Aging and Human Longevity
Seiten
1996
Birkhauser Boston Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8176-3875-7 (ISBN)
Birkhauser Boston Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8176-3875-7 (ISBN)
This text combines a scientific and medical description of ageing with a critical review of ways to prolong life. The first part gives an overview of the complex biological mechanisms of ageing, while the second part evaluates the various means that may slow down the effects of ageing.
The proportion of elderly people continues to increase in the western world-nearly a quarter of the population will be over 65 years by the year 2050. Since aging is accompanied by an increase in diseases and by a deterioration in well-being, finding solutions to these social, medical and psychological problems is necessarily a major goal for society. Scientists and medical practitioners are therefore faced with the urgent task of increasing basic knowledge of the biological processes that cause aging. More resources must be put into this research in order to achieve better understanding of the cellular mechanisms that underlie the differences in life span between species and to answer the difficult questions of why some individuals age more quickly than others, and why some develop liver problems, some have heart problems, and others brain problems. The results of such a wide program of research will provide important information about the causes of many life-threatening and/ or debilitating diseases of old age; it will help find ways to prevent some of the ailments that result from aging, and it may well lead to discoveries enabling the prolongation of human life.
The proportion of elderly people continues to increase in the western world-nearly a quarter of the population will be over 65 years by the year 2050. Since aging is accompanied by an increase in diseases and by a deterioration in well-being, finding solutions to these social, medical and psychological problems is necessarily a major goal for society. Scientists and medical practitioners are therefore faced with the urgent task of increasing basic knowledge of the biological processes that cause aging. More resources must be put into this research in order to achieve better understanding of the cellular mechanisms that underlie the differences in life span between species and to answer the difficult questions of why some individuals age more quickly than others, and why some develop liver problems, some have heart problems, and others brain problems. The results of such a wide program of research will provide important information about the causes of many life-threatening and/ or debilitating diseases of old age; it will help find ways to prevent some of the ailments that result from aging, and it may well lead to discoveries enabling the prolongation of human life.
I: The Mechanisms of Aging.- 1 Variability of life span between species.- 2 Factors that influence human longevity.- 3 Structural and physiological changes occurring with age.- 4 Theories of aging.- 5 Mechanisms of cellular aging.- 6 Apoptosis, disease, and senescence.- Conclusion of Part I.- II: The Prolongation of Life.- 1 Life extension.- 2 The role of diet in longevity.- 3 Antioxidants and the chemoprevention of cancers and cardiovascular diseases.- 4 Life styles.- 5 Substitution of endogenous compounds and hormones.- 6 Medications and alternative medicine.- 7 Surgical strategies.- 8 Perspectives in the detection and treatment of diseases.- Conclusion.- Relevant books on aging.- References.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.12.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Aging and Human Longevity | 1.20 |
| Zusatzinfo | 11 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 284 p. 11 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Secaucus |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
| Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8176-3875-X / 081763875X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8176-3875-7 / 9780817638757 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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