aging

Maria Kondrashova, both internationally recognized authorities in the field of aging and related diseases, successfully treated women in various stages of menopause by administering very small doses of a key substrate found in the human body.

Dorian Gray, the everlasting dandy of Oscar Wilde's novel, halted aging. Rather than his body growing old, his portrait suffered the insults of time.

The cause-effect sequence runs as follows: An aging population leads to a shrinking labor force, which reduces the marginal product of and hence the return on capital.

According to MetLife's "2005/2006 Employee Benefits Trend Study," 46% of the surveyed employer groups with more than 25,000 workers believe that the aging work force will have a significant impact on their human resources, yet 79% of these companies have not begun to plan how they will retain their experienced older employees.

Modern medical science now regards aging as a disease that is treatable and preventable and that "aging", the disease, is actually a compilation of various diseases and pathologies, from everything, like a rise in blood glucose and pressure to diabetes, skin wrinkling and so on.

This is Part I of a two-part series on resident aging in place within independent living communities.

Through this discourse, they learn what men think about their own aging processes.

The babyboom generation has now squarely arrived at that stage where they must now bear the burden of caring for their aging parents with all that this familial responsibility involves.

Threfore, the highest risk moves toward younger and younger age cohorts over time, counteracting the aging of the entire infected population and thereby matching the observed stability in ages at death.

The American Society on Aging (ASA) is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen the skills and knowledge of professionals who work with older adults.

OTTAWA -- Almost one third of the baby boomers aged 45 to 59 years feel they haven't made adequate financial preparations to maintain their standard of living when they leave their jobs, and don't know when they will retire says the General Social Survey Social Support and aging 2002.

On the downside, rates of depression, alcohol and other drug abuse, and suicide, all germinal ingredients of crisis, are high for aging Americans.