For most of the past century, it was widely thought that delaying the human aging process was scientifically impossible. More recently, it has become increasingly clear that delaying aging is not only possible but a near-term reality. This book describes how theories of biological aging have evolved to support anti-aging medicine and summarizes the steadily increasing experimental evidence confirming that slowing the aging process is medically feasible. These developments are leading to fundamental changes in the way we think of age-related diseases like cancer and heart disease.

Here is an everyday guide to exercise and physical activity for the aging. It is published by the National Institute on Aging. Discover what kind of exercises and physical activities improve health and physical ability. Improve your endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility.

Why do we age? How do we age? These questions have baffled scientists for centuries and remain unresolved. The answer to the ‘how’ question is critical to our ability to successfully prevent and treat age-related diseases like cancer and heart disease that now cause the majority of all deaths in the developed world.Because of major difficulties in experimentally determining causes of aging, the answer to the ‘why’ question is critical to guiding research efforts directed toward identifying and altering processes involved in age-related diseases.