Toward immortality

Year Published: 1983

Creator: MTI Teleprograms / Coronet International Distributed By Simon And Schuster

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Interviewees, Dr. Robert Butler, Dr. Roy Walford, Dr. Edward Masoro, Dr. Howard Hopps, Edward Schneiderm, Susan Fortney, Anderson Smith Host, Collin Siedor Photographer/editor, Steve Byerly ; original music, Psyco-Sync Title from film Film: 960 ft Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Discussion guide includes introduction, objectives, activity suggestions, synopsis, and discussion suggestions Examines the meaning of increasing longevity, including the reasons, implications, and the problems and issues involved in living longer lives. Looks at the research related to aging process intervention and the extension of human longevity. Indicates that future extensions of the human lifespan will not result from medical advances in the conquering of diseases, but from lifestyle, environment, and biological/genetic factors. Suggests that humans will not simply extend the number of years lived, but will also extend the vigor of youth and middle age to much later in the lifespan

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