Youth prolonged
Weale, R. A.
Youth prolonged old age postponed / [electronic resource] : Old age postponed Robert Weale. - London : Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co., c2010. - xii, 134 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-130) and index.
What's the problem? -- Language as a barrier: "I can't hear you" -- Dress and appearance: disguising the years; failure? -- Digging up the past; or, Where do we come from?: Were our ancestors healthier than we are? -- Ageing factors: More about appearance: tell-tale signs - sun, smiles and smoking -- Guessing by experts -- More about the skin, posture and bones -- Biomarkers; or, The countdown to the end - men and women, life-expectancy -- The eyes have it -- Thought for food -- Why do we age? Is it a matter of biological economics -- Elements -- Some age-related diseases: risk factors - Alzheimer's disease, bones, cancers, heart, Parkinson's, stroke -- The end of ageing -- What can we do about all this? -- Old age -- Biomarkers -- The menopause -- Age in the distant past -- How does human ageing fit into the animal scheme? -- From end to start.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Longevity.
Aging--Prevention.
Health.
Electronic books.
QP85 / .W38 2010eb
612.68
Youth prolonged old age postponed / [electronic resource] : Old age postponed Robert Weale. - London : Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co., c2010. - xii, 134 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-130) and index.
What's the problem? -- Language as a barrier: "I can't hear you" -- Dress and appearance: disguising the years; failure? -- Digging up the past; or, Where do we come from?: Were our ancestors healthier than we are? -- Ageing factors: More about appearance: tell-tale signs - sun, smiles and smoking -- Guessing by experts -- More about the skin, posture and bones -- Biomarkers; or, The countdown to the end - men and women, life-expectancy -- The eyes have it -- Thought for food -- Why do we age? Is it a matter of biological economics -- Elements -- Some age-related diseases: risk factors - Alzheimer's disease, bones, cancers, heart, Parkinson's, stroke -- The end of ageing -- What can we do about all this? -- Old age -- Biomarkers -- The menopause -- Age in the distant past -- How does human ageing fit into the animal scheme? -- From end to start.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Longevity.
Aging--Prevention.
Health.
Electronic books.
QP85 / .W38 2010eb
612.68