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Author : Elie Metchnikoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Prolongation of Life written by Elie Metchnikoff and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ilya Ilyich Metchnikoff
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826118771
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The Prolongation of Life written by Ilya Ilyich Metchnikoff and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004-01-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Three chief evils that hang over us are disease, old age, and death. To study and control senescence, Metchnikoff proposed the establishment of a new scientific discipline he named 'gerontology.' In this classic text on the prolongation of life, Metchnikoff suggests that science should be encouraged and helped in every possible way in its task of removing the diseases and habits that now prevent human life from running its normal course, and his belief is that, were the task accomplished, the great cause of pessimism would disappear. Metchnikoff was able to proclaim himself an optimist, and found, in biological science, for the present generation a hope, or at the least an end towards which to work, and for future generations a possible achievement of that hope." ó From the Introduction by Gerald Gruman, MD, PhD
Author : Elie Metchnikoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Prolongation of life written by Elie Metchnikoff and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerald Joseph Gruman
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780826118752
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)
Download or read book A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life written by Gerald Joseph Gruman and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-02-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Gruman's book examines the quest for longevity and immortality up to the year 1800. He presents multicultural perspectives and attitudes as depicted in Islamic and Chinese societies as well as in Western Civilization. This scholarly work contributes to our understanding of the origins of medicine, personal hygiene and public health as well as the underlying psychological and social determinants of longevity and humanity's longing for its attainment.
Author : Charles Watkyns de Lacy Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book How to Prolong Life written by Charles Watkyns de Lacy Evans and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David B Agus
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471131971
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)
Download or read book A Short Guide to a Long Life written by David B Agus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's leading doctors and the author of the No 1 New York Times bestselling book, The End of Illness, Dr David B. Agus presents the simple rules everyone should follow in order to live a long, healthy and productive life. The Short Guide to a Long Life is divided into four sections (What to Do, What to Avoid, What to Master, and Doctor's Orders) that provide the definitive answers to many common and not-so-common questions: Who should take a baby aspirin daily? Are flu shots safe? Are vitamins bad for you? What is truly 'fresh' produce? Why is it important to protect your senses? Dr Agus's eye-opening responses will help you develop new, effective patterns of personal health care so you can maintain your health using the latest and most reliable science.
Author : Gerald J. Gruman, MD, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826118747
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)
Download or read book A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life written by Gerald J. Gruman, MD, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-02-26 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Grumanís book examines the quest for longevity and immortality up to the year 1800. He presents multicultural perspectives and attitudes as depicted in Islamic and Chinese societies as well as in Western Civilization. This scholarly work contributes to our understanding of the origins of medicine, personal hygiene and public health as well as the underlying psychological and social determinants of longevity and humanityís longing for its attainment.
Author : Elie Metchnikoff
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies written by Elie Metchnikoff and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by Elie Metchnikoff, a prominent Russian scholar famous for his numerous achievements in biology and medicine, has achieved wide critical acclaim, both positive and negative, in its time. In this book, Metchnikoff concludes that a person's health largely depends on the health of their intestine. Furthermore, he studies the diets of many ancient people and finds out that each cuisine contains milk products like yogurt. Hence, he concludes that the consumption of such products is very important for human health.
Author : Samuel Harrington
Publisher : Grand Central Life & Style
ISBN 13 : 1478917431
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (789 download)
Download or read book At Peace written by Samuel Harrington and published by Grand Central Life & Style. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative, informative, and reassuring guide on end-of-life care for our aging population. Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility or overconfidence in our health-care system, results in the majority of elderly patients misguidedly dying in institutions. Many undergo painful procedures instead of having the better and more peaceful death they deserve. At Peace outlines specific active and passive steps that older patients and their health-care proxies can take to ensure loved ones live their last days comfortably at home and/or in hospice when further aggressive care is inappropriate. Through Dr. Samuel Harrington's own experience with the aging and deaths of his parents and of working with patients, he describes the terminal patterns of the six most common chronic diseases; how to recognize a terminal diagnosis even when the doctor is not clear about it; how to have the hard conversation about end-of-life wishes; how to minimize painful treatments; when to seek hospice care; and how to deal with dementia and other special issues. Informed by more than thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Harrington came to understand that the American health-care system wasn't designed to treat the aging population with care and compassion. His work as a hospice trustee and later as a hospital trustee drove his passion for helping patients make appropriate end-of-life decisions.
Author : Deborah G. Johnson
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262303388
Total Pages : 877 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Technology and Society written by Deborah G. Johnson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 877 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of writings by thinkers ranging from Freeman Dyson to Bruno Latour that focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values and how these may affect the future. Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. It offers writings by authorities as varied as Freeman Dyson, Laurence Lessig, Bruno Latour, and Judy Wajcman that will introduce readers to recent thinking about technology and provide them with conceptual tools, a theoretical framework, and knowledge to help understand how technology shapes society and how society shapes technology. It offers readers a new perspective on such current issues as globalization, the balance between security and privacy, environmental justice, and poverty in the developing world. The careful ordering of the selections and the editors' introductions give Technology and Society a coherence and flow that is unusual in anthologies. The book is suitable for use in undergraduate courses in STS and other disciplines. The selections begin with predictions of the future that range from forecasts of technological utopia to cautionary tales. These are followed by writings that explore the complexity of sociotechnical systems, presenting a picture of how technology and society work in step, shaping and being shaped by one another. Finally, the book goes back to considerations of the future, discussing twenty-first-century challenges that include nanotechnology, the role of citizens in technological decisions, and the technologies of human enhancement.
Author : Steven Johnson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525538879
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Extra Life written by Steven Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives.” —President Barack Obama (on Twitter) “An important book.” —Steven Pinker, The New York Times Book Review The surprising and important story of how humans gained what amounts to an extra life, from the bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From In 1920, at the end of the last major pandemic, global life expectancy was just over forty years. Today, in many parts of the world, human beings can expect to live more than eighty years. As a species we have doubled our life expectancy in just one century. There are few measures of human progress more astonishing than this increased longevity. Extra Life is Steven Johnson’s attempt to understand where that progress came from, telling the epic story of one of humanity’s greatest achievements. How many of those extra years came from vaccines, or the decrease in famines, or seatbelts? What are the forces that now keep us alive longer? Behind each breakthrough lies an inspiring story of cooperative innovation, of brilliant thinkers bolstered by strong systems of public support and collaborative networks, and of dedicated activists fighting for meaningful reform. But for all its focus on positive change, this book is also a reminder that meaningful gaps in life expectancy still exist, and that new threats loom on the horizon, as the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear. How do we avoid decreases in life expectancy as our public health systems face unprecedented challenges? What current technologies or interventions that could reduce the impact of future crises are we somehow ignoring? A study in how meaningful change happens in society, Extra Life celebrates the enduring power of common goals and public resources, and the heroes of public health and medicine too often ignored in popular accounts of our history. This is the sweeping story of a revolution with immense public and personal consequences: the doubling of the human life span.
Author : Diana Crane
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 0871544539
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (715 download)
Download or read book Social Aspects of the Prolongation of Life written by Diana Crane and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1969 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume of the Russell Sage Foundation's Social Science Frontiers, occasional publications reviewing new fields for social science development. This paper explores the links between the social and biomedical sciences concerning the prolongation and termination of life, with the aim to stimulate scholars, foundations, and government agencies to further study death and dying in American society.
Author : David B. Agus
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451610173
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book The End of Illness written by David B. Agus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the world's foremost physicians and researchers comes a monumental work that radically redefines conventional conceptions of health and illness to offer new methods for living a long, healthy life.
Author : Haider Warraich
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250104580
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Modern Death written by Haider Warraich and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary exploration of death and dying by a young Duke Fellow who investigates the hows, whys, wheres, and whens of modern death and their cultural significance.
Author : Jeffrey Paul Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981981802
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (818 download)
Download or read book A Death Prolonged written by Jeffrey Paul Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel attacks myths about end-of-life care that lead to unnecessary suffering and financial waste. By addressing this issue through fiction, Dr. Gordon takes his readers into a hospital to witness the perils of delaying the discussions about end-of-life care.
Author : Chip Walter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1426219806
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Immortality, Inc written by Chip Walter and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Veteran journalist Chip Walter takes us deep inside Silicon Valley's boardrooms and the world's most advanced biomedical labs to reveal the incredible new science of extending human lifespan. Here are the bold business moves funded by Google and made by Apple chairman and Calico CEO Arthur Levinson; the pioneering stem cell techniques developed by scientist Robert Hariri; the transformative enterprises established by genomics genius Craig Venter; and the mind-bending future envisioned by thought leader Ray Kurzweil--all pointing toward a time not too long from now when we will live without disease or diminished faculties far beyond the age of 100. It's an audacious cast of characters, and through their stories you will come to understand how groundbreaking discoveries in gene therapy, molecular biology, and artificial intelligence are cracking the aging process--and could even lead to immortality. As Walter reveals, the quest to cheat death isn't science fiction anymore. It's real, it's serious, and it will change absolutely everything--including our definition of what it means to be alive."--Dust jacket.
Author : Francis Bacon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Historie of Life and Death written by Francis Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1638 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
