Anti-Aging Medicine: How We Can Extend Lifespan and Live Longer and Healthier Lives
Anti-Aging Medicine: How We Can Extend Lifespan and Live Longer and Healthier Lives

Author: Theodore Goldsmith

Publisher: Azinet Press

Published: 2020-08-29

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9780978870966

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Aging is a treatable condition! For more than a century aging and a particular lifespan have been widely thought to be an inescapable and fundamental aspect of human existence. Indeed, Darwin's evolution theory tells us that the force of evolution is toward defeating aging, leading to the idea that aging is the result of unalterable laws of physics or chemistry. We can find different treatments for different age-related diseases like cancer and heart disease but aging is itself an untreatable fact of life. Today it is increasingly clear that aging is actually the result of complex biological programs that purposely limit lifespan in humans and most animals because this created an evolutionary advantage for populations of wild animals including our prehistoric ancestors. Programmed aging and supporting evolutionary concepts are a logical consequence of relatively recent discoveries in genetics as well as observations regarding the aging and lifespan characteristics of many different organisms. As a consequence, we can increase healthy human lifespan by interfering with the aging program. Interfering with a biological process is a familiar problem in medicine, and research toward developing treatments based on this idea are underway. Goldsmith describes the 160-year history of still-unresolved scientific arguments over the evolutionary nature of aging, the increasing empirical evidence of aging programs, and the exciting prospects for lifespan extension and healthy living. More practically, the book describes: Key observations about the nature of aging. Orally administered substances known to increase longevity in mice. Why exercise increases longevity. Anti-aging medicine issues with existing health care systems. Social, educational, ethical, and economic issues with extending lifespan. How lifespan extension concepts add to our ability to devise treatments for age-related diseases. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Nature of Aging and Lifespan 3. Evolution Theory and Aging 4. Evidence Supporting Programmed Aging 5. U.S. Health System Summary 6. Exercise and Activity - Effects on Aging 7. Non-Science Factors Favor Non-Programmed Aging 8. Programmed vs Non-Programmed Aging - Current Status 9. Anti-Aging Research 10. Anti-Aging Medicine 11. Conclusion 12. Free Resources and Further Reading 13. Author's Notes 14. Appendix 15. Glossary 16. References

Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging
Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging

Author: Connie Watkins Bales

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-27

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 1493919296

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This is the new and fully revised third edition of the well-received text that is the benchmark book in the field of nutrition and aging. The editors (specialists in geriatric nutrition, medical sociology, and clinical nutrition, respectively) and contributors (a panel of recognized academic nutritionists, geriatricians, clinicians, and other scientists) have added a number of new chapters and have thoroughly updated the widely acclaimed second edition. This third edition provides fresh perspectives and the latest scientific and clinical developments on the interaction of nutrition with age-associated disease and provides practical, evidence-based options to enhance this at-risk population’s potential for optimal health and disease prevention. Chapters on a wide range of topics, such as the role of nutrition in physical and cognitive function, and coverage of an array of clinical conditions (obesity, diabetes, heart failure, cancer, kidney disease, osteoporosis), compliment chapters on food insecurity, anti-aging and nutritional supplements, making this third edition uniquely different from previous editions. Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging, Third Edition, is a practical and comprehensive resource and an invaluable guide to nutritionists, physicians, nurses, social workers and others who provide health care for the ever-increasing aging population.

Handbook of Mental Health and Aging
Handbook of Mental Health and Aging

Author: Nathan Hantke

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2020-04-11

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 0128004932

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The Handbook of Mental Health and Aging, Third Edition provides a foundational background for practitioners and researchers to understand mental health care in older adults as presented by leading experts in the field. Wherever possible, chapters integrate research into clinical practice. The book opens with conceptual factors, such as the epidemiology of mental health disorders in aging and cultural factors that impact mental health. The book transitions into neurobiological-based topics such as biomarkers, age-related structural changes in the brain, and current models of accelerated aging in mental health. Clinical topics include dementia, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, mood disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, sleep disorders, and substance abuse. The book closes with current and future trends in geriatric mental health, including the brain functional connectome, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), technology-based interventions, and treatment innovations. - Identifies factors influencing mental health in older adults - Includes biological, sociological, and psychological factors - Reviews epidemiology of different mental health disorders - Supplies separate chapters on grief, schizophrenia, mood, anxiety, and sleep disorders - Discusses biomarkers and genetics of mental health and aging - Provides assessment and treatment approaches

Handbook of Anti-Aging Medicine
Handbook of Anti-Aging Medicine

Author: Prof Dr Mike KS Chan

Publisher: EUROPEAN WELLNESS ACADEMY

Published: 2023-01-16

Total Pages: 607

ISBN-13: 1662930216

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This handbook focuses on different aspects of anti-aging and both preventive and regenerative medicine. It includes analysis of the paradigm of ageing and concepts of anti-aging medicine. Standards and technologies are highlighted in over twenty chapters all authored by international experts in regenerative medicine. Topics covered include: • Ageing, aging, and anti-aging: A Decalogue for anti-aging medicine • Lessons from Sicilian centenarians for anti-aging medicine • Molecular biomarkers and genetic aspects of aging • Future of peptides in clinical practice • Mitochondrial approaches in anti-aging medicine and in SARS-CoV2 infection • Tissue-specific autoantibodies in preventive medicine • Chronic stress as a psycho-neuro-immunological dysfunction • Gut-associated immune system and its health implications • Regenerative medicine with platelet-rich-plasma • Alzheimer’s disease: Preventive and anti-aging neurology • Autistic spectrum disorder and mitochondrial medicine • Integrative hormonal approach in anti-aging medicine • Preventive cardiology and phlebology • Aesthetic and anti-aging medicine • Preventive ophthalmology • Preventive oncology • Nutrition in healthy aging • Physical activity and fitness paradigms for anti-aging and longevity Recommended reading for clinicians working in anti-aging medicine as well as ageing people. The authors hope it will set a new “standard of anti-aging medicine” and as a tool in planning for the inevitable challenges we all will face caring for ageing patients and creating preventive-health programs.

Handbook of Models for Human Aging
Handbook of Models for Human Aging

Author: P. Michael Conn

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-04-28

Total Pages: 1103

ISBN-13: 0080460062

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The Handbook of Models for Human Aging is designed as the only comprehensive work available that covers the diversity of aging models currently available. For each animal model, it presents key aspects of biology, nutrition, factors affecting life span, methods of age determination, use in research, and disadvantages/advantes of use. Chapters on comparative models take a broad sweep of age-related diseases, from Alzheimer's to joint disease, cataracts, cancer, and obesity. In addition, there is an historical overview and discussion of model availability, key methods, and ethical issues. - Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach - Shows tricks and approaches not available in primary publications - First volume of its kind to combine both methods of study for human aging and animal models - Over 200 illustrations

Handbook on Immunosenescence
Handbook on Immunosenescence

Author: Tamas Fulop

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-02-27

Total Pages: 1693

ISBN-13: 1402090633

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This authoritative handbook covers all aspects of immunosenescence, with contributions from experts in the research and clinical areas. It examines methods and models for studying immunosenescence; genetics; mechanisms including receptors and signal transduction; clinical relevance in disease states including infections, autoimmunity, cancer, metabolic syndrome, neurodegenerative diseases, frailty and osteoporosis; and much more.

Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program
Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program

Author: Gary Null

Publisher: Broadway

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 0767904362

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Suggests ways to slow down and reverse the effects of aging, and tells how to detoxify the body, fortify the immune system, and rebuild bones and muscles through exercise and nutrition

Stopping the Clock
Stopping the Clock

Author: Ronald Klatz

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 1997-07-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780553577518

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Why many of us will live past 100--and enjoy our extra years. In Stopping the Clock, two pioneers of anti-aging medicine show how we can start now to regain energy and vitality, halt or reverse damage to our bodies, and avoid the diseases--heart attack, arthritis, cancer, diabetes--that do most to reduce current life expectancy. In sixteen fully-documented, information-packed chapters, Klatz and Goldman detail an up-to-the-minute longevity program, including: The key anti-aging hormones: Melatonin, DHEA, and human growth hormone, how to take them and precautions to use. The sex hormones: the role of estrogen and progesterone supplementation, including natural alternatives to prescription hormones--plus new research on testosterone supplementation for men and women. The role of the "miracle minerals"--chromium, selenium and magnesium--and the latest information on the key anti-oxidant vitamins and how to take them. A thyroid support program to avoid the many dangerous effects of thyroid deficiency. A sensible approach to anti-aging exercise--plus 25 ways to defeat the aging effects of stress. The life-long diet--including the top 25 healing foods. A longevity test to determine your current estimated lifespan. Personal longevity programs--including daily supplement regiments--from 28 leaders of anti-aging medicine. Glossary of 75 anti-aging substances available at health-food stores.

Handbook of Photomedicine
Handbook of Photomedicine

Author: Michael R. Hamblin

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 854

ISBN-13: 1439884706

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Providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of this exciting biomedical field, Handbook of Photomedicine gathers together a large team of international experts to give you a complete account of the application of light in healthcare and medical science. The book progresses logically from the history and fundamentals of photomedicine to di