The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative: The Future of Human Healthspan:

Demography, Evolution, Medicine, and Bioengineering, Task Group Summaries

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Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 14-16, 2007, The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Healthspan Steering Committee, The National Academies
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Conference Summary	1-6	(skim)
Enhancing the Functional Status of the Future Elderly	7-16	(skim)
Design New Research Paradigms to Assess Healthspan, Its Enhancement, and Prolongation in Experimental Research Animals	17-28	(skim)
Effects of Exercise on Human Healthspan	29-40	(skim)
The Relationship Between Demographic Mortality Rates, Aging, and Functional Human Healthspan	41-48	(skim)
Changes in Social Contexts to Enhance Functional Status of the Elderly	49-56	(skim)
Develop Technological Interventions to Overcome Barriers to Independence and Community Participation	57-72	(skim)
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Aging: The Roles of Nature, Nurture, and Chance in the Maintenance of Human Healthspan	73-92	(skim)
Inflammation's Effects on Aging	93-100	(skim)
Appendixes	101-102	(skim)
Preconference Webcast Tutorials	103-106	(skim)
Agenda	107-112	(skim)
Participants	113-126	(skim)

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An individual's healthspan can be defined as the length of time an individual is able to maintain good health. In 2007, over one hundred experts and researchers from public and private institutions across the nation convened to find new ways of addressing the human healthspan and the elusive nature of aging. Experts in public health, bioengineering, neuroscience and gerontology discussed how stress and lifestyle influence the decline of health at older ages. Other discussions focused on the integration of technology in the quality of life, gerontology, regenerative medicine and life expectancy with regard to social and behavioral traits. Still, other groups explored topics such as the cellular and molecular mechanisms of biological aging, the effects of exercise on the human healthspan, and changes in social context to enhance functional status of the elderly. Most importantly, experts agreed that it was imperative to ensure that the elderly have access to medical services by establishing relationships with health care and insurance providers.

The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative: The Future of Human Healthspan:

Demography, Evolution, Medicine, and Bioengineering, Task Group Summaries

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