title: [Adaptive physiopathology of advanced age].
abstract: We have considered the so-called "teleological" aspects in many senile diseases that is a kind of effort to compensate alterations due to the aging process, where that process takes place with biological trouble (which happens for most subjects since aging without biological trouble is a prerogative of a minority of privileged people who will have a longevous and healthy life). These "teleological" aspects represent the foundation of the phisiopathology of adaptation in advanced age and the key for a correct interpretation of it and therefore for a correct preventive and curative program.
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: La fisiopatologia adattativa dell'età avanzata.