Published February, 2010
By Norman S. Wolf
Publisher: Springer
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from 16 to 23 days under standard laboratory conditions (20 C, NGM agar, E. coli, increases lifespan by 2-4 days, and growth of adult animals in the absence of bacteria (axenic growth or bac- rial deprivation) increases median life span to 32-38 days [3, 23, 24].

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Published February, 2010
By Richard N. Baumgartner
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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Published January, 2010
By Riccardo A. Audisio, Malcolm Reed and Malcolm W. Reed
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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"Physicians," said Voltaire, "pour drugs they know little for diseases they know even less into patients they know no- ing about." Medicine has made tremendous progress since the eighteenth century. Fortunately, geriatric oncologists have been stepping up to the task and have gen- ated data to help us to treat such patients.

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Published January, 2010
By Michael W. Rich, George A. Mensah, Michael Rich and George Mensah
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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With cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, the topic of preventive cardiology deserves intense examination. This title explores important topics, such as the burden of cardiovascular disease, updates on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, geared towards the elderly patient.

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Published December, 2009
By Edgar V. Lerma
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Examines critical aspects of renal disease from anatomic and physiologic changes in the aging kidney, to ethical issues in elderly with patients with renal disease. This title covers such topics as: drug dosing and the elderly kidney, diabetic nephropathy, renal replacement therapy, glomerular diseases in the elderly, and urinary incontinence.

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Published December, 2009
By Steven M. Albert, Vicki A. Freedman and Steven Albert
Publisher: Springer (Springer Publishing Co Inc)
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How do public health policy, programs and ethics respond to the aging population? This title introduces key topics central to this discussion. It includes chapters that focus on financing preventive care, on long-term care, chronic disease in older adults, and ethical issues.

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Published December, 2009
By Julian Hughes, Mari Lloyd-Williams and Greg Sachs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Supportive Care Series
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Supportive Care for the person with dementia provides a broad and full perspective, drawing upon the experience and expertise of a wide range of internationally-based professionals to outline a model of supportive care that will provide good quality and holistic care for people with dementia.

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Published December, 2009
By Howard I. Maibach, Miranda A. Farage and Kenneth W. Miller
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Rating: 1.00
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This comprehensive reference on aging skin covers current knowledge plus recent advances in the scientific, medical and technical understanding of the aging phenomenon. Topics range from basic sciences and biometrics to consumer and marketing information.

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Published November, 2009
By S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Jaime M. Monti, Andrew A. Monjan and S.R. Pandi-Perumal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Sleep disorders cause considerable morbidity and distress in the aging population. By highlighting the clinical diagnosis and management of sleep disorders, this volume provides a valuable resource for sleep disorders specialists, psychiatrists and any professionals and researchers working in the interdisciplinary areas of sleep and aging.

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Published November, 2009
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Sandra Gordon-Salant, Robert D. Frisina and Arthur Popper
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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This volume brings together noted scientists who study presbycusis from the perspective of complementary disciplines, for a review of the current state of knowledge on the aging auditory system.

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