Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives

Snowdon, David

ISBN 10: 0553801635 / ISBN 13: 9780553801637

Published by Bantam (edition First Edition), 2001

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives
• Publisher: Bantam (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553801635
• ISBN 13: 9780553801637
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

A study of aging and its impact draws on research into the lives of hundreds of Catholic nuns to discuss the role of heredity in the aging process, how lifestyle influences chances for a vital old age, and related topics.

About the Author

Dr. David Snowdon received his Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Minnesota and began the Nun Study there in 1986. In 1990 he moved the Nun Study to the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, where he is also Professor of Neurology. One of the world's leading experts on Alzheimer's disease, he has presented his findings at scientific conferences throughout North America and Europe and has been published in such major medical journals as <i>The Journal of the American Medical Association and The Journal of Gerontology.<br><br></i>