The clock of ages : why we age--how we age--winding back the clock /

Anyone who has watched the wrinkles of time develop on their face, or has been disturbed by a loss of memory, has uncomfortably confronted the human aging process. The inexorable march of time on our bodies begs an important question: why do we have to grow old? Written in everyday language, The Clo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Medina, John, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Aging.
Aging > Genetic aspects.
Aging > Molecular aspects.
Aging
Aging > genetics
Aging > physiology
Vieillissement.
Vieillissement > Aspect génétique.
Vieillissement > Aspect moléculaire.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
Aging > Genetic aspects
Aging > Molecular aspects
Gerontologie
Veroudering (biologie, psychologie)
Ritmo biologico.
Ageing
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Who ages?
  • A slippery overarching definition
  • Humanizing aging and death
  • Why age at all
  • How do we age?
  • How the skin and hair age
  • The aging of bones, muscles and joints
  • The aging of the brain
  • How the heart ages
  • The aging of the lungs
  • What happens to the digestion
  • How the senses age
  • The aging of the reproductive system
  • Why do we age?
  • A tale of two theories
  • Error accumulation
  • Programmed death
  • Winding back the clock.

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