Youth Prolonged: Old Age Postponed

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Geriatrics, Science & Nature, Science
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Author: Robert Weale ISBN: 9781848167230
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: November 16, 2009
Imprint: ICP Language: English
Author: Robert Weale
ISBN: 9781848167230
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: November 16, 2009
Imprint: ICP
Language: English

What exactly is human ageing? Can it be slowed down? These questions have puzzled scientists and laymen alike for generations, and continue to do so today. The author addresses these thought-provoking issues by challenging pre-conceived notions of age-perception, age-acceptance and inter-age relations. Pertinent matters of age-related communication are dealt with, and the reader is treated to a grand tour of the latest theories of ageing, age-related biological changes and age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's Disease. Here, the author's expertise in age-related eye diseases truly comes into its own.

Weale's unique work not only underlines important genetic and avoidable risk factors but gives ample consideration to possible consequences stemming from different early lifestyles. Readers will re-consider their ideas of what it means to age, and gain a better understanding of what can and cannot slow down the process of ageing.

Contents:

  • What's the Problem?
  • Language as a Barrier
  • Dress and Appearance
  • Digging Up the Past, or, Where Do We Come From?
  • Ageing Factors
  • Guessing by Experts
  • More About the Skin, Posture and Bones
  • Biomarkers, or, The Countdown to the End — Men and Women, Life–Expectancy
  • The Eyes Have It
  • Thought for Food
  • Why Do We Age? Is It a Matter of Biological Economics?
  • Elements
  • Some Age-Related Diseases: Risk Factors
  • The End of Ageing
  • What Can We Do About All This?
  • Summary of Chapters 1–15
  • Old Age
  • Biomarkers
  • The Menopause
  • Age is the Distant Past
  • How Does Human Ageing Fit Into the Animal Scheme?
  • From End to Start

Readership: General public; people interested in the topic of ageing.
Key Features:

  • Scientific aspects are dealt with using layman terms; care is taken to explain technical points
  • The text is enlivened with humorous cartoons and illustrations
  • An appendix which goes into more detail on isolated topics, and contains references for further reading
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What exactly is human ageing? Can it be slowed down? These questions have puzzled scientists and laymen alike for generations, and continue to do so today. The author addresses these thought-provoking issues by challenging pre-conceived notions of age-perception, age-acceptance and inter-age relations. Pertinent matters of age-related communication are dealt with, and the reader is treated to a grand tour of the latest theories of ageing, age-related biological changes and age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's Disease. Here, the author's expertise in age-related eye diseases truly comes into its own.

Weale's unique work not only underlines important genetic and avoidable risk factors but gives ample consideration to possible consequences stemming from different early lifestyles. Readers will re-consider their ideas of what it means to age, and gain a better understanding of what can and cannot slow down the process of ageing.

Contents:

Readership: General public; people interested in the topic of ageing.
Key Features:

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