THE 16 members of President Bush's Commission to Strengthen Social Security should be required to read Theodore Roszak's latest book, "Longevity Revolution: As Boomers Become Elders" (Berkeley Hills Books, $15).
"Twenty or twenty-five years of retirement may sound pretty good to people who have worked hard all their lives, but whether it's good for their health, or the health of the nation, is another matter," said Dr. Robert N. Butler, president of the group and a co-editor of a book, "Longevity and Quality of Life: Opportunities and Challenges".
Meanwhile, tuning in to other research themes, Finch has delved into the comparative biology of aging, a topic he surveyed in detail in his 1990 book, Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome, a 922-page tome.
It co-evolved along with the Yin-Yang and Confucian traditions in Korea, and was systematized by Lee Je-ma in his book Longevity and Life Preservation in Oriental Medicine in 1894 [ 6].
She said these are themes that she likes to read about in books: longevity and "trying to address friendship in a more romantic way, valuing beauty in your life, and valuing each other because of it".
See the author's essays in two books: "Longevity, Regeneration & Optimal Health: Eastern and Western Perspectives" (Bushell, W., Olivo, E. & Theise, N. Eds., New York: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009) and "As Long as Space Endures: Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama" (Arnold, E., Ed., Ithaca: Snow Lion Press, 2009).
In their new book, "The Longevity Project," researchers Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin present the results of their 20-year study on the key predictors of longevity.
A new book, "The Longevity Project," investigates the secret to a long life (sadly, no magical potions are involved).
The Francis Ford Coppola film adaptation, starring a who's who of Brat Pack actors, has certainly aided the book's longevity.
At 83, one of the world's leading authorities on aging had just published his latest book, "The Longevity Prescription," piles of which were scattered everywhere.
"Surprisingly, the long-lived among them did not find the secret to health in broccoli, medical tests, vitamins or jogging," Friedman wrote in his 2011 book "The Longevity Project".
