“The Old Patient”
Prevention and Intervention:
from Molecular Biology to Clinical Perspectives
September 16th – 18th 2011

Heart Centre
Interdisciplinary Centre
on Ageing in Halle (IZAH)

in cooperation with

• German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• German Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics
• German Cardiac Society
• German Society of Thoracic and
• Cardiovascular Surgery

Dear colleagues,
Average life expectancy has grown dramatically in the last century. Age-related degenerative diseases are now and will be in the future of major interest. We are challenged by the question if life span increase adds years of illness and dependency or healthy years. Prevention and postponement of disease and disability and maintenance of health in an ageing population are the major health related challenges of population aging. Gerontologists working on mechanisms of ageing and age related diseases should work together with geriatrics, treating old multimorbide patients. Translational research is therefore of major interest in the future.

The purpose of this meeting is (1) to make the general public more aware of the problems of prevention and age related diseases and especially of cardiovascular aging and (2) to promote greater communication among the worldwide community of individuals engaged in biomedical ageing research especially between basic scientists and clinicians.

The congress will be the 5th international meeting on ageing in Halle (Saale) and thereby hopefully develop to a focus on ageing research in Germany. It will comprise invited talks and poster sessions. There will be no concurrent sessions.

We are looking forward to welcome you to Halle (Saale) for a most exciting and enjoyable meeting.

Cordially,
Rolf-Edgar Silber Andreas Simm
Ursula Müller-Werdan

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