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Fig. 1. Use of different types of sleep medications in Black and White older adults. Whites were more likely to take sleep medications, especially prescription drugs or melatonin.
Race Differences in the Association Between Sleep Medication Use and Risk of Dementia
Yue Leng 1, Katie L Stone 2, Kristine Yaffe 1 3 4
Affiliations
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2Department of Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
3Department of Neurology and Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
4San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Fig 1. Change in Mean Systolic Blood Pressure (BP) by Treatment Group. Boxes represent median and IQR, with whiskers representing the upper and lower adjacent values. Results reflect overlap-weighted cohorts.
Clinical Outcomes of Intensive Inpatient Blood Pressure Management in Hospitalized Older Adults
Timothy S Anderson 1 2 3, Shoshana J Herzig 1 2, Bocheng Jing 3 4, W John Boscardin 3 4 5, Kathy Fung 3 4, Edward R Marcantonio 1 2, Michael A Steinman 3 4
Affiliations
1Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
3San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
4Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco.
5Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco.
Fig 1. Lung cancer incidence and mortality by age, United States, 2016–2020. Data sources: Incidence: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 17 registries, with delay adjustment, 2023; Mortality: National Center for Health Statistics, 2022.
Screening for lung cancer: 2023 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
Andrew M D Wolf 1, Kevin C Oeffinger 2, Tina Ya-Chen Shih 3, Louise C Walter 4, Timothy R Church 5, Elizabeth T H Fontham 6, Elena B Elkin 7, Ruth D Etzioni 8, Carmen E Guerra 9, Rebecca B Perkins 10, Karli K Kondo 11, Tyler B Kratzer 12, Deana Manassaram-Baptiste 11, William L Dahut 13, Robert A Smith 11
Affiliations
1University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
2Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Cancer Institute Center for Onco-Primary Care, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
3David Geffen School of Medicine and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
4Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
5Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
6Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
7Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA.
8Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
9Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
10Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
11Early Cancer Detection Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
12Cancer Surveillance and Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
13American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Fig 1. Study design and phases.
Adaptation of an In-Person Mind-Body Movement Program for People with Cognitive Impairment or Dementia and Care Partners for Online Delivery: Feasibility, Satisfaction and Participant-Reported Outcomes
Francesca M Nicosia 1 2, Jennifer A Lee 3, Margaret A Chesney 4, Cynthia Benjamin 3, Amanda N Lee 3, Wolf Mehling 5, Rebecca L Sudore 2 6, Deborah E Barnes 7
Affiliations
1Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, USA.
3Together Senior Health, San Francisco, CA, USA.
4Department of Medicine, Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
5Department of Family and Community Medicine, Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
6Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
7Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Table 1. Characteristics of Health Care and Social Services Professionals
Perceptions of the Role of Living Alone in Providing Services to Patients With Cognitive Impairment
Elena Portacolone 1 2, Tung T Nguyen 3, Barbara J Bowers 4, Julene K Johnson 1, Ashwin A Kotwal 5, Robyn I Stone 6, Sahru Keiser 1, Thi Tran 1, Elizabeth Rivera 1, Paula Martinez 1, Yulin Yang 7, Jacqueline M Torres 7, Kenneth E Covinsky 5
Affiliations
1Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco.
2Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.
3Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
4School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
5Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
6LeadingAge, Washington, DC.
7Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco.
Visual Abstract. The Systematic Multi-Domain Alzheimer Risk Reduction Trial (SMARRT)
Effect of Personalized Risk-Reduction Strategies on Cognition and Dementia Risk Profile Among Older Adults: The SMARRT Randomized Clinical Trial
Kristine Yaffe 1 2 3 4, Eric Vittinghoff 2, Sascha Dublin 5, Carrie B Peltz 4, Lynn E Fleckenstein 5, Dori E Rosenberg 5, Deborah E Barnes 2 3, Benjamin H Balderson 5, Eric B Larson 6
Affiliations
1Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco.
2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco.
3Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.
4San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California.
5Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle.
6University of Washington, Seattle.
Fig 1. Cumulative Incidence of Any Suicide Attempt and Death by Suicide Across Frailty Categories
Association of Frailty With Risk of Suicide Attempt in a National Cohort of US Veterans Aged 65 Years or Older
Randall L Kuffel 1 2, Ruth T Morin 1 3, Kenneth E Covinsky 4, W John Boscardin 4, Matthew C Lohman 5, Yixia Li 1 2, Amy L Byers 1 6
Affiliations
1San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California.
2Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco.
3Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, California.
4Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
5Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
6Department of Psychiatry and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
Fig 1. Calibration of Social Frailty Index in validation cohort. Plot of observed by predicted probability of 4-y mortality in the validation cohort, by decile of predicted risk.
Social Frailty Index: Development and validation of an index of social attributes predictive of mortality in older adults
Sachin J Shah 1, Sandra Oreper 2, Sun Young Jeon 3, W John Boscardin 3 4, Margaret C Fang 2, Kenneth E Covinsky 3
Affiliations
1Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114.
2Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94117.
3Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118.
4Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158.