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Extending Life, Enhancing Life: A National Research Agenda on Aging

By Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on a National Research Agenda on Aging
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By Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on a National Research Agenda on Aging
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Americans are living longer than ever before. For many, though, these extra years have become a bitter gift, marred by dementia, disability, and loss of independence.

Extending Life, Enhancing Life sets the course toward practical solutions to these problems by specifying 15 research priorities in five key areas of investigation:

  • Basic biomedicine—To understand the fundamental processes of aging.
  • Clinical—To intervene against common disabilities and maladies of older persons.
  • Behavioral an...

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