Aging with Grace

图书标准信息

• 作者 David Snowdon 著
• 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2002-04
• ISBN 9780553380927
• 定价 119.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

In1986Dr.DavidSnowdon,oneoftheworld’sleadingexpertsonAlzheimer’sdisease,embarkedonarevolutionaryscientificstudythatwouldforeverchangethewayweviewaging—andultimatelyliving.Dubbedthe“NunStudy”becauseitinvolvesauniquepopulationof678Catholicsisters,thisremarkablelong-termresearchprojecthasmadeheadlinesworldwidewithitsprovocativediscoveries.
YetAgingwithGraceismorethanagroundbreakinghealthandsciencebook.Itistheinspiringhumanstoryoftheseremarkablewomen—ranginginagefrom74to106—whosededicationtoservingothersmayhelpallofuslivelongerandhealthierlives.

Totallyaccessible,withfascinatingportraitsofthenunsandthescientistswhostudythem,AgingwithGracealsooffersawealthofpracticalfindings:

•WhybuildinglinguisticabilityinchildhoodmayprotectagainstAlzheimer’s
•Whichordinaryfoodspromotelongevityandhealthybrainfunction
•WhypreventingstrokesanddepressioniskeytoavoidingAlzheimer’s
•Whatroleheredityplays,andwhyit’snevertoolatetostartanexerciseprogram
•Howattitude,faith,andcommunitycanaddyearstoourlives

Aprescriptionforhope,AgingwithGraceshowsthatoldagedoesn’thavetomeananinevitableslideintoillnessanddisability;ratheritcanbeatimeofpromiseandproductivity,intellectualandspiritualvigor—atimeoftruegrace.

【作者简介】

Dr.DavidSnowdonreceivedhisPh.D.inepidemiologyfromtheUniversityofMinnesotaandbegantheNunStudytherein1986.In1990hemovedtheNunStudytotheSanders-BrownCenteronAgingattheUniversityofKentuckyMedicalCenter,whereheisalsoProfessorofNeurology.Oneoftheworld'sleadingexpertsonAlzheimer'sdisease,hehaspresentedhisfindingsatscientificconferencesthroughoutNorthAmericaandEuropeandhasbeenpublishedinsuchmajormedicaljournalsasTheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociationandTheJournalofGerontology.,,