Aging category: 2173 books
Helping Aging Parents Make Difficult Decisions
Staying Home, #4
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Ruthanne Koyama has great advice for those of us who are treading lightly around the subject of aging.
It’s time to break the cycle of silence that creates stressful situations between aging parents and family members. There are facts available in this book to help and guide both children...
by Rachita Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2013
The loss of vitality is one of the first signs of feeling older that people notice. By the time we reach our mid to late thirties, most adults report a decline in youthful vitality—reporting it even before they notice their first wrinkle. Loss of physical energy, reduced mental acuity, and the lack...
Aging with Grace
What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
In 1986 Dr. David Snowdon, one of the world’s leading experts on Alzheimer’s disease, embarked on a revolutionary scientific study that would forever change the way we view aging—and ultimately living. Dubbed the “Nun Study” because it involves a unique population of 678 Catholic sisters,...
Never Feel Old Again
Aging Is a Mistake--Learn How to Avoid It
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Ray Francis' first book, Never Be Sick Again, helped thousands of people put their "incurable" diseases into remission and enabled thousands more to shed excess weight, improve their cholesterol profiles, and achieve peak immunity from disease. Now Francis brings his revolutionary approach to anyone...
Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully
Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Naomi Judd has been called "The Face of the Boomer Generation." At 78 million strong, boomers have become America's largest demographic. In Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully, she debunks society's harmful myths about aging and finds more meaningful ways we can define ourselves so we can enjoy (rather...
by Dr. A. Timothy Starr
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Aging Challenges states thirty main issues people face and how to handle them.
“Wow! What a fantastic resource for maximizing life in later years. Follow these guidelines and not only will you live longer, but you will live better. Guaranteed!” —Charles Arn, Author, Researcher...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
This volume intends to re-establish social gerontology as a discipline that has pragmatic links to policy and practice. Collectively, the chapters enrich public debates about the moral, cultural and economic questions surrounding aging, thereby ameliorating the “problems” associated with aging...
Health and Cognition in Old Age
From Biomedical and Life Course Factors to Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
In recent years, the aim of research on aging has shifted from prolonging life to fostering healthy and cognitively robust old age. In order to improve the quality of life of older people, we need to better understand cognitive aging as well as bodily aging.
Health and Cognition...
The Gift of Caring
Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
The desire to help our elders navigate health issues is clear and universal—how to assure proper care and a good ending is not. Combining adroit storytelling skills with expert advice, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare brings the reader into all-too-familiar...
Yoga for Healthy Aging
A Guide to Lifelong Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
The definitive resource on how to use yoga to foster your physical, mental, and emotional health for a lifetime.
Everyone would like to age with as much strength and grace as possible and now numerous studies confirm what many yoga practitioners have known for a long time: yoga practice has...
The Long Tomorrow
How Advances in Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone Aging
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2005
The conquest of aging is now within our grasp. It hasn't arrived yet, writes Michael R. Rose, but a scientific juggernaut has started rolling and is picking up speed. A long tomorrow is coming. In The Long Tomorrow, Rose offers us a delightfully written account of the modern science of aging, spiced...
by Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Forever young isn't just about adding years to your life or for seniors only. It's about helping you function at peak capacity throughout life, feeling great, and being able to do all the things that make life worth living. It's about being biologically or functionally young, regardless of your chronological...
UltraLongevity
The Seven-Step Program for a Younger, Healthier You
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Medical director of the world-famous Canyon Ranch Health Resorts, Dr. Mark Liponis presents his extraordinary new idea: that aging and aging-related diseases---including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes---are autoimmune problems, and that a well-managed immune system is the key to healthy aging.
Cutting-edge...
by Stuart Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2012
The Handbook of Immortality is a practical guide to successful aging. In the handbook, the different theories of what causes aging and aging-related diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease (heart attack), stroke and diabetes are explained. Scientists have been working...