Prevalence and Incidence Rates of Dementia: A Nationwide Population-Based Study of Electronic Health Records in Israel.

Background: Data on the rate of dementia is essential for planning and developing appropriate services at the national level.

Objective: We report the prevalence and incidence of dementia, based on electronic health records available for the whole population.

Methods: This national dementia dataset was established as a part of the National Program to Address Alzheimer's and Other Types of Dementia.

Identifying frail older people using predictive modeling.

Objectives: To determine whether a designation of frailty using the Adjusted Clinical Groups-diagnoses based computerized predictive model (ACG Dx-PM) can identify an elderly population who (1) have the clinical characteristics of frailty and (2) are frail as determined by the validated Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES), and to determine the ability of these tools to predict adverse outcomes.

Study Design: Secondary analysis of administrative and survey data.

Methods: Participants over age 65 years (n = 195) in an outpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment study at an Israeli health maintenance organization (HMO) were screened for frailty using the ACG Dx-PM and VES.

Prognostic role of lymphovascular invasion in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: an international validation study.

Background: Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) identified following pathologic slide review has been shown to be an independent predictor of recurrence-free survival (RFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in a multicenter series of patients undergoing radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). However, the validity of LVI in everyday practice, where pathologic re-review of all slides is uncommon, has not been assessed.

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the prognostic role of LVI in an international cohort of patients treated with RNU for UTUC without pathologic slide review.

Factors contributing to compliance with osteoporosis medication.

Background: Bisphosphonates are effective in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, yet their use is suboptimal.

Objectives: To measure bisphosphonate compliance among first-time users and identify factors associated with compliance.

Methods: We conducted a prospective follow-up of all women aged 45+ in the second largest health management organization in Israel who were prescribed bisphosphonates for the first time.

Fly caught in foreskin: an usual case of preputial myiasis.

Cutaneous bot fly infestation is common in travellers to Mexico and Central America. Myiasis affecting the genitalia is rare, however, with few previous reports. We document an unusual case in Nottingham, UK.

Health behaviors and their determinants in multiethnic, active Israeli seniors.

To assess factors that affect the adoption of healthy lifestyles among a variety of active Israeli seniors, a survey was conducted in 2002 at the Peiluyada, a physical activity-oriented health fair for seniors held annually in Israel from 1995 to 2002. A multi-language, self-administered questionnaire, assessing predisposing factors, barriers and health-protective behaviors, was fielded to potential participants. Response rate at the event was 51%.