The study of longevity: Recent updates and further direction. Part 2

Regardless the global demographic tendencies of life duration increase, longevity and super longevity remain quite understudied and non-fully understood population. Broader studies needed to understand, what it means to live by 100-year old. Lots of studies are about the longevity predictors and ways of ageing, that could be therapeutical targets not simply for life duration, but life quality as well, and medical-social geriatrics. The program "A Centenarian", being conducted by leading scientific groups in Russia, is approaching a country unique medical, scientific and social data.

Authors
Kotovskaya Y.V. 1, 2 , Tkacheva O.N.2 , Runikhina N.K.2 , Kashtanova D.A.2, 3 , Boytsov S.A.3
Publisher
Vserossiiskoe Obshchestvo Kardiologov
Number of issue
6
Language
Russian
Pages
133-138
Status
Published
Volume
16
Year
2017
Organizations
  • 1 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • 2 N. I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU) - SD, Russian Gerontological Scientific-Clinical Center, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • 3 National Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russian Federation
Keywords
A centenarian; Ageing; Complex geriatrician assessment; Longevity
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