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Noun(1) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people

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(1) Falls are therefore a key syndrome in medical gerontology .(2) This publication will certainly serve as a reference manual for all those involved in nutrition, gerontology and geriatrics.(3) I think the research going on in gerontology is going to be a great stimulus to the development of geriatric medicine.(4) She received a master of science degree in foods and nutrition in combination with a graduate certificate in gerontology from the University of Utah.(5) I'd start doing some research on gerontology and other scientific/medical fields that deal with either aging or old people.(6) In the language of gerontology , there are no good biomarkers for aging.(7) This spells out the practical applications of the scientific knowledge currently available in the areas of gerontology and geriatrics.(8) Recommendations for practice include providing exposure of nursing students to rural communities and including gerontology in the nursing curriculum.(9) She is assistant director of academic programs for the UCLA multicampus program in geriatric medicine and gerontology .(10) Most were in the behavioral science category, but about 25 projects were also judged in the categories of health medicine, gerontology , computer science and environmental science.(11) The chair and professor of the department of gerontology conducts research on the psychological aspects of aging, chronic illness and family caregiving.(12) These fields of practice, along with the study of gerontology , have formulated many workable answers to the hard questions.(13) The professor of gerontology at the University of Newcastle is giving this year's series of five Lectures under the provocative title The End Of Age.(14) The training grounds in medical schools focus very little on geriatrics and gerontology , and newly graduating doctors come out with what some researchers call u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510healthismu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.(15) He studied medicine at the University of Rochester before taking an internship at Harvard University to specialize in gerontology and the kidney.(16) Thane's treatment of twentieth-century aging reaches beyond historical studies to social gerontology .