- 148 pages
- English
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Youth Prolonged: Old Age Postponed
About This Book
What exactly is human ageing? Can it be slowed down? These questions have puzzled scientists and laymen alike for generations, and continue to do so today. The author addresses these thought-provoking issues by challenging pre-conceived notions of age-perception, age-acceptance and inter-age relations. Pertinent matters of age-related communication are dealt with, and the reader is treated to a grand tour of the latest theories of ageing, age-related biological changes and age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's Disease. Here, the author's expertise in age-related eye diseases truly comes into its own.
Weale's unique work not only underlines important genetic and avoidable risk factors but gives ample consideration to possible consequences stemming from different early lifestyles. Readers will re-consider their ideas of what it means to age, and gain a better understanding of what can and cannot slow down the process of ageing.
Contents:
- What's the Problem?
- Language as a Barrier
- Dress and Appearance
- Digging Up the Past, or, Where Do We Come From?
- Ageing Factors
- 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
- The End of Ageing
- What Can We Do About All This?
- Summary of Chapters 1–15
- Old Age
- Biomarkers
- The Menopause
- Age is the Distant Past
- How Does Human Ageing Fit Into the Animal Scheme?
- From End to Start
Readership: General public; people interested in the topic of ageing.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Foreword Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - What's the Problem?
- Chapter 2 - Language as a Barrier
- Chapter 3 - Dress and Appearance
- Chapter 4 - Digging Up the Past; or, Where Do We Come From?
- Chapter 5 - Ageing Factors
- Chapter 6 - Guessing by Experts
- Chapter 7 - More About the Skin, Posture and Bones
- Chapter 8 - Biomarkers; or, The Countdown to the EndâMen and Women, Life-Expectancy
- Chapter 9 - The Eyes Have It
- Chapter 10 - Thought for Food
- Chapter 11 - Why Do We Age? Is It a Matter of Biological Economics?
- Chapter 12 - Elements
- Chapter 13 - Some Age-Related Diseases: Risk Factors
- Chapter 14 - The End of Ageing
- Chapter 15 - What Can We Do About All This?
- Chapter 16 - Summary of Chapters 1â15
- Chapter 17 - Old Age
- Chapter 18 - Biomarkers
- Chapter 19 - The Menopause
- Chapter 20 - Age in the Distant Past
- Chapter 21 - How Does Human Ageing Fit into the Animal Scheme?
- Chapter 22 - From End to Start
- References
- Index