Richard Shepherd, UK's leading medical examiner and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, decided to revisit what he knows best, the connection between life and death. But this time, the subject of his interest was age and those irreversible changes that occur to us as we age. In his new book, The Seven Ages of Death, Dr. Shepherd takes the reader on a journey through the different stages of life, from infancy to old age. And it shows what dangers await the human body on each of them. In addition to describing cases from practice, Richard Shepherd included explanations of various body systems and their features in the book. You will learn why certain causes of death become more likely at certain ages and if there is something you can do about it. This book has absorbed not only many years of professional experience of its author, but also his personal experiences, thoughts about his own aging. As Dr. Shepherd notes in the preface to it, "I will boldly face my aging and perhaps help readers do the same."

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