Recently added articles from Pamphlet by: National Institute on Aging:
Alzheimer's Disease Centers program directory.(Directory)
Nov 01, 2007 ... The National Institute on Aging funds Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADCs) at major medical institutions across the Nation. Researchers at these Centers are working to translate research advances into improved diagnosis and care for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients while, at the same time, ...
Alzheimer's disease medications.(Drug overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Fact Sheet Five prescription drugs currently are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Treating the symptoms of AD can provide patients with comfort, dignity, and independence for a longer ...
A good night's sleep.(AgePage)(Medical condition overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Since he retired, Edward dreads going to bed at night. He's afraid that when he turns off his light he will just lie there with his eyes open and his mind racing. "How can I break this cycle?" he asks. "I'm so tired--I need to get some sleep." Just like Edward, you want a good ...
Acute hospitalization & Alzheimer's disease: a special kind of care.(Disease/Disorder overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Aging [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A new environment filled with strange sights, odors and sounds, a change in the daily routine, medications and tests, and the disease process itself can all be factors ...
Aging and your eyes.(AgePage)(Medical condition overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Are you holding the newspaper farther away from your eyes than, you used to? join the crowd--age can bring changes that affect your eyesight. Some changes are more serious than others, but no matter what the problem, there are things you can do to protect your vision. The key is to have ...
Introduction.(Aging Hearts & Arteries: A Scientific Quest)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Nov 01, 2007; Hodes, Richard J. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Age is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Heart disease and stroke incidence rises steeply after age 65, accounting for more than 40 percent of all deaths among people age 65 to 74 and almost 60 percent at age 85 and above. People age 65 and ...
A host of interconnections: the heart is purest theater ... throbbing in its cage palpably as any nightingale.(Aging Hearts & Arteries: A Scientific Quest)
Nov 01, 2007; Selzer, Richard ... It is scarcely as big as the palm of your hand yet it sustains life, pumping up to 5 quarts or more of blood per minute to the body's organs, tissues, and cells. In a typical day, it beats 100,000 times. And in a lifetime, it beats more than 2.5 billion times. Even as you rest, your heart ...
The aging heart: the heart is a tough organ: a marvelous mechanism that, mostly without repairs, will give valiant pumping service up to a hundred years.(Aging Hearts & Arteries: A Scientific Quest)
Nov 01, 2007; Potts, Willis John ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For 92-year-old John Bicknell, this is the best of times. A long-retired English professor, he remains mentally and physically active. In addition to singing in community choirs and performing in local musical theater productions, he continues to mow his ...
Cellular clues: the sustained dependability of a tireless heart relies ...on the performance of the trillions of chemical reactions occurring in its aggregate of cells every instant of its function.(Aging Hearts & Arteries: A Scientific Quest)
Nov 01, 2007; Nuland, Sherwin ... Under a microscope, the true grandeur of the heart reveals itself. Magnified, a rod-shaped heart muscle cell taps out a constant beat. A closer look within the cell reveals a series of thin contractile fibers called myofilaments that are the machinery driving these contractions. In the ...
Blood vessels and aging: the rest of the journey: a man is as old as his arteries.(Aging Hearts & Arteries: A Scientific Quest)
Nov 01, 2007; Sydenham, Thomas ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stretched end-to-end, the arteries, veins, and other vessels of the human circulatory system would measure about 60,000 miles. On any given day, the heart pumps about 1,800 gallons of blood through this vast network. In an average lifetime, the heart pumps ...
What lies ahead: he is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.(Aging Hearts & Arteries: A Scientific Quest)(Glossary)
Nov 01, 2007; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1903, Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven, MD, PhD invented the electrocardiograph, a machine that measures the minute electrical currents generated by the heart. Initially, it was a cumbersome and costly device, taking five technicians to operate ....
Introduction.(Aging Under the Microscope: A Biological Quest)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The study of aging is not what it used to be. Gerontology was a young science when Congress created the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in 1974 as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). At that time, theories of aging abounded, but data was ...
Posing questions, finding answers.(Aging Under the Microscope: A Biological Quest)(Medical condition overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1965, a lawyer made an unusual deal with one of his older clients, Jeanne Calment of Arles, France. In exchange for ownership of her apartment, he agreed to pay her a monthly pension for the rest of her life. Because Mme. Calment was 90 years old at the ...
The genetic connection.(Aging Under the Microscope: A Biological Quest)(Medical condition overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Each year on her birthday, Jeanne Calment sent her lawyer a note, which read, "Excuse me if I'm still alive, but my parents didn't raise shoddy goods." Her brother, who died at age 97, apparently wasn't too "shoddy" himself. When another super ...
Biochemistry and aging.(Aging Under the Microscope: A Biological Quest)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As important as genes are, they do not act in a vacuum. Everyday metabolic activities--even breathing--expose cells to biochemical substances that can promote random DNAdamage and other cellular breakdowns. Of these factors, oxygen radicals and ...
Physiologic clues.(Aging Under the Microscope: A Biological Quest)(Report)
Nov 01, 2007 ... We don't know very much about the few men and women who have lived to 115 years of age or more, but we can assume that they eluded the diseases that kill many people in their 70s and 80s. At 122, Jeanne Calment, for instance, had lived a relatively disease-free life. In fact, escape from ...
The future of aging.(Aging Under the Microscope: A Biological Quest)
Nov 01, 2007 ... The aging boom is upon us. Life expectancy nearly doubled in the 20th century. Since 1900, the number of Americans age 65 and older has increased 10-fold. The oldest-old--people age 85 and older--constitute the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. By 2050, this ...
Glossary and bibliography.(Aging Under the Microscope: A Biological Quest)(Bibliography)(Glossary)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Amino acid--A chemical building block of proteins. There are 20 standard amino acids. A protein consists of a specific sequence of amino acids. Antioxidants--Compounds that neutralize oxygen radicals. Some are enzymes like superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase, while others ...
Alcohol use and abuse.(AgePage)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Anyone at any age can have a drinking problem. Great Uncle George may have always liked his liquor, so his family may not see that his drinking behavior is getting worse as he gets older. Grandma Betty was a teetotaler all her life--she started having a drink each night to help her get to ...
Alzheimer's disease.(Disease/Disorder overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Fact Sheet Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities. The most common form of dementia among older people is Alzheimer's disease (AD), which initially involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and ...