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Clinics in geriatric medicine — the aging process
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CRC Handbook of Nutrition in the Aged
R.R. Watson, Editor. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1985, 368 pages. ISBN 0-8493-2933-7, $95.00. An enormous collection of data on virtually every effect, both real and imagined, of nutritional variability on age changes. Included are trace elements, vitamins, fiber, alcohol, exercise, prevention of constipation, nutrition programs, water, and obesity. As is characteristic of multi-authored books, unevenness abounds. The 38 authors have produced chapters as short as three pages and one sufficiently comprehensive to include nearly 400 references. There is little effort to critically interpret the vast amount of data that is presented. Frequently, contradictory conclusions are reached by different authors. There is here a feast of data but with questionable nutritional value and serious risks of mental constipation.
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine-The Aging Process M.C. Geokas, Guest Editor. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1985, 309 pages. ISSN 0749-0690, $15.00 This is the first of four books to be published annually in the series "Clinics in Geriatric Medicine." Another attempt at head to toe coverage of age changes. Strehler gets things started with a summary of the field from several perspectives. Hayflick summarizes the Cell Biology of Aging but adds little that is new to the subject. Walford presents his views on caloric restriction and its extension of life span. He takes on the critics of his position with praiseworthy demands for data and straight thinking. One of the more stimulating chapters. There follows a parade of contributions on the aging brain, skeleton, heart, respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, kidney, endocrine system, skin, and, for good measure, aging and atherosclerosis. The cover page says that this is a "Symposium on The Aging Process." Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary says "symposium," which comes from the Greek, has as it's first meaning, " . . . a drinking together, usually following the banquet proper, with music, singing, and conversation; hence, a banquet or social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideas." The contributors to this book never gathered at a symposium, to say nothing of a banquet. Who, then, has been doing the drinking?
Invertebrate Models in Aging Research D.H. Mitchell and T.E. Johnson, Editors. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1984, 208 pages. ISBN 0-8493-5823-X, $69.00 How do the optical glands of the Octopus influence its lifespan? How is programmed senescence expressed in the coelenterate Campanularia flexuosa? These and other fascinating excursions into invertebrate aging are covered in this volume. Other topics in-
369
CRC Handbook of Nutrition in the Aged
R.R. Watson, Editor. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1985, 368 pages. ISBN 0-8493-2933-7, $95.00. An enormous collection of data on virtually every effect, both real and imagined, of nutritional variability on age changes. Included are trace elements, vitamins, fiber, alcohol, exercise, prevention of constipation, nutrition programs, water, and obesity. As is characteristic of multi-authored books, unevenness abounds. The 38 authors have produced chapters as short as three pages and one sufficiently comprehensive to include nearly 400 references. There is little effort to critically interpret the vast amount of data that is presented. Frequently, contradictory conclusions are reached by different authors. There is here a feast of data but with questionable nutritional value and serious risks of mental constipation.
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine-The Aging Process M.C. Geokas, Guest Editor. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1985, 309 pages. ISSN 0749-0690, $15.00 This is the first of four books to be published annually in the series "Clinics in Geriatric Medicine." Another attempt at head to toe coverage of age changes. Strehler gets things started with a summary of the field from several perspectives. Hayflick summarizes the Cell Biology of Aging but adds little that is new to the subject. Walford presents his views on caloric restriction and its extension of life span. He takes on the critics of his position with praiseworthy demands for data and straight thinking. One of the more stimulating chapters. There follows a parade of contributions on the aging brain, skeleton, heart, respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, kidney, endocrine system, skin, and, for good measure, aging and atherosclerosis. The cover page says that this is a "Symposium on The Aging Process." Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary says "symposium," which comes from the Greek, has as it's first meaning, " . . . a drinking together, usually following the banquet proper, with music, singing, and conversation; hence, a banquet or social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideas." The contributors to this book never gathered at a symposium, to say nothing of a banquet. Who, then, has been doing the drinking?
Invertebrate Models in Aging Research D.H. Mitchell and T.E. Johnson, Editors. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1984, 208 pages. ISBN 0-8493-5823-X, $69.00 How do the optical glands of the Octopus influence its lifespan? How is programmed senescence expressed in the coelenterate Campanularia flexuosa? These and other fascinating excursions into invertebrate aging are covered in this volume. Other topics in-