The Paradoxes of Longevity

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-3-642-64258-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 137 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 242 g

Reihe: Research and Perspectives in Longevity

An ever greater number of our contemporaries will reach a very much greater age than their ancestors. Longevity is one of the most fertile fields for paradoxes: it is clear that the same causes do not produce the same effects at the age of ten and at the age of one hundred! On the subject of longevity, the "recipe book" is far from having been written. Nevertheless, the Fondation IPSEN has chosen a few of these paradoxes to discuss and try and explain them.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robine, Jean-Marie

Allard, Michel

Forette, Bernard

Franceschi, Claudio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Longevity Without Aging: Possible Examples.- Genes that Modulate Longevity and Senescence.- How Mediterranean Fruit Flies Resist Aging, Live Long and Remain Fertile.- Do the Oldest Old Grow Old More Slowly?.- Resistance to Causes of Death: A Study of Cancer Mortality Resistance in the Oldest Old.- Are Common Risk Factors Relevant in the Eldest Old?.- The ?French Paradox? Nutrition and Longevity.- Calorie Restriction: A Potent Mechanistic Solution to the Oxygen Paradox.- Linguistic Ability in Early Life and Longevity: Findings from the Nun Study.- Personality and Longevity: Paradoxes.- Dying Healthy or Living Longer: A Society’s Choice.