The End of Aging: How Medical Science Is Changing Our Concept of Old Age

by Orlock, Carol

• ISBN13: 9781559723190
• ISBN10: 155972319X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-11-01
• Publisher: Carol Pub Group

Summary

From dermatologists' discoveries about Retin A to neurologists' insights into how and why the brain ages to endocrinologists' work with human growth hormones and nutritionists' findings about the benefits of reduced caloric intake, we are experiencing a sequence of breakthroughs that will redefine old age. While many agree that the human life span has an upper limit of about 120 years, it now looks like we may be able to grow older as our bodies are kept artificially young.
The End of Aging looks into the laboratories where vital research is taking place on immune system enhancement and numerous other methods that offer the promise of arresting - and even reversing - the biological process of aging.
No longer will "old age" be a province of walkers, wheelchairs, and faulty memories. There will come a time when our seventies and eighties are just as productive as our twenties and thirties.
Written in an entertaining and informative fashion, The End of Aging presents a fascinating overview of the aging process and the ways we are now redefining it, as well as practical steps to develop each reader's own anti-aging strategy.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: A Question of Time
Introduction: Old Age in Older Times	p. 3
The Oldest Old in Early Times	p. 5
Centuries That Shaped the Science of Aging	p. 18
Introduction: The Mystery We All Experience	p. 37
You're As Old As You Look	p. 41
You're As Old As You Feel	p. 47
You're As Old As You Are	p. 64
Unseen Changes	p. 73
Introduction: The Great Question, "Why?"	p. 83
Wear and Tear	p. 86
The Limited Lives of a Cell	p. 97
Evolution's Deadly Agenda	p. 109
Introduction: How Science Fights Back	p. 121
Visits to the Repair Shop	p. 123
To Stay the Hand of Time	p. 136
Extreme Diets for Longer Lives	p. 146
Introduction: Changing Times	p. 161
Improving On Our Birthright	p. 163
Old Age in New Times	p. 175
Advice for a Young Old Age	p. 190
Future Ages	p. 212
Acknowledgements	p. 231
Recommended Reading	p. 233
Index	p. 241
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.