Prospects in Aging

Paul L. Herrling is currently Head of Corporate Research at Sandoz Pharmacies in Basel, Switzerland.

If you survive - are you alive? is research contributing to a longer or to a better life?, M. Ermini and C. Hesse; opening address, C.R. Pfaltz; the UN programme towards a practical strategy 1991-2001, A. Sideorenko; psychosocial aspects of longevity and healthy ageing, H. Thomas; genetic and evolutionary molecular aspects of ageing, R.G. Cutler; basic somatic aspects of ageing and longevity, G. Hofecker, et al; medical aspects of longevity and healthy ageing, J.P. Michel and J.M. Robine; epidemiology of cognitive disorder in aging, A.S. Henderson; molecular studies on the cognitive disorders of ageing - the role of BA4 amyloid protein precursor in Alzheimer's disease, C.L. Masters and K, Beyreuther; neuroanatomical aspects of cognitive dysfunction in the human brain, E.K. Perry and R.H. Perry; a memory clinic for the assessment and management of cognitive disorder, R. Levy; social competence in cognitive disorder, M. Silberfeld; cell repair after stroke, L. Hayflick; risk factors for stroke - hypertension, diabetes, lipids, transient ischemic attack, G. Crepaldi, et al; pathophysiology of stroke, K. Inamura and A. Terashi; automonic dysregulation and implications for therapy, F. Bille, et al; the importance of the social care for stroke patients and their families, J. Bond; summary, J.L.C. Dall.