书目名称 | Evolutionary Gerontology and Geriatrics |
副标题 | Why and How We Age |
编辑 | Giacinto Libertini,Graziamaria Corbi,Nicola Ferrar |
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概述 | The first book to discuss gerontology and geriatrics in terms of evolutionary medicine.Provides strong evidence and arguments of the possibility that aging is an adaptive phenomenon.Shows how we age, |
丛书名称 | Advances in Studies of Aging and Health |
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描述 | This book provides concrete scientific basis that we can conceive the possibility of modifying or even completely canceling aging process, despite the fact that aging is commonly regarded as the result of the overall effects of many uncontrollable degenerative phenomena. The authors illustrate in detail the mechanisms by which cells and the whole organism age. Actions by which it is possible, or will be possible within a limited time, to operate for modifying aging are also debated..The discussion is conducted within the frame and the concepts of evolutionary medicine, which is also indispensable for distinguishing between the manifestations of aging and: (i) diseases that worsen with age, and (ii) acceleration of normal aging rates, caused by unhealthy lifestyle habits and other avoidable factors. The book also discusses the impact of aging on overall mortality and the strange situation that, according to official statistics, aging does not exist as cause of death..This book is a turning point between a gerontology and geriatrics conceived as the study and vain treatment of an incurable condition and one in which these disciplines examine the how and why of a physiological phenome |
出版日期 | Book 2021 |
关键词 | Aging Theories; Aging Treatment; Biogerontology; Evolutionary Medicine; Gerontology and Geriatrics; Gradu |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73774-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-73776-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-73774-0Series ISSN 2522-5146 Series E-ISSN 2522-5154 |
issn_series | 2522-5146 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |