The future of human healthspan : demography, evolution, medicine, and bioengineering : task group summaries / / The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (139 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Aging - Prevention; Age distribution (Demography); Bioengineering; Biomedical engineering
• Soggetto geografico: United States Population Health aspects Congresses
• Note generali: "Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 14-16, 2007."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Title -- The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative -- Preface -- Contents -- Conference Summary -- Task Group Summaries -- Enhancing the Functional Status of the Future Elderly -- Design New Research Paradigms to Assess Healthspan, Its Enhancement, and Prolongation in Experimental Research Animals -- Effects of Exercise on Human Healthspan -- The Relationship Between Demographic Mortality Rates, Aging, and Functional Human Healthspan -- Changes in Social Contexts to Enhance Functional Status of the Elderly -- Develop Technological Interventions to Overcome Barriers to Independence and Community Participation -- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Aging: The Roles of Nature, Nurture, and Chance in the Maintenance of Human Healthspan -- Inflammation's Effects on Aging -- Appendixes -- Preconference Webcast Tutorials -- Agenda -- Participants.
• Titolo autorizzato: The future of human healthspan
• ISBN: 0-309-17822-3; 1-281-72679-6; 9786611726799; 0-309-11560-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825106703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II