Aging Interventions And Therapies

by Rattan, Suresh I.S.

• ISBN13: 9789812560841
• ISBN10: 981256084X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark. Examines the molecular, cellular, hormonal, nutritional, medical, and lifestyle strategies being tested and applied for preventing and treating age-related diseases. Provides unique scientific, ethical, and social perspectives on aging intervention. Topics discussed include micronutrients, hormone therapy, and stem-cells. For practitioners and researchers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
1. The Ethics of Aging Intervention and Life-Extension	1	(28)
Steven Horrobin
2. Prevention and Treatment of Skin Aging	29	(22)
Jerry L. McCullough and Kristen M. Kelly
3. Industrial Approaches Towards Developing Effective Skin Care Products	51	(12)
Thomas Blatt, Horst Wenck and Franz Stäb
4. Strategies to Reduce Age-Related Skeletal Muscle Wasting	63	(22)
Gordon S. Lynch, Thea Shavlakadze and Miranda D. Grounds
5. Antioxidants and Aging in Human Beings	85	(24)
Éric Le Bourg
6. Hormone Therapy for Aging	109	(18)
Mahendra K. Thakur
7. Pineal Peptides as Modulators of Aging	127	(20)
Vladimir N. Anisimov and Vladimir Kh. Khavinson
8. Melatonin: Anti-Aging Perception and Current Perspectives	147	(24)
Arvind L. Bhatia
9. Zinc and Other Micronutrients for Healthy Aging	171	(22)
Eugenio Mocchegiani, Marco Malavolta and Efstathios S. Gonos
10. Calorie Restriction as a Potent Anti-Aging Intervention: Modulation of Oxidative Stress	193	(26)
Byung Pal Yu
11. Nutritional Interventions in Aging and Age-associated Disorders	219	(28)
Kenichi Kitani
12. Telomere- and Telomerase-based Therapies	247	(28)
Maria A. Cerone, Ryan Ward and Chantal Autexier
13. Clinical Perspective of the Present Status of Treatment for Major Age-related Diseases	275	(28)
Ashit Syngle
14. Indian Ayurvedic Medicine in Aging Prevention and Treatment	303	(26)
Bhupinder P.S. Vohra and Sanjeev K. Gupta
15. Alzheimer's Disease: Current and Future Treatments	329	(26)
Umesh Kumar
16. Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine and Aging	355	(10)
Moustapha Kassem
17. Principles and Practice of Hormesis as an Aging Intervention	365	(14)
Suresh I.S. Rattan
18. Foreseeable and More Distant Rejuvenation Therapies	379	(18)
Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey
19. Anti-aging Medicine and the Quest for Immortality	397	(16)
S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce A. Carnes
Index	413