Instead of the differences in the DNA, the inheritance of the changes in the usage of their genes can be a means to pass on the increased span of life from one generation of worms who live long, to the next. A study shows that even if there are no changes in the overall hereditary [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 30, 2011
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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...Thursday, October 27, 2011
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In an ever-changing world, the speed at which things are altering is similar to how the weather changes day-by-day. Despite the accelerating rate of progress, there is still a growing area of unsolved questions, and a pool of these unsolved questions is caused by the rate of change itself; new questions are added additional progress. [...]
Continue reading...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...Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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According to a report provided by the Centre for Ageing Support and Community Development, around 95% of the Vietnamese elder’s are in a state of poor health. The National Programme for the Elderly 2011-15 primarily targets health care for the old people. The Hoa Thuong Commune’s elderly Association, situated in the Northern province of Thai [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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On October 1st, Older People’s Day in the United Kingdom, the British Office for National Statistics, announced a new national record: 12,640 citizens more than one century old. Two other national records went public on the same occasion: life expectancy for men in the UK went up to 78.1 years, while women life expectancy also [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 1, 2011
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A few years ago, sirutins were found to be an ideal solution for expanding life span and fight age related disease. Scientists had declared this enzyme as a source to delay aging, and had recommended moderate consumption of red grape, red wine, blackberry, dates, etc. – every fruit that nature dressed up in a color [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 18, 2011
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Life in a country facing explosions of capricious pecuniary state is facing the ignorance of a snubbed community traditionally called as Senior Citizens. This deprived community is not only facing social issues but health, economic and lack in public services are supplementing their loneliness. In the view of ripened people, they are encountering the foremost [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 13, 2011
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It will need efforts of all the Nigerians to provide rights to the senior citizens of the country. It is simply impossible for the country to progress and prosper without including the senior citizen welfare in its agenda. This request was raised by Dr. Abiodun Oduwole, who has served as Health State Commissioner of Ogun [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 11, 2011
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According to famous scientists and futurist Ray Kurzweil, humans will enjoy immortality within 20 years. He believes that the solution will be found in nano-technology, but currently we need to understand how our body really works. Ray Kurzweil is in his 60s and believes that the incredible learning curve and progress in our comprehension of [...]
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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