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Cross-Cultural Studies of Biological Aging

Author : Cynthia M. Beall
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483160955
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Cross-Cultural Studies of Biological Aging written by Cynthia M. Beall and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross-Cultural Studies of Biological Aging reviews papers that tackle issues of biological aging from a cross-cultural perspective. The studies emphasize the interaction of biological, cultural, and environmental factors that provides the data about the range of variation in certain biological process. The book is comprised of 12 chapters that cover various concerns about the aging process from a cross-cultural perspective. Chapter 1 discusses the biological function, activity, and dependency among elderly Sherpa in the Nepal Himalayas, while Chapter 2 deals with work, aging, and dependency in a Sherpa population in Nepal. The third chapter tackles the population genetic models in the study of aging and longevity in a Mennonite community, and the fourth chapter talks about the secular changes in age-specific cause of death in Sanday, Orkney Islands. Chapter 5 covers the developmental and genetic responses to differential childhood mortality, while Chapter 6 discusses how mortality is related to cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in a modernizing population. The seventh chapter tackles the biocultural risks in longevity of Samoans in California. Chapter 8 discusses the changes with age of anatomical distribution of fat, while Chapter 9 provides a comparison of visually estimated age with physiological predicted age as indicators of rates of aging. Chapter 10 reviews a longitudinal study about the patterns of adult weight and fat changes in six Solomon Islands societies, and Chapter 11 discusses aging in selected anthropometric dimensions in a rural Zapotec-speaking community in the valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. The last chapter compares blood pressure at rest and during exercise among Sherpas and Tibetan migrants in Nepal. The text will be of great interest to researchers whose work involves understanding other factors that have causal relationship with biological aging.

Cross-cultural Studies of Biological Aging

Author : Cynthia M. Beall
Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
ISBN 13 : 9780080289465
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (894 download)

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Download or read book Cross-cultural Studies of Biological Aging written by Cynthia M. Beall and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1982 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Author : K Warner Schaie
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123808839
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the Psychology of Aging written by K Warner Schaie and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and professionals. It also provides perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for researchers and professionals from other disciplines. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews key methodological and analytical issues in aging research. It examines some of the major historical influences that might provide explanatory mechanisms for a better understanding of cohort and period differences in psychological aging processes. Part 2 includes chapters that discuss the basics and nuances of executive function; the history of the morphometric research on normal brain aging; and the neural changes that occur in the brain with aging. Part 3 deals with the social and health aspects of aging. It covers the beliefs that individuals have about how much they can control various outcomes in their life; the impact of stress on health and aging; and the interrelationships between health disparities, social class, and aging. Part 4 discusses the emotional aspects of aging; family caregiving; and mental disorders and legal capacities in older adults. - Contains all the main areas of psychological gerontological research in one volume - Entire section on neuroscience and aging - Begins with a section on theory and methods - Edited by one of the father of gerontology (Schaie) and contributors represent top scholars in gerontology

How Men Age

Author : Richard G. Bribiescas
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691180911
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book How Men Age written by Richard G. Bribiescas and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking book that examines all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lens While the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been part of the conversation—until now. How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging, how evolutionary theory can inform our understanding of male health and well-being, and how older men may have contributed to the evolution of some of the very traits that make us human. In this informative and entertaining book, renowned biological anthropologist Richard Bribiescas looks at all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lens. He describes how the challenges males faced in their evolutionary past influenced how they age today, and shows how this unique evolutionary history helps explain common aspects of male aging such as prostate disease, loss of muscle mass, changes in testosterone levels, increases in fat, erectile dysfunction, baldness, and shorter life spans than women. Bribiescas reveals how many of the physical and behavioral changes that we negatively associate with male aging may have actually facilitated the emergence of positive traits that have helped make humans so successful as a species, including parenting, long life spans, and high fertility. Popular science at its most compelling, How Men Age provides new perspectives on the aging process in men and how we became human, and also explores future challenges for human evolution—and the important role older men might play in them.

Epigenetics of Aging

Author : Trygve O. Tollefsbol
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441906398
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Epigenetics of Aging written by Trygve O. Tollefsbol and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent studies have indicated that epigenetic processes may play a major role in both cellular and organismal aging. These epigenetic processes include not only DNA methylation and histone modifications, but also extend to many other epigenetic mediators such as the polycomb group proteins, chromosomal position effects, and noncoding RNA. The topics of this book range from fundamental changes in DNA methylation in aging to the most recent research on intervention into epigenetic modifications to modulate the aging process. The major topics of epigenetics and aging covered in this book are: 1) DNA methylation and histone modifications in aging; 2) Other epigenetic processes and aging; 3) Impact of epigenetics on aging; 4) Epigenetics of age-related diseases; 5) Epigenetic interventions and aging: and 6) Future directions in epigenetic aging research. The most studied of epigenetic processes, DNA methylation, has been associated with cellular aging and aging of organisms for many years. It is now apparent that both global and gene-specific alterations occur not only in DNA methylation during aging, but also in several histone alterations. Many epigenetic alterations can have an impact on aging processes such as stem cell aging, control of telomerase, modifications of telomeres, and epigenetic drift can impact the aging process as evident in the recent studies of aging monozygotic twins. Numerous age-related diseases are affected by epigenetic mechanisms. For example, recent studies have shown that DNA methylation is altered in Alzheimer’s disease and autoimmunity. Other prevalent diseases that have been associated with age-related epigenetic changes include cancer and diabetes. Paternal age and epigenetic changes appear to have an effect on schizophrenia and epigenetic silencing has been associated with several of the progeroid syndromes of premature aging. Moreover, the impact of dietary or drug intervention into epigenetic processes as they affect normal aging or age-related diseases is becoming increasingly feasible.

Thinking about Dementia

Author : Annette Leibing
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813538033
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Thinking about Dementia written by Annette Leibing and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural responses to most illnesses differ; dementia is no exception. These responses, together with a society's attitudes toward its elderly population, affect the frequency of dementia-related diagnoses and the nature of treatment. Bringing together essays by nineteen respected scholars, this unique volume approaches the subject from a variety of angles, exploring the historical, psychological, and philosophical implications of dementia. Based on solid ethnographic fieldwork, the essays employ a cross-cultural perspective and focus on questions of age, mind, voice, self, loss, temporality, memory, and affect. Taken together, the essays make four important and interrelated contributions to our understanding of the mental status of the elderly. First, cross-cultural data show the extent to which the aging process, while biologically influenced, is also very much culturally constructed. Second, detailed ethnographic reports raise questions about the behavioral criteria used by health care professionals and laymen for defining the elderly as demented. Third, case studies show how a diagnosis affects a patient's treatment in both clinical and familial settings.; Finally, the collection highlights the gap that separates current biological understandings of aging from its cultural meanings. As Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia continue to command an ever-increasing amount of attention in medicine and psychology, this book will be essential reading for anthropologists, social scientists, and health care professionals.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1992 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bodies and Lives in Ancient America

Author : Debra L. Martin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317446011
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Bodies and Lives in Ancient America written by Debra L. Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bodies and Lives in Ancient America offers a broad overview of what it was like to live and die throughout North America before European contact. Using a unique life history approach, the book moves from pregnancy and birth through to senescence. Drawing on biological data gathered from human remains, as well as cultural and environmental data derived from archaeological investigations, the authors provide students with a wealth of information on health and other aspects of life that leave changes on the skeletal system. Rich case studies throughout demonstrate the temporal, cultural and environmental variability across the continent prior to colonial times. The authors also examine how different groups faced a variety of challenges in their lives, including climate change and violence, and the effects this had on their health. The book concludes by considering the relevance of what ancient bones reveal for people today. Written in an engaging style, with complex paleopathology data synthesized and clearly presented, Bodies and Lives in Ancient America is an accessible introduction to the state of health across prehistoric North America.

Faces of Aging

Author : Yoshiko Matsumoto
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804777659
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Faces of Aging written by Yoshiko Matsumoto and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The indisputable fact of Japan's rapidly aging population has been known for some time. But beyond statistics and implications for the future, we do not know much about the actual aging process. Senior citizens and their varied experiences have, for the most part, been obscured by stereotypes. This fascinating new collection of research on the elderly works to put a human face on aging by considering multiple dimensions of the aging experience in Japan. Faces of Aging foregrounds a spectrum of elder-centered issues—social activity, caregiving, generational bias, suicide, sexuality, and communication with medical professionals, to name a few—from the perspective of those who are living them. The volume's diverse contributors represent the fields of sociology, anthropology, medicine, nursing, gerontology, psychology, film studies, gender studies, communication, and linguistics, offering a diverse selection of qualitative studies of aging to researchers across the social sciences.

Gerontologic Nursing - E-Book

Author : Sue E. Meiner
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323293794
Total Pages : 707 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Gerontologic Nursing - E-Book written by Sue E. Meiner and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerontologic Nursing, 5th Edition offers comprehensive disorder and wellness coverage to equip you with the essential information you need to provide the best nursing care to older adults. A body-system organization makes information easy to find, and includes discussions on health promotion, psychologic and sociocultural issues, and the common medical-surgical problems associated with aging adults. Written by expert educator and clinician Sue Meiner, EdD, APRN, BC, GNP, this book also emphasizes topics such as nutrition, chronic illness, emergency treatment, patient teaching, home care, and end-of-life care. - Case Studies specialty boxes provide realistic situations to expand your knowledge and understanding. - UNIQUE! Nursing care plans supply guidance on selecting appropriate nursing activities and interventions for specific conditions. - Evidence-Based Practice specialty boxes pull the critical evidence-based information contained in the text into boxes for easy access and identification. - UNIQUE! Client/Family Teaching specialty boxes emphasize key aspects of practice and teaching for self-care. - UNIQUE! Home Care specialty boxes highlight tips to promote practical, effective home care for the older adult. - UNIQUE! Emergency Treatment specialty boxes highlight critical treatment needed in emergency situations. - UNIQUE! Nutritional Considerations specialty boxes demonstrate special nutritional needs and concerns facing the aging population. - NEW! Completely revised Pharmacologic Management chapter covering substance abuse. - NEW! Completely revised Cognitive and Neurologic Function chapter covering mental health. - NEW! Up-to-date content equips you with the most current information as the basis of the best possible care for problems affecting the older adult population. - Streamlined focus presents the essential "need to know" information for the most common conditions in older adults in a format that you can easily and quickly grasp. - UNIQUE! Disorder index on the inside cover supplies a handy reference to guide students to the information they need quickly and easily. - Complex aspects of aging offers detailed and comprehensive coverage of pain, infection, cancer, chronic illness, loss, death, and dying, and substance abuse. - Thorough assessment coverage recaps normal, deviations from normal, and abnormal findings of vitals for the older adult for students and practitioners.

Current Directions in Adulthood and Aging

Author : Susan Turk Charles
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Current Directions in Adulthood and Aging written by Susan Turk Charles and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2009 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and exciting reader includes over 26 articles that have been carefully selected for the undergraduate audience, and taken from the very accessible Current Directions in Psychological Science journal. These timely, cutting-edge articles allow instructors to bring their students real-world perspective--from a reliable source--about today's most current and pressing issues in adulthood and aging.

The Gerontological Imagination

Author : Kenneth F. Ferraro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190665343
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Gerontological Imagination written by Kenneth F. Ferraro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of the gerontological imagination -- Causality -- Life course analysis -- Multifaceted change -- Heterogeneity -- Accumulation process -- Ageism -- The gerontological imagination at work in scientific communities

Research in the Service of Man: Biomedical Knowledge, Development, and Use

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research in the Service of Man: Biomedical Knowledge, Development, and Use written by United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy

Author : Sarah Harper
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857933914
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy written by Sarah Harper and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the collective knowledge of expert contributors in the field, The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe. With an expansive look at the topic, this com

Fulfilling Ageing

Author : Marisa Cordella
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030600718
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Fulfilling Ageing written by Marisa Cordella and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the reality of ageing and old age from the perspectives of the individual and society. It emphasizes cross-cultural aspects of ageing and communication issues both within and across generations. The authors approach the understanding of ageing from a multi-disciplinary perspective, integrating biology, psychology, linguistics, sociology, and history. The book is organized as follows: historical and broader cross-cultural issues of ageing, followed by biomedical, psychological, social, and communicative aspects of ageing. The book concludes with an in-depth analysis of the existential dimension of ageing followed by an evolutionary perspective.

The Encyclopedia of Aging

Author : Linda S. Noelker, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826148441
Total Pages : 1444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Aging written by Linda S. Noelker, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 1444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE ON GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS Since its inception in 1987, The Encyclopedia of Aging has proven to be the definitive resource for scholars and students across the burgeoning and increasingly interdisciplinary fields of gerontology and geriatrics. Like its three esteemed predecessors, the fourth edition contains concise, readable explorations of hundreds of terms, concepts, and issues related to the lives of older adults, as well as timely coverage of the many new programs and services for the elderly. Updated, under the distinguished stewardship of editor-in-chief Richard Schulz to reflect the infusion of new information across the scientific disciplines, this new edition brings readers up-to-the-moment significant advances in biology, physiology, genetics, medicine, psychology, nursing, social services, sociology, economics, technology, and political science. While retaining the format and standard of excellence that marked the first three editions, the fourth edition encompasses a wealth of new information from the social and health sciences. It contains the most current bibliography of an expanding literature, an exhaustive index, and extensive cross references. This much anticipated update of the field's most authoritative resource will take its place as an indispensable reference for specialists and non-specialists across a broad range of disciplines that now comprise the field of aging. SPRINGER--SERVING THE HEALTHCARE AND HELPING PROFESSIONS FOR MORE THAN 55 YEARS