Arcadia Public Library

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot....

Larson and DeClaire offer practical advice for growing old with resilience and foresight. They examine the scientific evidence behind new perspectives on aging, and offer ideas for building better communities for our aging population.

" A revolutionary examination of why we age, what it means for our health, and how we just might be able to fight it. In Cracking the Aging Code, theoretical biologist Josh Mitteldorf and award-winning writer and ecological philosopher Dorion Sagan reveal that evolution and aging are even more complex and breathtaking than we originally thought. Using meticulous multidisciplinary science, as well as reviewing the history of our understanding about...

"Envejecer es una parte natural del ciclo de la vida. Sin embargo, todos queremos vernos y sentirnos más jóvenes, y tener la energía y vitalidad de años pasados. La clave está en dos cosas: prevenir y tratar adecuadamente. Para el Doctor Daniel Campos envejecer es un sinónimo de victoria, una victoria que requiere estar preparados para poder vivir más y vivir mejor. Con la preparación y la información adecuada, podemos disfrutar de nuestros...