference

• White House Conference on Aging 2005
  For more information on the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, visit http://www.whcoa.gov/.

• World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research
  Declaration of the First Meeting of the World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research, Campidoglio, Rome 16 - 18 February 2007. (Webcasts of the Congress and meetings available.)

Helpful Links for More Information on Aging and Aging Services - Local, State and National Levels

Publications, Pamphlets and Brochures

• "Can Alzheimer's Disease Be Prevented?," a newly updated booklet from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), answers questions about brain health and summarizes the latest research about AD prevention. More information...

Online Resources for Additional Information:

• NIHSeniorHealth

• PubMed (Medical articles, papers, abstracts)

• MedLine Plus (from the National Library of Medicine)
  • Alzheimer's Disease page
  • Dementia page
  • International Health page

• MedPage Today (news in medicine, research, and prevention)