Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a disease which is increasing worldwide. Treatment can modify its course but cannot cure it yet. AD is an enormous challenge not only for the afflicted person. This book contains articles by internationally recognized authors from different profession…
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Human immunosenescence contributes to morbidity and mortality in later life. This title collects papers that address the mechanisms responsible for immune ageing in humans and considers what might be accomplished to redress the erosion of immune competence with age.
"People are living longer--in particular, the over-85 population is increasing in many countries around the globe. But while this fact should be considered a proud testament to improved standards of living, it is often lost in contentious debates over the state of health care an…
Aging in China Implications to Social Policy of a Changing Economic State Sheying Chen and Jason L. Powell, editors China's elder population is on the rise--at a faster rate than anywhere else on the globe, and with fewer young people to support them. These statistics are of no …
The two phenomena are occurring side by side: a rapidly growing elder population and a burgeoning tech sector. Where a few years ago these worlds would not have met, a new generation of older adults has grown comfortable with technology and open to its possibilities for improvin…
Entropy is a measure of order and disorder. If left alone, aging systems go spontaneously from youthful, low entropy and order to old, high entropy and disorder. This book presents the commonality of entropy principles which govern the birth, maturation, and senescent history of…
