Aging and human longevity /
This book combines a scientific and medical description of aging with a critical review of ways to prolong life. The first part gives an overview of the complex biological mechanisms of aging and of the consequences of tissue and system aging in humans. The role of genetic and environmental factors...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Birkhäuser,
[1997]
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Table of Contents:
- Variability of life span between species
- Factors that influence human longevity
- Structural and physiological changes occuring with age
- Theories of aging
- Mechanisms of cellular aging
- Apoptosis, disease, and senescence
- Life extension
- The role of diet in longevity
- Antioxidants, and the chemoprevention of cancers and cardiovascular diseases
- Life styles
- Substitution of endogenous compounds and hormones
- Medications and alternative medicine
- Surgical strategies
- Perspectives in the dectection and treatment of diseases.