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  • Handbook of Models for Human Aging

    by Stephen A. Benjamin, Caleb E. Finch, John C. Guerin, James F. Nelson, S. Jay Olshansky, George Roth, Roy G. Smith ...
    The Handbook of Models for Human Aging is designed as the only comprehensive work available that covers the diversity of aging models currently available. For each animal model, it presents key aspects of biology, nutrition, factors affecting life span, methods of age determination, use in research, and disadvantages/advantes of use. Chapters on comparative models take a broad sweep of age-related ... Read more

    $373.49 USD

  • The Demography and Epidemiology of Human Health and Aging

    by Jacob S. Siegel, S. Jay Olshansky ...
    With this book, Siegel, an internationally known demographer and gerontologist, has made a unique contribution to the fledgling fields of health demography, and the demography and epidemiology of aging. The book represents a felicitous union of epidemiology, gerontology, and demography, and appears to be the first and only comprehensive text on this subject now available. Drawing on a wide range ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • The Quest for Immortality

    Science at the Frontiers of Aging

    by Bruce A. Carnes, Ph.D., S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D. ...
    "This is by far the best book I've read on the science of aging."—Andrew Weil, M.D."Life-span Truth Will Set You Free from Age-old Worries," announced the Chicago Tribune upon the first publication of this book. The New England Journal of Medicine confirmed, "For readers interested in aging and longevity, this small book clearly explains the major concepts...extremely enjoyable to read." From NBC ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

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  • The Telomere Effect

    A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer

    by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Dr. Elissa Epel ...
    This New York Times bestselling book—coauthored by a Nobel Prize Winner and a health psychologist—explores the aging process and how specific lifestyle changes related to telomeres can increase longevity.Have you wondered why some sixty-year-olds look and feel like forty-year-olds and why some forty-year-olds look and feel like sixty-year-olds? While many factors contribute to aging and illness, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Counterclockwise

    Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility

    by Ellen J. Langer ...
    A revolutionary framework for boosting mental and physical health by reevaluating how we interact with the world, from the “mother of mindfulness” and author of The Mindful Body“Counterclockwise presents a new way to think about lifelong health and aging. Read this most important book to improve your quality of life at any age.”—Deepak Chopra, M.D.If we could turn back the clock psychologically, ... Read more

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  • The Third Chapter

    Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50

    by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot ...
    In the twenty-first century, a developmental phase of life is emerging as significant and distinct, capturing our interest, engaging our curiosity, and expanding our understanding of human potential and development. Demographers talk about this new chapter in life as characterized by people—between fifty and seventy-five—who are considered "neither young nor old." In our "third chapters" we are ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Oxford Desk Reference: Geriatric Medicine

    Edited by Margot Gosney, Adam Harper, Simon Conroy ...
    Series series Oxford Desk Reference Series
    With an ageing population, there is little doubt that the majority of hospital-based consultants and their teams will care for older patients and the many complications this presents. This book provides an evidence-based guide for both trainees and consultants in geriatric medicine and those interested in geriatric medicine. Designed in line with the core Royal College curriculum, it provides a ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Hilton Head Over-35 Diet

    by Peter M. Miller ...
    From the bestselling author of The Hilton Head Metabolism Diet comes the only complete diet system that addresses the special problems of age-related weight gain and helps everyone over 35 beat the "fat trap" for good. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • So You Want To Work Out At Home...Now What? Step-by-Step Instructions & Essential Info That Truly Simplify How to Plan Your Best Home Workouts, Including Sample Workouts!

    The Now What? Fitness Books, #5

    by Linda Burke ...
    Series Book 5 - The Now What? Fitness Books
    In this sixth book of The Now What? Fitness Series, certified personal fitness trainer Linda Burke delves into working out at home."The Media often leaves you confused, ill-informed, or even worse: completely scammed or lied to with offers of quick fixes, magic potions, or crazy contraptions promising unrealistic results," cautions Burke. "With obesity rates higher than they've ever been, and ... Read more

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  • Creative Aging

    Rethinking Retirement and Non-Retirement in a Changing World

    by Marjory Zoet Bankson ...
    Discover Your Unique Gift"Creative aging is a choice…. If we remember that transition always begins with endings, moves on to a wilderness period of testing and trying, and only then do we reach the beginning of something new, then we can embrace this encore period of life with hope and curiosity, remembering always that it is our true nature to be creative, to be always birthing new ways of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ethics in Community-Based Elder Care

    Edited by Phyllis B. Mitzen, ACSW, LCSW, Martha B. Holstein, PhD ...
    Series series Springer Series on Ethics, Law, and Aging
    Caring for elders outside of institutions is the fastest growing sector of US health care. Building on their research study at the Park Ridge Center, editors Holstein and Mitzen, together with a team of experts, examine the complexities involved in developing an ethics for community-based long-term care. They also challenge policymakers to make home care a more viable option for older people in ... Read more

    $101.99 USD