Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging - Softcover

Landry MD MPH, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626340390 ISBN 13: 9781626340398

Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group LLC, 2014

Synopsis

Over a decade ago, a landmark ten-year study by the MacArthur Foundation shattered the stereotypes of aging as a process of slow, genetically determined decline. Researchers found that that 70 percent of physical aging, and about 50 percent of mental agin

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Roger Landry is a preventive medicine physician who specializes in building environments that empower older adults to maximize their unique potential. Trained at Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard University School of Public Health, he is the president of Masterpiece Living, a group of multi-discipline specialists in aging who partner with communities to assist them in becoming destinations for continued growth.

Dr. Landry was a flight surgeon in the Air Force for over twenty-two years, and one of his charges was world famous test pilot, Chuck Yeager. Dr. Landry retired as a highly decorated full colonel and chief flight surgeon at the Air Force Surgeon General's Office in Washington, DC, after duty on five continents and being medically involved in a number of significant world events including Vietnam, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the Beirut bombing of the Marine barracks, the first seven shuttle launches, and the first manned balloon crossing of the Pacific.

For the last decade, Dr. Landry has focused his efforts on older adults as a lecturer, researcher, consultant and author. He lives on Cape Cod.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group LLC
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626340390
• ISBN 13: 9781626340398
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264