Longevity Rules: How to Age Well Into the Future

Robert N. Butler; M.D.; William H. Thomas; Ellen J. Langer; Theodore Roszak

ISBN 10: 0615330452 / ISBN 13: 9780615330457

Verlag: Eskaton, 2010

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0615330452I2N00

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What is the "Longevity Dividend" and who will get it? If anti-aging medicine works, why do anti-aging doctors die? Is Google making us smart or stupid? These questions and more are answered by the nation's leading longevity experts in the new book Longevity Rules: How to Age Well Into the Future. The authors use the forum to help policymakers and the public better understand the aging experience. Compelling facts and figures support the provocative commentaries. In the past century, which demographers describe as the "Age of Longevity," human beings have extended life expectancy by nearly 30 years -- a bigger increase than during the past 50 centuries. Now the prevailing concern among experts is this: How will we respond to the extraordinary challenges that accompany our new longevity? The U.S. Census will confirm, as Boomers reach age 65 starting in 2011 and more people than ever before will be considered "old," America must face the challenges of a new (or old) demographic reality. T

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Titel: Longevity Rules: How to Age Well Into the ...
Verlag: Eskaton
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New
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