Troubling implications of doubling the human lifespan
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The average life expectancy has increased steadily in Europe and North America largely because of improvements in living standards, nutrition and public health. The reasons for the increase in the lifespan are studied and the resulting social displacement of this increase is also examined.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2001
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Anti-aging medicine: resounding, independent support for expansion of an innovative medical specialty
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The benefits of anti-aging techniques in an attempt to increase the average life expectancy and the well-being of society in the twenty-second century are examined. The techniques include genetic engineering, cloning and nerve-impulse continuity.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2001
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Anti-aging medicine: hype, hope, and reality
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Aging is a negative term because it connotes deterioration, approaching pathology and death. The process of aging and the anti-aging medicines are discussed and the desirability of such medicines is examined.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2001
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