We all age. This book provides a highly readable journey through the aging body that provides insight into why wrinkles occur, why blood pressure rises and why we are weaker and walk more slowly as we grow older. Yet we can do things to mitigate some of these aging changes. The book offers much practical advice on dealing with many issues involving our aging bodies. Sandwiched between introductory and concluding chapters that cover the overall phenomenon of aging are chapters that describe how specific parts of the body, such as skin, bones, muscles and joints, age. The author brings his background as Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan to provide accurate and up-to-date information about the aging body.

Bruce M. Carlson, MD, PhD, is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, where he served as Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and also Director of the Institute of Gerontology. His research on regeneration, embryology, muscle biology and aging involved extended stays in the Netherlands, Finland, Czechoslovakia, the USSR and New Zealand. In a former life, he was a fish biologist and has an MS degree in ichthyology from Cornell. Since his retirement, he has reverted from laboratory research back to research on lakes and fish. He is author of about 25 book on topics ranging from human embryology, regeneration, muscle biology and the human body. He has also written two books on lake biology and one on aquatic invasive species. As a teacher at the University of Michigan Medical School, he has received several major teaching awards.

"Carlson doesn't sugarcoat the realities of aging, but he explains them with humor and heart." — Critical Care NP, Amazon.com

"Good read and easy to follow." — Tina M, Amazon.com

"Bruce Carlson does a wonderful job of explaining the changes our bodies go through as we age in a way that is easy to understand and engaging to read." — tracy, Amazon.com