Importance Dementia is a global public health problem. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
is a proprietary instrument for detecting dementia, but many other tests are also …

To the Editors: On May 2, 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration expanded black box
warnings of all antidepressant medications to include information about an increased risk of …

Background Whether Helicobacter pylori increases the risk of ulcers in patients taking non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is controversial. We hypothesised that eradication …

OBJECTIVES: To compare the effectiveness of Chinese-style mind-body exercise (24 forms
simplified Tai Chi) versus stretching and toning exercise in the maintenance of cognitive …

Purpose: To prospectively study the relationship among vertebral marrow fat content, marrow
diffusion indexes, and marrow and erector spinae muscle perfusion indexes in female …

Trabecular bone score (TBS) is a gray‐level textural index of bone microarchitecture derived
from lumbar spine dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) images. TBS is a bone mineral …

Background. Several studies have documented the substantial health and economic burdens
associated with sarcopenia among the elderly, but there has been no systematic study …

Background There is no simple model to screen for Alzheimer's disease, partly because the
diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease itself is complex—typically involving expensive and …

Background Frailty renders older individuals more prone to adverse health outcomes. Little
has been reported about the transitions between the different frailty states. We attempted to …

Background: Sarcopenia is increasingly being recognized as a feature of frailty in old age
and is associated with unfavorable health outcomes in Western populations. Little is known …