Pressure Ulcers
107 Pressure Ulcers Bryan D. Struck Five centuries ago, French physician Ambroise Paré described one of the earliest pressure ulcers in the medical literature, noting that “the bedsore on the…
Rehabilitation
100 Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Physical and Occupational Therapy Techniques for Stroke and Parkinson Disease Geert Verheyden, Annick Van Gils, Alice Nieuwboer Introduction Rehabilitation services are typically provided by a group of…
Geriatric Oncology
92 Geriatric Oncology Margot A. Gosney Cancer is a major cause of death and morbidity in older adults. In England and Wales, more than 331,000 people were diagnosed with cancer…
Surgery and Anesthesia in the Frail Older Patient
37 Surgery and Anesthesia in the Frail Older Patient Jugdeep Kaur Dhesi, Judith Partridge Introduction In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the role for geriatric medicine…
The Future of Old Age
3 The Future of Old Age Caleb E. Finch, Edward L. Schneider Biogerontology, the field of biologic aging research, is the final biomedical research frontier. The sequencing of the human…
Adrenal and Pituitary Disorders
87 Adrenal and Pituitary Disorders Steven R. Peacey Disorders of the Adrenal Glands The need for normal adrenal functioning continues into old age. After decades of speculation, there is now…
The Small Bowel
77 The Small Bowel Saqib S. Ansari, Sulleman Moreea, Christopher A. Rodrigues Diseases of the small bowel can be divided into two categories for clinical purposes: (1) diffuse processes, such…
Productive Aging
32 Productive Aging Jan E. Mutchler, Sae Hwang Han, Jeffrey A. Burr Introduction Far from being years of leisure and inactivity, later life is increasingly recognized as being characterized by…
Antiaging Medicine
27 Antiaging Medicine Ligia J. Dominguez, John E. Morley, Mario Barbagallo Attempts to reverse the aging process stretch back to the time when Adam and Eve were expelled from the…
Aging and the Skin
25 Aging and the Skin Desmond J. Tobin, Emma C. Veysey, Andrew Y. Finlay Introduction The last 25 years has seen enormous growth in our knowledge of skin function, with…
