Background Paper on Research in Gerontology: MedicalThe Conference, 1961 - 139 pages |
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Page 27 - Reported Illness and the Utilization of Medical Care," Public Welfare, 18, April 1960. . "Some Findings from a National Study of the Health Needs of Older People," Proceedings of the Joint Council to Improve the Health Care of the Aged, Washington, DC, June 1959.
Page 130 - ... person needs study. Indicated alterations in sugar, fat and thyroid metabolism in relation to aging, the significance of which is not understood, also merit careful investigation, particularly in relation to the important regulating capacities of the endocrine hormones. Existing Research Opportunities and Support: The importance of endocrinological research with respect to aging is being increasingly recognized, and federal organizations, such as the National Institutes of Health, have set up...
Page 56 - Walker, WJ, Lawry, EY, Love, DE, Mann, GV, Levine, SA and Stare, FJ Effect of weight reduction and caloric balance on serum lipoprotein cholesterol levels.
Page 109 - ... Intertrochanteric Fractures. Read at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, January, I960. 11. Krementz, ET, Creech, Oscar, Jr., Ryan, RF , and Wickstrom, Jack, Treatment of Malignant Tumors of the Extremities by Perfusion with Chemotherapeutic Agents, J. Bone and Joint Surg. , 41A: 977-979, 1959. 12. Sullivan, RD , Jones, Ralph, Jr., Schnabel, TG , Jr., Shorey, J. McF., The Treatment of Human Cancer with Intraarterial Nitrogen Mustard Utilizing a Simplified Catheter Technique, Cancer, 6:...
Page 32 - ... Current Projects Supported by the National Institutes of Health Relating to the Dental Aspects of Aging 1. D-263 Age Changes in Oral Tissues 2. D-366 The Effects of Aging on the Normal Histology of the Soft Oral Tissues of the Rat, Monkey, and Human 3. D-513 Cytometric Studies of Human Gingiva 4. D-761 Effect of Prolonged Administration of Low Levels of Sodium Fluoride on the Kidney of the Rat 5. C-3511 Metabolic Properties of the Oral Mucosa as Affects by the Aging Process 6. H-1658 Research...
Page 99 - CC & Raiford, TS Race and sex variations in auditory acuity. Arch. Otolaryng. , 1931, 13, 423-434.
Page 56 - ... NW Hypercholesterolemia and Nicotinic Acid: Long Term Study. Circulation 20:67 1, 1959. 14. Hollander, W., Chobanian, AV, and Wilkins, RW Effects of an inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis, triparanol (MER-29), in subjects with and without coronary artery disease. Circulation 20:713-714, 1959. 15. Best, MM, Duncan, CH , Van Loon, EJ , Wathen, JD The effects of sitosterol on serum lipids. Am. J. Med. 19: 61-70, 1955. 16. Duguid, J. Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Lancet 2:925, 1949. 17. Dawber,...
Page 32 - Studies of Human Gingiva 4. D-761 Effect of Prolonged Administration of Low Levels of Sodium Fluoride on the Kidney of the Rat 5. C-3511 Metabolic Properties of the Oral Mucosa as Affects by the Aging Process 6. H-1658 Research upon Aging 7. D-214 Distribution of Fluoride in Human Enamel and Dentin. Its Relation to Drinking Water 8. D-798 Composition of Surface and Subsurface Enamel 9. D-906 Age Changes in the Oral Tissues of the Guinea Pig 10. D-684 Testing the Russell Periodontal Index 11. D-846...
Page 43 - Syph. 43: 248-256 (Feb.) 1941. 11. Gross, J. (Editor): Aging of Connective Tissue. Conference Report. J. Gerontol. 7: 584-588, 1952. 12. Iversen, K. , Videbaek, A. and Kirk, JE : Casual Skin Lipid Levels in Individuals of Various Ages. J. Gerontol. 8: 173-184, 1953. 13. Kirk, JE : Steroid Hormones and Aging. J. Gerontol. 6: 253, 1951. 14. Kvorning, SA and Kirk, E. : Correlation of the Clinical Appearance of the Skin Lipid Secretion in Middle Aged and Old Individuals . J.