Reviews for Aging: An Introduction to Gerontology

The average rating for Aging: An Introduction to Gerontology based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-07-08 00:00:00 Sean Norton Overall this is a well written book explaining Lupus. There may be a few medical terms the reader may need to look up, which is why this book has a 4 star rating rather than a 5. I found it helped me understand the pathology of the disease as well as other diseases/syndromes associated with it. These include Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Sjogren's, Osteoporosis and Hughes Syndrome ("Sticky Blood Syndrome"). Hughes Syndrome was mentioned the most throughout the book. I found it helpful also that it included common treatments as of the writing of the book (2009). Also, where medical research was heading in towards treating Lupus and the associated conditions mentioned above. Anyone who either has Lupus or knows someone that does this book should enable them to better understand the condition without needing to get a medical degree to do it.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-02-26 00:00:00 Vincent Colucci Finished this one and I found it really worth reading. Despite the technical subject (the Human Genome Project), it was an entertaining book. The examples used were really fascinating and most of the little illustrations and graphics made it easy to understand what they were talking about. I didn't like the chapter on the origins of humankind, since I disagree with a lot of that, but it was a small portion of the book and the science was really interesting. Cindy