Chasing Life: The Search for Immortality to Help You Age Less Today - Tapa blanda

Gupta, Sanjay

 
9780446698184: Chasing Life: The Search for Immortality to Help You Age Less Today
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ISBN 10: 0446698180 ISBN 13: 9780446698184
Editorial: Grand Central Life & Style, 2008

Sinopsis

Since the beginning of mankind, adventurers and scientists have dispensed with logic and chased life, believing that not only could we delay death but would even dare say that 'practical immortality' was within our reach. They may be right. Dr Gupta explores the medical world's quest to satisfy the insatiable desire of millions of baby boomers to stave off the aging process. In a book that is not about anti-aging, but about functional aging - extending your healthy and active life - Dr Gupta blends together compelling stories of the most up-to-date scientific breakthroughs from around the world. Controversially, longevity is not about eating well, but about eating less; nutritional supplements are a waste of money and eating chocolate and drinking coffee can make you healthier. Stem cell therapy can stop degenerative diseases like diabetes, stroke and cancer and advances in gene sequencing and nanotechnology may provide a real fountain of youth...

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Acerca del autor

Sanjay Gupta was a neurosurgeon at the University of Tennessee's clinic and became a partner of the Geat Lakes Brain and Spine Center in 2000.

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Editorial
Grand Central Life & Style
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0446698180
ISBN 13 
9780446698184
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
274
Contacto del fabricante
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ISBN 10:  0446526509 ISBN 13:  9780446526500
Editorial: Little, Brown & Company, 2007
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