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Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot....
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Pear Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"How come I can never find my keys? Why don't I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know. [This book], by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts, and the prescription to age well, in his signature engaging style. With so many discoveries over the years, science is literally changing our minds about the optimal care and...
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A leading neuroscientist introduces a memory and brain fitness program that includes a diet of memory-enhancing foods, mental exercises, a list of effective drugs, and the author's ten commandments for improving brain function.
[Publisher-supplied data] Clear, concise, prescriptive steps for improving memory loss and keeping the brain young -- from one of the world's top memory experts. Everybody forgets things sometimes -- from your keys to your...
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Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"People in developed countries are living longer and, just as the aged population around the world is steadily growing, the number of adults eighty-five and older in the United States is projected to quadruple to twenty-one million people by 2050. The aging of our population has huge implications for baby boomers and their children, and has generated a greater interest in the causes and effects of aging. Our Aging Bodies provides a clear, scientifically...
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Gale
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Covers various issues related to one's aging body, how diseases affect it, and treatment options, including medications, for said diseases for this population. Also includes topics specific to the aging population, but beyond descriptions of medical diagnoses.
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Informa Healthcare
Pub. Date
©2007
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English
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Extensively revised and updated to reflect the current state of knowledge in the study of aging, this Fourth Edition offers a complete profile of the aging of individuals and populations. It includes aspects of demographic, comparative, and differential aging together with a discussion of the several theories of aging. This reference illustrates how body functions changes age, describes how genetic and environmental factors influence age-related changes,...
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Jones & Bartlett Learning
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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A authoritative reference written to help professionals understand the role of nutrition in the maintenance of health, the management of chronic conditions, and the treatment of serious Illness. The fourth edition of this text provides a comprehensive review of nutritional assessment, intervention programs for the elderly, and health promotion activities.
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Springer Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"As educators in gerontology, it continues to be our experience that many available texts on the physical changes associated with aging either present their material in highly technical terms beyond the comprehension of those without extensive basic science backgrounds or else skim over this area superficially. In the years since the sixth edition of this book was published, additional research on the physical changes that occur with aging has become...
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McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics is an engagingly written, up-to-date introductory guide to the core topics in geriatric medicine. Since 1984, its goal has remained unchanged: to help clinicians do a better job of caring for their older patients. You will find thorough and authoritative coverage of all the important issues in geriatrics, along with concise, practical guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases and disorders most commonly...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Integrative geriatrics is a new field of medicine that advocates for a whole-person, patient-centered, primarily non-pharmacological approach to medical care of the elderly. Most current geriatric practices overprescribe medications and procedures and underutilize non-pharmacological, low-cost, high-touch methods. Patients, however, often show reluctance towards these standard practices, as the interventions they rely upon are often invasive. The...
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Almuzara
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2020.
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Español
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"Pertenecieron al baby boom, tienen más de cincuenta años y viven, piensan, visten y realizan actividades que no son acordes a lo que dicta su DNI. Son personas que se sienten con salud, fuerza e ilusión para desarrollar múltiples proyectos pendientes, al tiempo que se cuidan para no perder su calidad de vida; preservan su economía, en sus profesiones demuestran sus dotes de liderazgo y no quieren trabajar más años que sus padres. Han cambiado...
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