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Cellular and Molecular Aging

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As a clinical researcher whose area of expertise is Geriatric Pelvic Medicine, the physical changes that go along with increasing age is incredibly interesting to me. However, from a more practical perspective, the biology of aging, although fascinating, is not something that I would be pushed to address in a routine clinical or administrative situation. All that notwithstanding, questions, presumptions, and theories surrounding the definition of aging are inescapable. In fact, more often than I like to admit, I will find myself getting side tracked and drifting off into deep thought about what “aging really means,” or what patients do I consider “old”? Are they really “old”? Which ones might I consider “young” and compare my assessments to their actual chronological age in years? Perhaps, the most frustrating piece of all, is that, almost invariably, after I come out of my intensely contemplative trance on” “aging,” that I end up with more questions than answers.

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    Priyamvada Rai

  2. Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA

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Rai, P., Troen, B.R. (2017). Cellular and Molecular Aging. In: Gordon, D., Katlic, M. (eds) Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6554-0_3

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