Human Longevity

Author : Caleb E. Finch
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0080545947

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The Biology of Human Longevity by Caleb E. Finch Pdf

Written by Caleb Finch, one of the leading scientists of our time, The Biology of Human Longevity: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans synthesizes several decades of top research on the topic of human aging and longevity particularly on the recent theories of inflammation and its effects on human health. The book expands a number of existing major theories, including the Barker theory of fetal origins of adult disease to consider the role of inflammation and Harmon's free radical theory of aging to include inflammatory damage. Future increases in lifespan are challenged by the obesity epidemic and spreading global infections which may reverse the gains made in lowering inflammatory exposure. This timely and topical book will be of interest to anyone studying aging from any scientific angle. Author Caleb Finch is a highly influential and respected scientist, ranked in the top half of the 1% most cited scientists Provides a novel synthesis of existing ideas about the biology of longevity and aging Incorporates important research findings from several disciplines, including Gerontology, Genomics, Neuroscience, Immunology, Nutrition

Author : Jean-Marie Robine,Eileen M. Crimmins,Shiro Horiuchi,Yi Zeng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402048487

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Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population by Jean-Marie Robine,Eileen M. Crimmins,Shiro Horiuchi,Yi Zeng Pdf

Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. Why has such a substantial extension of human lifespan occurred? How long can we live? In this book, these fundamental questions are explored by experts from diverse fields. They report on recent cutting-edge studies about essential issues of human longevity and social factors of long survival in old age.

Author : William John Thoms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Centenarians
ISBN : UOM:39015012377852

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Human Longevity, Its Facts and Its Fictions by William John Thoms Pdf

Author : Christine Overall
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520938801

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Aging, Death, and Human Longevity by Christine Overall Pdf

With the help of medicine and technology we are living longer than ever before. As human life spans have increased, the moral and political issues surrounding longevity have become more complex. Should we desire to live as long as possible? What are the social ramifications of longer lives? How does a longer life span change the way we think about the value of our lives and about death and dying? Christine Overall offers a clear and intelligent discussion of the philosophical and cultural issues surrounding this difficult and often emotionally charged issue. Her book is unique in its comprehensive presentation and evaluation of the arguments—both ancient and contemporary—for and against prolonging life. It also proposes a progressive social policy for responding to dramatic increases in life expectancy. Writing from a feminist perspective, Overall highlights the ways that our biases about race, class, and gender have affected our views of elderly people and longevity, and her policy recommendations represent an effort to overcome these biases. She also covers the arguments surrounding the question of the "duty to die" and includes a provocative discussion of immortality. After judiciously weighing the benefits and the risks of prolonging human life, Overall persuasively concludes that the length of life does matter and that its duration can make a difference to the quality and value of our lives. Her book will be an essential guide as we consider our social responsibilities, the meaning of human life, and the prospects of living longer.

Author : Joseph A. Knight M.D.
Publisher : Author House
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781452067223

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Human Longevity: the Major Determining Factors by Joseph A. Knight M.D. Pdf

Two thousand years ago, the average life expectancy from birth to death of a Roman citizen, an individual better off than most people at that time, was about 22 years (wars, infectious diseases, trauma, etc.). This progressively increased to about 47 years in the U.S. and most European countries by 1900. Today, the average life expectancy in the U.S. is 78 years (women about five years more than men). However, unless the obesity pandemic is reversed and lifestyles improved, the average life expectancy will likely decrease significantly. conversely, if our lifestyles improve, the average life expectancy could reach 85 or more years. Growing older does not necessarily mean growing sicker. Thus, "don't just add years to your life, add life to your years" (Hans Selve). Indeed, of the 15 major causes of death in the U.S., 65-70% are lifestyle-related. In this book, the following documented topics that are associated with diseases and mortality are discussed in detail: theories of aging; diseases and mortality associated with obesity, physical inactivity and poor nutrition; psychological stress (anxiety, depression); addiction (alcohol, tobacco, drugs); violence (suicide, homicide); food-borne and infectious diseases (viral, bacterial, parasitic); and various other conditions (air pollution, asbestosis, trace metals).

Author : Lewis D. Solomon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351475594

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The Quest for Human Longevity by Lewis D. Solomon Pdf

"Many scientists today are working to retard the aging process in humans so as to increase both life expectancy and the quality of life. Over the past decade impressive results have been achieved in targeting the mechanisms and pathways of aging. In The Quest for Human Longevity, Lewis D. Solomon considers these scientific studies by exploring the principal biomedical anti-aging techniques. The book also considers cutting edge research on mental enhancements and assesses the scientific doubts of skeptics. The Quest for Human Longevity is also about business. Solomon examines eight corporations pursuing various age-related interventions, profiling their scientific founders and top executives, and examining personnel, intellectual property, and financing for each firm. Academic scientists form the link between research and commerce. Solomon notes that the involvement of university scientists and researchers follows one of two models. The first is a traditional model in which scientists leave academia to work for a corporation or remain in academia and obtain business support for their research. The second is a modern model in which scientists use their intellectual property as a catalyst for acquiring equity interests in the firms they organize. Critics have pointed to the dangers of commercialized science, but Solomon's analysis, on balance, finds that the benefits outweigh the costs and that problems of secrecy and conflicts of interest can be addressed. If scientists succeed in unlocking the secrets of aging and developing drugs or therapies that will allow us to live decades longer, the consequences for society will include profound social, political, economic, and ethical questions. Solomon deals with the public policy aspects of significant life extension and looks at the conflict between those who advocate the acceptance of mortality and the partisans of life. The Quest for Human Longevity will be of interest to policymakers, sociologists, scientists, and studen"

Author : Will J. Thoms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNN:BN000641574

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Human Longevity Its Facts and Its Fictions, Including an Inquiry Into Some of the More Remarkable Instances, and Suggestions for Testing Reputed Cases by Will. J. Thoms by Will J. Thoms Pdf

Author : M.-F. Schulz-Aellen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0817639640

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Aging and Human Longevity by M.-F. Schulz-Aellen Pdf

The proportion of elderly people continues to increase in the western world-nearly a quarter of the population will be over 65 years by the year 2050. Since aging is accompanied by an increase in diseases and by a deterioration in well-being, finding solutions to these social, medical and psychological problems is necessarily a major goal for society. Scientists and medical practitioners are therefore faced with the urgent task of increasing basic knowledge of the biological processes that cause aging. More resources must be put into this research in order to achieve better understanding of the cellular mechanisms that underlie the differences in life span between species and to answer the difficult questions of why some individuals age more quickly than others, and why some develop liver problems, some have heart problems, and others brain problems. The results of such a wide program of research will provide important information about the causes of many life-threatening and/ or debilitating diseases of old age; it will help find ways to prevent some of the ailments that result from aging, and it may well lead to discoveries enabling the prolongation of human life.

Author : M.-F. Schulz-Aellen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461220060

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Aging and Human Longevity by M.-F. Schulz-Aellen Pdf

The proportion of elderly people continues to increase in the western world-nearly a quarter of the population will be over 65 years by the year 2050. Since aging is accompanied by an increase in diseases and by a deterioration in well-being, finding solutions to these social, medical and psychological problems is necessarily a major goal for society. Scientists and medical practitioners are therefore faced with the urgent task of increasing basic knowledge of the biological processes that cause aging. More resources must be put into this research in order to achieve better understanding of the cellular mechanisms that underlie the differences in life span between species and to answer the difficult questions of why some individuals age more quickly than others, and why some develop liver problems, some have heart problems, and others brain problems. The results of such a wide program of research will provide important information about the causes of many life-threatening and/ or debilitating diseases of old age; it will help find ways to prevent some of the ailments that result from aging, and it may well lead to discoveries enabling the prolongation of human life.

Author : David W. E. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015029855874

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Human Longevity by David W. E. Smith Pdf

This absorbing, balanced account of human longevity draws together information from the fields of medicine, biology, demography, epidemiology, gerontology, and sociology. It describes the history and present status of human longevity and deals in logical sequence with the questions this subject raises. The book illustrates how life expectancy has increased in most countries due, in part, to changing causes of death. It examines the biological determinants of longevity and analyzes social and behavioral factors that may reduce longevity. The book covers the reasons why women live longer than men. It asks why the maximum human life span is nearly twice that of any other warm-blooded animal and much longer than required for reproductive success, and it discusses factors that were involved in the evolution of longevity. It presents predictable increases in human life expectancy and explores the possibility that the maximum human life expectancy may become even longer. Accessible, comprehensive, and original, this book provides a multidisciplinary synthesis of ideas and conclusions about human longevity. It will have wide appeal to professionals in the many areas concerned with longevity as well as lay readers.

Author : Christine Overall
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520232983

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Aging, Death, and Human Longevity by Christine Overall Pdf

Annotation Life expectancy increasing dramatically for both social and scientific reasons. This book explores the arguments for and against increasing the length of human life and proposes a progressive social policy for responding to a longer-lived population.

Author : Bernard Jeune
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015053507276

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Exceptional Longevity by Bernard Jeune Pdf

States that the number of genuine long-livers is exploding and a substantial proportion of new-borns in developed countries may survive to celebrate their 100th birthday. This book examines the storied realms of exceptional longevity.

Author : Raymond C. Valentine,David L. Valentine
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781466594876

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Human Longevity by Raymond C. Valentine,David L. Valentine Pdf

More than 7 billion people inhabit the earth and all of them are subject to aging. This book is aimed at persons interested in a molecular explanation of how our cells age. Human Longevity: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution is built on the proposition that we age as our mitochondria age. It suggests a revised version of Harman’s famous hypothesis featuring mitochondrial oxidative and energy stresses as the root causes of aging. Human cells are protected from the ravages of aging by a battery of defensive systems including some novel mechanisms against membrane oxidation introduced in this book. This concept is consistent with recent discoveries showing that mitochondria-targeted antioxidants prevent Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and traumatic brain disease in animal models of neurodegeneration. This book explores a unified theory of aging based on bioenergetics. It covers a variety of topics including an introduction to the science of human aging, the Darwinian selection of membranes enabling longevity, a revised mitochondrial membrane hypothesis of aging, and various mechanisms that protect human mitochondrial membranes, thereby enabling longevity.

Author : William John Thoms
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1358156018

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Human Longevity, Its Facts and Its Fictions by William John Thoms Pdf

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Author : William J. Thoms
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368197773

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Human Longevity its Facts and its Fictions by William J. Thoms Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.