Gerontology News
A Canadian Study: The Brain Sharpens with Age
Recent study results obtained indicates that a human gets wiser and wiser with age. Researchers in Canada conducted experiments with 10 working professionals within the age group of 55 and 75, and 24 others in the age group of 18 and 35. The results of these experiments dispelled the widely prevalent misconception that the mind [...]
Continue reading...Extreme Lack of Care for the Elders In Germany – Solutions Needed -
Sunday, October 30, 2011
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The people of Germany are growing old, and a rising number of elderly people over there, need to be taken care of. A new law with the objective of assisting employed professionals in caring for their families has been issued by the Parliament. However, there is still an immediate need for more help. The number [...]
Continue reading...Longevity Is Not Only Determined by “The Grandmother Effect”
Saturday, October 29, 2011
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A study at Stanford University of California – Santa Barbara found that a potential reason for increasing human longevity is because older men tend to chase younger women – which according to the research increase the longevity survival of the human species. According to the evolutionary theory, people decease at old age after their reproductive [...]
Continue reading...Longer and Healthier Lives For Americans
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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The acting director of disease prevention and health promotion at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Carter R. Blakey, has recently declared that Americans live an additional year in comparison to one decade ago. Apparently, some institutions are very successful, as this is one of the main objectives of Healthy People 2010 [...]
Continue reading...Senior Citizens Is a Growing Segment of the Population
Saturday, October 15, 2011
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It is only very recently that Pakistani SENIOR citizens can be seen around. They had a very limited life span of not even 60 years till around 20 to 30 years ago. Earlier, they were showered with affection, care and respect by their young ones. Their families ensured that all their needs were taken care [...]
Continue reading...Senior Drivers Should Use Back Seat – For Road Safety
Sunday, October 2, 2011
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People in America think that their fast cars are symbol of their freedom on wide roads. They enjoy their freedom and they never miss the chance to take the steering wheel of the car to travel around. However, some people think that cars are the only way of transportation. In San Diego, as well over [...]
Continue reading...People Fear Alzheimer – Second to Cancer
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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According to surveys conducted by United States and different European researchers, Cancer is on top, but it is followed by the Alzheimer in the list of diseases people fear they have and need to be tested for. Interestingly, even when there are no apparent symptoms of this memory disease still respondent expressed interest in having [...]
Continue reading...Men Catching-up On Longevity Gap in New Zealand
Friday, August 19, 2011
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The gender life expectancy gap of New Zealanders is slowly being reduced. Longevity in New Zealand has increased to 78.8 years for males and 82.7 years for females. In the recent two years, males have been narrowing the gender longevity gap advantage that females enjoy. New Zealand’s had a positive rise in longevity. The Birth [...]
Continue reading...Morgan Freeman – On Science – Can We Live Forever?
Sunday, July 24, 2011
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The 27th of July 2011, On Science, discovery Through the Wormhole 2: episode 8, the team is tackling the intriguing question on ‘can we life forever?’ Here is a short snapshot on how episode 8 (Can We Live forever?). Over the past centuries, human life expectancy has doubled. This is a target already met, but [...]
Continue reading...Wine Can Help You to live longer
Sunday, July 17, 2011
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In the recent years, increasing studies have proven that a substance found in wine, known as reseratrol, increases our lifespan. Nevertheless, apart from that, wine has several health benefits. One glass of wine per day for a woman and two glasses of wine a day for a man is significantly better than consuming spirit or [...]
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
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