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Life extension refers to an increase in maximum or average lifespan, especially in humans, by slowing down or reversing the processes of aging. Average lifespan is determined by vulnerability to accidents and age-related afflictions such as cancer or cardiovascular disease.
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An accelerated aging disease is a genetic disorder in which various tissues, organs or systems of the human body age prematurely. Because the accelerated aging diseases display different aspects of aging, but never every aspect, they are often called
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MeSH D001816 Bloom syndrome is a rare inherited disorder characterized by a high frequency of breaks and rearrangements in an affected person's chromosomes, discovered and first described by dermatologist Dr. David Bloom in 1954.
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MeSH D003057 Cockayne syndrome (or "Weber-Cockayne syndrome", or "Neill-Dingwall Syndrome") is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal sensitivity to sunlight (photosensitivity), and premature
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Progeria
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 E 34.8
ICD-9 259.8

OMIM 176670
DiseasesDB 10704

eMedicine derm/731  
MeSH D011371 The term progeria narrowly refers to Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome
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MeSH C16.320.925 Werner syndrome is a very rare, autosomal recessive disorder; its most recognizable characteristic is premature aging. Werner's syndrome more closely resembles "accelerated aging" than any other "segmental progeria.
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MeSH D014983 Xeroderma pigmentosum, or XP, is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder of DNA repair in which the body's normal ability to remove damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) light is deficient.
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accident is a specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintented external event which occurs in a particular time and place, without apparent cause but with marked effect.
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ACE inhibitors, or inhibitors of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme, are a group of pharmaceuticals that are used primarily in treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure, in most cases as the drugs of first choice.
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Actuarial escape velocity is a concept invented by David Gobel, founder of the Methuselah Foundation. It refers to a point in time at which the acceleration of advances in biomedical technology surpass the rate at which humans age - in other words, the point at which, each year,
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Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a multifunctional nucleotide that is most important as a "molecular currency" of intracellular energy transfer. In this role, ATP transports chemical energy within cells for metabolism.
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444 (7118): 481-5. PMID 16929302.
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Aerobic exercise refers to exercise that is of moderate intensity, undertaken for a long duration. Aerobic means "with oxygen", and refers to the use of oxygen in a muscle's energy-generating process.
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Homo.
Upper Paleolithic 33 At age 15: 39 (to age 54)[3][4]
Neolithic 20  
Bronze Age 18[5]  
Classical Greece 25-45  
Classical Rome 25-45  
Medieval Britain 20-30  
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Ageless is an adjective describing something or someone whose age cannot be defined or is nonexistent.

Agelessness can be attributed to people whose physical characteristics do not match their age. Some use cosmetics to attempt to diminish the effects of age.
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The Age-Related Eye Disease Study was a clinical trial sponsored by the National Eye Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health in the United States. The study was designed to

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Macular degeneration
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 H 35.3
ICD-9 362.5

MeSH D008268

Macular degeneration is a medical condition predominantly found in elderly adults in which the center of the inner lining of the eye,
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Ageing or aging is any change in an organism over time. Aging refers to a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change (Hultsch and Deutsch). Some dimensions of aging grow and expand over time, while others decline.
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One of the key concerns of older adults is the experience of memory loss, especially as it is one of the hallmark symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
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The human brain goes through several large-scale changes as the individual progresses from embryo through to old age.

Pre-natal development

Developmental neurobiology concerns itself with the development of the brain.
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Population ageing or population aging (see English spelling differences) occurs when the median age of a country or region rises. With the exception of 18 countries termed by the United Nations 'demographic outliers' (see the Ud 2005 Human Development Report) this process is
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The Aging Research Centre (ARC) is an independent non-profit educational research centre with facilities in Berkeley, California and in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1994, it focuses its research in three areas: (1) the assembling and linking together of existing knowledge
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Alcor Life Extension Foundation

Founder Fred & Linda Chamberlain

Founded 1972
Headquarters Scottsdale, Arizona

Key people Ralph Merkle, Saul Kent, Brian Wowk, Antonei Csoka, Aubrey de Grey, Bart Kosko, Marvin Minsky
Area served Global
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NCCAM classifications [1]
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See also
Complementary and alternative medicine
Complementary medicine
Alternative medicine



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Alzheimer's disease
Classification & external resources

Histopathologic image of senile plaques seen in the cerebral cortex in a patient with Alzheimer disease of presenile onset. Silver impregnation.
ICD-10 G 30. , F 00.
ICD-9 331.0 , 290.
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Macular degeneration
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 H 35.3
ICD-9 362.5

MeSH D008268

Macular degeneration is a medical condition predominantly found in elderly adults in which the center of the inner lining of the eye,
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The American Aging Association (AGE) is a non-profit, tax-exempt biogerontology organization of scientists and laypeople dedicated to biomedical aging studies intended to slow the aging process.
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The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) is a charitable 501(c)(3) medical society dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process.
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Amyloids are insoluble fibrous protein aggregations sharing specific structural traits.

Definition controversy

The name amyloid comes from the early mistaken identification of the substance as starch (amylum
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Amyloids are insoluble fibrous protein aggregations sharing specific structural traits.

Definition controversy

The name amyloid comes from the early mistaken identification of the substance as starch (amylum
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