Overview
Introduction
What’s in a Number?
by Jeanene Swanson
Section 1: A Matter of Time: The Aging Process
1.1 Why Can’t We Live Forever
by Thomas Kirkwood
1.2 Longevity: The Ultimate Gender Gap
by Harvey B. Simon
1.3 “Super Agers” Stay Young in the Mind
by Sandra Upson
Section 2: Genetic Metronome: Telomeres
2.1 Genetic Variant Linked to Faster Biological Aging
by Katie Moisse
2.2 Do Phobias Hasten Aging?
by Katherine Harmon
2.3 Telomeres, Telomerase and Cancer
by Carol W. Greider and Elizabeth H. Blackburn
2.4 Actuary of the Cell
by Thea Singer
2.5 Quiet Little Traitors
by David Stipp
Section 3: Radical Damage
3.1 The Myth of Antioxidants
by Melinda Wenner Moyer
3.2 Free Radical Shift
by Kate Wilcox
3.3 A Radical Proposal
by Kathryn Brown
3.4 Your Brain on Blueberries
by Mary Franz
Section 4: Caloric Restriction: Does Less Mean More?
4.1 Cutting Calories May Not Mean a Longer Life
by Gary Stix
4.2 Does Overeating Cause Dementia?
by Larry Greenemeier
4.3 Unlocking the Secrets of Longevity Genes
by David A. Sinclair and Lenny Guarente
4.4 A New Path to Longevity
by David Stipp
Section 5: Alzheimer’s Disease and Age-Related Dementia
5.1 Cracks in the Plaques: Progress in Alzheimer’s Research
by Daisy Yuhas
5.2 Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms Reversed in Mice
by Gary Stix
5.3 Shutting Down Alzheimer’s
by Michael S. Wolfe
5.4 Alzheimer’s: Forestalling the Darkness
by Gary Stix
Section 6: The Quest for Longevity
6.1 Is 100 the New 80?
by Barbara Juncosa
6.2 How We All Will Live to Be 100
by Katherine Harmon
6.3 Quest for Anti-Aging Drugs Goes Mainstream
by David Stipp
6.4 Fit Body, Fit Mind?
by Christopher Hertzog, Arthur F. Kramer, Robert S. Wilson, and Ulman Lindenberger
