1. Antihypertensive treatment in the elderly

   • Giulio Masotti

   Editorial 25 July 2013 Pages: 319 - 321

2. Life expectancy and changing mortality

   • Kevin Kinsella
   • Victoria A. Velkoff

   Report from the U.S. Census Bureau: “An Aging World: 2001” 25 July 2013 Pages: 322 - 332

3. Health and disability

   • Kevin Kinsella
   • Victoria A. Velkoff

   OriginalPaper 25 July 2013 Pages: 333 - 342

4. Endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent skin vasoreactivity in the elderly

   • Marco Rossi
   • Adamasco Cupisti
   • Ferdinando Pentimone

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 343 - 346

5. Enzymatic alterations in single Type IIB skeletal muscle fibers with inactivity and exercise in 12- and 30-month-old rats

   • Jon J. Groskreutz
   • LaDora V. Thompson

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 347 - 353

6. Relationship of age and psychosocial factors with biological ratings in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing dialysis

   • Apostolos Iacovides
   • Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis
   • Achileas Tourkantonis

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 354 - 360

7. Improved health among 70-year olds: Comparison of health indicators in three different birth cohorts

   • Katarina Wilhelmson
   • Peter Allebeck
   • Bertil Steen

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 361 - 370

8. Factors of importance to the caregiver burden experienced by family caregivers of Parkinson’s disease patients

   • Marianne Caap-Ahlgren
   • Ove Dehlin

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 371 - 377

9. Association of body mass index with joint pain among community-dwelling women in Japan

   • Kiyoshi Aoyagi
   • Philip D. Ross
   • Tai-ichiro Takemoto

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 378 - 381

10. Dietary calcium intake and serum vitamin D are major determinants of bone mass variations in women. A longitudinal study

    • Antonio del Puente
    • Antonella Esposito
    • Pasquale Oriente

    Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 382 - 388

11. Hip fracture surgery: Is the pre-operative American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score a predictor of functional outcome?

    • Jean-Pierre Michel
    • Claude Klopfenstein
    • Bernard Grab

    Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 389 - 394

12. Mild to moderate chronic airways disease does not carry an excess risk of cognitive dysfunction

    • Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
    • Vincenzo Bellia
    • the Sa.R.A. (Salute Respiratoria nell’Anziano) Study Group

    Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 395 - 401

13. Development of the ‘Patient perspective On Care and Rehabilitation process’ instrument (POCR)

    • Barbro Krevers
    • Birgitta Öberg

    Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 402 - 411

14. Urgency and urge incontinence in an older population: Ten-year changes and their association with mortality

    • Maria Nuotio
    • Teuvo L. J. Tammela
    • Marja Jylhä

    Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 412 - 419

15. Low biochemical nutritional parameters in acutely ill hospitalized elderly patients with and without stage III to IV pressure ulcers

    • Michael Gengenbacher
    • Hannes B. Stähelin
    • Walter O. Sciler

    Brief Report 25 July 2013 Pages: 420 - 423