Commemorating the 50th anniversary of JAGS: the aging syndrome
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A reprint of a 1953 article on the physiological aspects of aging is presented, focusing on degenerative processes. Treatment processes identified include passive, palliative, therapeutic, prophylactic, and rehabilitative-prophylactic.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
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Selected as the best paper in JAGS in the 1970s Mission of the National Institute on Aging
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A reprint of an article from 1976 is presented, which provides an overview on the creation and duties of the newly formed National Institute on Aging.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
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The National Institute on Aging's mission is not 1970s nostalgia
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The author assesses the impact of the National Institute on Aging on geriatric research, its successes, and implications for its role in the future.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
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