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The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was founded in 1974 to support and conduct research on aging and the health and well-being of older adults. Fifty years ago, the concept of studying aging generated much skepticism. Early NIA-funded research findings helped establish the great value of aging research and provided the foundation for significant science advances that have improved our understanding of the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and the effects of health inequities, as well as the need to promote healthy aging lifestyles. Today, we celebrate the many important contributions to aging research made possible by NIA, as well as opportunities to continue to make meaningful progress. NIA emphasizes that the broad aging research community must continue to increase and expand our collective efforts to recruit and train a diverse next generation of aging researchers.
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Envejecimiento , Aniversarios y Eventos Especiales , Investigación Biomédica , National Institute on Aging (U.S.) , Humanos , Estados Unidos , Anciano , Envejecimiento/fisiología , Investigación Biomédica/historia , Historia del Siglo XX , Historia del Siglo XXI , Envejecimiento Saludable , Geriatría/historiaRESUMEN
Toxicants can cause cells to experience DNA damage, leading them to cellular senescence. Discovering mechanisms of cellular aging from birth to death will ease the process of understanding aging.
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Geriatría , Senescencia Celular , Daño del ADN , Geriatría/historia , Sustancias PeligrosasRESUMEN
Doctor Apolinary Tarnawski (1851-1943) was undoubtedly the precursor of modern natural medicine, preventive medicine, and geriatric physiotherapy in Poland. Based on the experience gained from foreign scientific travel, own knowledge and experience, he developed an original method that he successfully used in his own clinic in Kosów. His assumptions proved to be timeless, and despite the passage of many years have not lost their relevance.
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Geriatría/historia , Modalidades de Fisioterapia/historia , Médicos/historia , Historia del Siglo XIX , Historia del Siglo XX , PoloniaRESUMEN
La Gerontología estudia el proceso de envejecimiento y la Geriatría se ocupa de los aspectos clínicos, terapéuticos, preventivos y sociales, en la salud y la enfermedad del anciano. Se expone su surgimiento en el mundo, el país y su desarrollo en la provincia de Santiago de Cuba, así como las experiencias de los pioneros en dicha especialidad.
Gerontology studies the aging process and Geriatrics is in charge of the clinical, therapeutic, preventive and social aspects, in the health and disease of the elderly. Its emergence in the world, the country and its development in Santiago de Cuba province is exposed, as well as the experiences of the pioneers in this specialty.
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Anciano , Geriatría/historia , Envejecimiento , Salud , CubaRESUMEN
The subjects of gerontology and geriatrics did not arouse stronger interest among Croatian scholars until the second half of the twentieth century. From 1952 to 1957, a number of Croatian medical experts gave lectures on gerontology at the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. Based on these lectures, in 1958 the Academy published the first book on gerontology in Croatia under the title Symposium on Gerontology. Its editor was Franjo Kogoj, a dermatovenereologist and a Fellow of the Academy (1894-1983). In this article, we focused on the contents of Symposium, namely, on the discussions about geriatric terminology, theories of aging, epistemological issues in gerontology, as well as clinical experiences with older patients. We argue that Symposium marks the beginning of a synthetic and interdisciplinary approach to gerontology in Croatia.
