商品簡介
It is increasingly important for physicians who treat older persons, and for researchers on aging, to understand how molecular biology informs clinical expressions of aging and age related conditions such as osteoporosis, diabetes, osteoarthritis, frailty, cancer, and dementia. In Geriatric Bioscience, Dr. David Hamerman translates basic scientific concepts into percepts of clinical practice, explores the connections between disease and the science behind it, and addresses how mechanisms of inflammation, cytokine expression, and stress responses influence disease. He also examines how preventive gerontology in the practice of medicine could compress morbidity, and he discusses cutting edge treatment such as cyclo-oxygenases, bisphosphonates, statins, cytokine inhibitors, and hormone therapies.
作者簡介
David Hamerman is Distinguished University Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
