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Aging interventions and therapies [electronic resource]
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This comprehensive volume surveys the molecular, cellular, hormonal, nutritional, medical and lifestyle strategies being tested and applied for the prevention, intervention and treatment of age-related diseases. With authoritative contributions not just from researchers in academic institutions and pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical industries, but also practicing clinicians of both mainstream and alternative medicine, demographers and bioethicists, this book provides unique scientific, ethical and social perspectives on the discussion of aging intervention. In addition, the latest technologies
| Title |
Aging interventions and therapies [electronic resource] / Suresh I.S. Rattan [editor]. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Singapore Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific |
| Creation Date |
c2005 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
Contents Introduction 1. The Ethics of Aging Intervention and Life-Extension Steven Horrobin INTRODUCTION THE PROBLEM OF VALUE: LIFE-EXTENSION AND DEATH POSTPONING O Death, Where is Thy Sting? The Value of Living: Life-Extension and the Relative Badness of Death ARGUMENTS AGAINST BIOGERONTOLOGICAL INTERVENTION Natural Aging and Human Intervention Overpopulation and Sociobiological Reproductive Pressures Mythic Immortality vs. Life-Extension: Problems of Finitude, Striving, Boredom and Personal Identity The Problem of Incumbency and the Social Value of Life-Extension Problems of Unity: Distributive Justice, Parallel Populations, Parallel SpeciesCONCLUSION REFERENCES 2. Prevention and Treatment of Skin Aging Jerry L. McCullough and Kristen M. Kelly PREVENTION OF SKIN AGING Sunscreen Hormone Therapy TREATMENT OF SKIN AGING Topical Pharmaceuticals Topical retinoids Alpha and beta hydroxy acids Kinetin Antioxidants Copper peptides Surgical Interventions Microdermabrasion Chemical peels Botulinum toxin Dermal fillers Lasers/Light sources Pigment/Telangiectasia removal Ablative laser skin rejuvenation Non-ablative photorejuvenationDermabrasion Radiofrequency devices Cosmetic surgery CONCLUSION 3. Industrial Approaches Towards Developing Effective Skin Care Products Thomas Blatt, Horst Wenck and Franz Stab PROMINENT AGING THEORIES PHYSIOLOGICAL TARGETS IN ANTI-AGE PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT ACTIVE COSMETIC INGREDIENTS AND THEIR POTENTIAL Moisturizers UV-FILTERS ANTIOXIDANTS Exfoliation Vitamin A and its Derivatives Coenzyme Q10 and Creatine Anti-inflammatory Actives FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 4. Strategies to Reduce Age-Related Skeletal Muscle Wasting Gordon S. Lynch, Thea Shavlakadze and Miranda D. GroundsINTRODUCTION UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE EXERCISE AND AGING Use it or Lose it? Exercise Alone Will Not Prevent Sarcopenia Innervation and Neurotrophic Factors Systemic Changes in Circulating Hormones and Other Factors Growth Hormone/IGF-I Treating Sarcopenia is not Simply "Hormone Replacement Therapy" 2-Adrenoceptor Agonists Risks and Benefits of Muscle Anabolic Therapies for Sarcopenia Myostatin Vitamin D Inflammatory Cytokines Metabolism, Energy Balance and NutritionCONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 5. Antioxidants and Aging in Human Beings Eric Le Bourg FREE RADICAL THEORY OF AGING AND THE USE OF ANTIOXIDANTS EFFECTS OF ANTIOXIDANTS ON AGING AND MORTALITY Circulating Antioxidants and Resistance to Free Radicals in Very Old People Antioxidants and Mortality Diet and Mortality Antioxidants and Aging Diet and Aging CONCLUSIONS 6. Hormone Therapy for Aging Mahendra K. Thakur GROWTH HORMONE INSULIN MELATONIN DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE (DHEA) ANDROGENS ESTROGENS HARMFUL EFFECTS OF HORMONAL THERAPY |
| Extent |
1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010710811605171 |
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