"Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease,...

"New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of what makes the world's happiest places-- and shows you how too apply these lessons to your own life"--Amazon.com.

Outlines steps to achieving overall physical health, addressing each area of the body in a series of chapters designed to challenge popular myths while informing readers on a range of dietary, exercise, and therapeutic concerns.

"In this companion to [...] The Blue Zones Kitchen, Dan Buettner offers a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life. Get started on the path to a longer, healthier, happier life with this quick start to building your own Blue Zones lifestyle. Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones and author of [...] Blue Zones Kitchen, offers the challenge of a lifetime:...

Smart women don't grow older. They grow younger.   A book of hope, Younger Next Year for Women shows you how to become functionally younger for the next five to ten years, and continue to live thereafter with newfound vitality. Learn how the Younger Next Year plan of following "Harry's Rules"-a program of exercise, diet, and maintaining emotional connections-will not only help you turn back your physical biological clock, but will improve memory,...

"[In] The Long and the Short of It, biologist and writer Jonathan Silvertown offers readers a witty and fascinating tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Dividing his daunting subject by theme--death, life span, aging, heredity, evolution, and more--Silvertown draws on the latest scientific developments to paint a picture of what we know about how life span, senescence, and death vary within and across species."--www.Amazon.com....

A leader in the field of alternative health presents his program to control the symptoms of aging, discussing the processes and factors that contribute to aging, the hormonal keys to health, and a diet and exercise regimen.

Aging expert Dr. Small show us how to live longer, stronger, better lives by following simple guidelines such as a positive attitude, gratifying relationships, and lifelong education. Comprised of advice on memory fitness, healthy diet, physical conditioning, and stress reduction, this book follows the stories of four typical readers in different stages of their lives, and how those lives are improved with Dr. Small's plans.--From publisher description....

A philosopher and a lawyer-economist examine the challenges of the last third of life. They write about friendship, sex, retirement communities, inheritance, poverty, and the depiction of aging women in films. These essays, or conversations, will help readers of all ages think about how to age well, or at least thoughtfully, and how to interact with older family members and friends.