R ecently the premier issue of a new magazine rolled off the presses and on to my desk. It is
called Longevity and in my dictionary that is defined as" long life; long duration of exis …

M/9Y education on the acceptance of the grim twins, old age and death, was started when I
was about I3. My father handed me William Cullen Bryant's Thantopsis to read, andhe read …

" Did you never hear how the life of man is divided? Twenty years a-growing, twenty years in
blossom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining." 1 ABOUT twenty-five years …

HE invitation to contribute an article on the theme Introduction to Old Age came just as my
7othbirthday was approaching. I am sure that the attainment of this age is not in itself a …

N early 40 years ago, historian Gerald Gruman (1966) created the term prolongevity to
encompass the multiple goals of antiaging interventions over the years, defining it as …

S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce A. Carnes hy is the average duration of life 1000 days for most
strains of mice, 5000 days for beagle dogs, and 29,000 days for humans? Why is the risk of …

Now Is The Time ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth came to naught but many
have taken up his quest. A more practical approach is highlighted in this special issue of …

For a long time, developmental research in biology, medicine, and the social sciences was
mostly direct-ed to infancy and adolescence. With the aging of society, interest began to …