Overview
- Critical evaluation of latest research
- Distinction between hype and reality
- Clinically applicable methods
- New anti-aging strategies
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Biogerontologists are now in a position to construct general principles of aging, and genuine attempts are being made to test and develop effective means of intervention, prevention and treatment of age-related diseases, and for achieving healthy old age. This book takes status of the molecular, cellular, hormonal, nutritional and lifestyle strategies being tested and applied. It comprises inter-dependent chapters written in the form of critical reviews by the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in their respective fields. The format of the articles is a semi-academic style in which research data from various experimental systems is presented while focusing on their applications in human beings with respect to the prevention and treatment of age-related impairments.
This book is recommended by the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region Office (WHO-EMRO) as a basic resource for medical faculty libraries.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prevention and Treatment of Age-related Diseases
Editors: Suresh I.S. Rattan, Moustapha Kassem
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5058-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4884-5Published: 23 October 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7217-7Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5058-9Published: 09 May 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 364
Topics: Biomedicine general, Dentistry, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Neurology, Life Sciences, general, Dermatology