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• Title:Geriatric bioscience : the link between aging and disease / David Hamerman ; foreword by Robert N. Butler.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hamerman, David.
  
• Published/Created:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
  

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  • Call Number: WT104 .H345 2007
    
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  • Call Number: WT104 .H345 2007
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Geriatrics.
  
• Medical Subjects: Aging--pathology.
  Age Factors.
  Disease Susceptibility--physiopathology.
  Geriatrics.
  
• Description:xvi, 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-279) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780801886928 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  0801886929 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Emergence and Future of Geriatrics
  2. Introduction to Concepts of Molecular Biology / E. Richard Stanley
  3. Aging
  1. Trends in the Aging of the Population
  2. What Is Aging? Can We Distinguish between Aging and Disease?
  3. Mechanisms of Aging
  4. Longevity: Genetics of Extended Life Span or Risk for Adverse Events
  4. Interrelations of Certain Aging-related Conditions
  1. Cytokines, Inflammation, and Responses to Stress
  2. Atherosclerosis: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
  3. Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes
  4. Osteoporosis
  5. Osteoarthritis
  6. Frailty and Related Conditions: Anorexia, Sarcopenia, Exercise
  7. Cancer
  8. Alzheimer Disease / Peter Davies
  5. Interactive Therapies Significant for an Aging Population
  1. Cyclooxygenases
  2. Statins
  3. Bisphosphonates
  4. Thiazolidinediones and Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor [gamma]
  5. Cytokine Inhibitors as a Landmark for Newer Anti-inflammatory Therapies
  6. Hormonal Therapies
  6. Preventive Gerontology
  1. Compression or Expansion of Morbidity?
  2. Healthy Lifestyle Practices
  3. "Successful Aging"