New Books

New Books on Aging and Longevity Studies.
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This is a place for continuously updated list of new interesting books on aging and longevity.

Consider this as a starter, and please feel free to add new books here!
(Please do not forget to mention the book ISBN number, if you know it!)

New Books and Book Chapters:

• Ageing: The Paradox of Life
by Robin Holliday (Hardcover - Mar 2007)



• Ageing Well: Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions
by Alan Dangour, Emily M. D. Grundy, and Astrid Fletcher - Mar 1, 2007



• Aging of the Genome: The Dual Role of DNA in Life and Death
by Jan Vijg



• Aging and Disability: Crossing Network Lines
by Michelle Putnam (Editor) - Feb 28, 2007



• The Art of Aging:
A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being
by Sherwin B. Nuland - February 27, 2007

This popular book is discussed here.


• How to Live Forever or Die Trying
by Bryan Appleyard - January 22, 2007

This popular book discussed here


• Statistical and Process Models for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging (Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology)
by Michael J. Wenger and Christof Schuster (Editors) - Jan 15, 2007



• Aging Research: A Look at Some of the Scientific Evidence on Aging
by Harold Massie Ph.D. (Paperback - Jan 10, 2007)



• Health Aspects of Aging: The Experience of Growing Old
by Gari Lesnoff-Caravaglia (Hardcover - Jan 2007)



• Mechanisms of Dietary Restriction in Aging and Disease (Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology)
by C. V. Mobbs, K. Yen, and P. R. Hof



• Book Chapter "Cytokine Polymorphisms and Longevity"
By Irene Maeve Rea, Giuseppina Candore, Luca Cavallone, Fabiola Olivieri, Maurizio Cardelli, Claudio Franceschi, Giuseppina Colonna-Romano,Domenico Lio, Owen A. Ross and Calogero Caruso
In: Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Multifactorial Conditions
by Koen Vandenbroeck (Editor)



• Book chapter "Anti-Aging Medicine and Science: Social Implications" by Robert H. Binstock, Jennifer R. Fishman, and Thomas E. Johnson
In: Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Sixth Edition (Handbook of Aging) by Robert H. Binstock (Editor), Linda K. George (Editor)



• Book chapter "Mechanisms of Aging"
by Leng SX and Fedarko NS.
In: Geriatric Anesthesia
by Frederick E. Sieber



• Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population (International Studies in Population)
by Jean-Marie Robine (Editor), Eileen M. Crimmins (Editor), Shiro Horiuchi (Editor), Yi Zeng (Editor)

Note a chapter "Patterns in mammalian aging: demography and evolution" by SN Austad there.


• Book chapter "The Mouse in Aging Research"
by Flurkey K, Currer JM, Harrison DE.
In: The Mouse in Biomedical Research, Volume 1-4, Second Edition (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine)
by James G. Fox, Stephen Barthold, Muriel Davisson, and Christian E. Newcomer



• Longevity Health Sciences: The Phoenix Conference (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
by Richard G. Cutler, Stromboli Conference on Aging And Cancer, Walter Pierpaoli, and Phonenix Conference on Longevity Health


• Longer Life and Healthy Aging (International Studies in Population) by Y. Zeng (Author), Yi Zeng (Editor), Eileen M. Crimmins (Editor)

Note a chapter there: "Aging without dementia"
by Barberger-Gateau P, et al.,


• Biological Aging:
Methods And Protocols
(Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), V. 371.)
by Trygve O. Tollefsbol (Editor)



• Aging Nation:
The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America
by James H. Schulz, Robert H. Binstock


• New Dynamics in Old Age:
Individual, Environmental And Societal Perspectives
(Society and Aging Series)
by Hans-Werner, Ph.D. Wahl (Editor), Clemens Tesch-roemer (Editor), Andreas Hoff (Editor)



• The Evolution of Death:
Why We Are Living Longer
(Suny Series in Philosophy and Biology)
by Stanley Shostak



• Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists,
Volume 1 (Monograph Series on Nonlinear Science and Complexity)
by Dietrich Stauffer et al.

This book includes discussion of biological aging, human mortality and longevity.


• Extending the Lifespan:
Biotechnical, Gerontological, and Social Problems
by Klaus Sames (Editor), Sebastian Sethe (Editor), Alexandra Stolzing (Editor)

Contributions by:
Vladimir N. ANISIMOV, Alexander BUERKLE, Gerald DeHAAN, Gerhard HOFECKER, Michael S. JAZWINSKI, Frieder KELLER, Valery N. KHABASHESKU, Tilmann KLEINE, Rosemarie MARTIN, Christoph MEISSNER, Ann-Kathrin MEYER, Will W.MINUTH, Gerald M NCH, Khachik MURADIAN, William O. OGLE, Klaus P SCHEL, Wolfgang von RENTELN-KRUSE, Volker RICHTER, Ramon RISCO, George S.ROTH, Antonio RUIZ-TORRES, Kenneth B. STOREY, Stefan THALHAMMER, Peter VISCHER, Jan WOJNAR, Bartosz WOZNIAK


• Biology of Aging: Observations and Principles
by Robert Arking

Textbook, third edition


• Aging: Concepts and Controversies
by Harry R. Moody



• Enduring Questions in Gerontology
by Debra J. Sheets, Dana Burr Bradley, and Jon Hendricks

Note a chapter "A biologist’s perspective: whence come we, where are we, whither go we?" by SN Austad there.


• The Evolution of Aging
How New Theories Will Change the Future of Medicine
by Theodore C. Goldsmith - October 17, 2006

This popular book is discussed here


• The Truth About Aging: Can We Really Live Longer and Healthier? (Full Spectrum Information Library Series)
by George Roth




• What Books People Read?
Somewhat disturbing list of best-selling books on aging and longevity


Upcoming:

• Austad, SN & Finch, CE (2007) The evolutionary context of human aging and degenerative disease. in S.C. Stearns & J.C. Koella (Eds). Evolution in Health and Disease, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK (in press).


• The Biology of Human Longevity:
Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans
by Caleb E. Finch (Hardcover - Jun 26, 2007)



• Forever and Ever
by Dan A. Baker - April 1, 2007

This novel (not scientific book) is discussed here


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