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Geriatric Bioscience: The Link between Aging and Disease
David Hamerman
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Description for Geriatric Bioscience: The Link between Aging and Disease
Hardback. Examining the science of geriatrics and converting its concepts into clinical applications, this groundbreaking work provides clinicians and researchers with a solid foundation for a greater understanding of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of age-related diseases as well as recommendations for promoting healthy aging. Num Pages: 316 pages, 26, 8 colour illustrations, 4 black & white halftones, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
It is increasingly important for physicians who treat older persons, and for researchers on aging, to understand how molecular biology informs clinical expressions of aging and age-related conditions such as osteoporosis, diabetes, osteoarthritis, frailty, cancer, and dementia. Dr. David Hamerman translates basic scientific concepts into precepts of clinical practice and sheds light on the links among biology, natural aging, longevity, and disease. Exploring the connections between disease and the science behind it, Geriatric Bioscience addresses how mechanisms of inflammation, cytokine expression, and stress responses influence disease and how preventive gerontology in the practice of medicine could compress morbidity. Hamerman also discusses cutting-edge therapies such as cyclo-oxygenases, bisphosphonates, statins, cytokine inhibitors, and hormone therapies. Examining the science of geriatrics and converting its concepts into clinical applications, this groundbreaking work provides clinicians and researchers with a solid foundation for a greater understanding of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of age-related diseases as well as recommendations for promoting healthy aging.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801886928
SKU
V9780801886928
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99-20
About David Hamerman
David Hamerman, M.D., is Distinguished University Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, founder of the Division of Geriatrics at Montefiore Medical Center, and editor of Osteoarthritis: Public Health Implications for an Aging Population, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Geriatric Bioscience: The Link between Aging and Disease
Hamerman leads the advanced and careful reader to a better understanding of the relationships between the biology of aging and the emergence of aging-related diseases. Choice 2008 A unique presentation based on the author's many decades of research and experience in the science of aging. It is extremely well documented with more than a thousand references and a helpful reference... an important source of information from an expert.
Dr. Steven Schwartz Riverdale Press 2008 The nexus between obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease is tantalizing. It takes the hand of a master to synthesize so much material and give a unified overarching view of the relationship between aging and disease. This skillful hand is seen in the smooth flow of the book and a most pleasurable style of writing.
David O. Staats Doody's Review Service 2008 A must-read for clinicians providing primary care in geriatrics
Laura J. Niedernhofer Journal of Clinical Investigation 2008 An inspiring, concise, comprehensive, and stimulating primer of the field for aspiring gerontologists, geriatricians, and other physicians who will care for elderly persons.
William B. Hazzard, MD JAMA 2008 The depth of knowledge presented is astounding... It is a must read for young and in-training geriatricians.
Dr. Denise Zwahlen-Minton Pharos 2009 I found much of interest in the collection.
John E. Morley Ageing and Society 2008
Dr. Steven Schwartz Riverdale Press 2008 The nexus between obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease is tantalizing. It takes the hand of a master to synthesize so much material and give a unified overarching view of the relationship between aging and disease. This skillful hand is seen in the smooth flow of the book and a most pleasurable style of writing.
David O. Staats Doody's Review Service 2008 A must-read for clinicians providing primary care in geriatrics
Laura J. Niedernhofer Journal of Clinical Investigation 2008 An inspiring, concise, comprehensive, and stimulating primer of the field for aspiring gerontologists, geriatricians, and other physicians who will care for elderly persons.
William B. Hazzard, MD JAMA 2008 The depth of knowledge presented is astounding... It is a must read for young and in-training geriatricians.
Dr. Denise Zwahlen-Minton Pharos 2009 I found much of interest in the collection.
John E. Morley Ageing and Society 2008