The metabolic alterations resulting from trauma and other severe injuries are well recognized. This response is characterized by an increase in protein catabolism which outstrips the concomitant increase in synthesis. The result is net overall catabolism with degradation of muscle and fat mass.
This continuing education activity, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives, consists of a book of the same title by Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, and this study guide.
This continuing education course examines the relationship between nutrition and dementia, exploring the research into way in which nutrient intake and dietary patterns affect the incidence of dementia and the course of the disease.