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Is aging a disease?
The growing concern of the health care profession for the elderly is unprecedented. Until recently, medical science paid little attention to the special problems of the elderly. Old age was simply considered an inevitable and, therefore, normal part of human life.
Why is there such concern in society for the elderly, and what are the reasons for it? Multiple factors, which this article addresses and examines, seem to be involved. As is well known, gerontologists, biostatisticians, and demographers have been predicting an increase in the elderly population in the future because advanced medical technology can now better manage the middle and last stages of ...
- Coalition pushes funding to cure aging diseases on par with AIDS, cancer....
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 23, 1989 700+ words
...prominent health and aging organizations, a bipartisan...profit Alliance for Aging Research, is calling...increase research into the diseases and conditions of aging to $1 billion in the...cancer, AIDS and heart disease," Califano said...
- Australian researchers discover new target in aging diseases.
- Newspaper article from: BioWorld International Moran, Nuala May 2, 2007 700+ words
...shortages that occur in mitochondrial diseases by boosting adenosine triphosphate (ATP...target that may be relevant to all these diseases, and to diseases of aging, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, in which accumulating...
- Coalition launches push for funding to cure aging diseases; independence for...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 16, 1989 700+ words
...LAUNCHES PUSH FOR FUNDING TO CURE AGING DISEASES; INDEPENDENCE FOR OLDER AMERICANS...most prominent health-care and aging organizations, a bipartisan group...being organized by the Alliance for Aging Research. Speaking at the news conference...
- Survey to show Americans support added research to cure aging diseases. (NEWS...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 29, 1989 700+ words
...TO SHOW AMERICANS SUPPORT ADDED RESEARCH TO CURE AGING DISEASES The Alliance for Aging Research will release a national survey showing...M.D., national vice chairman, Alliance for Aging Research, "Why Survive? Being Old in America...
- GenoPlex Awarded SBIR Grant for Gerontogenes; Local Company Honing in on...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 5, 1999 700+ words
...genes that enhance disease resistance and...altered to postpone aging diseases and extend healthy...life health. Aging is the primary...most intractable diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and cancer. GenoPlex...involved in the aging process will yield...
- Reduced diet thwarts aging, disease in monkeys.
- Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health August 2, 2009 700+ words
...bottom-line indicators of aging: the occurrence of age-associated disease and death." In terms of...look at deaths due to the diseases of aging," he says. The incidence...tumors and cardiovascular disease in animals on a restricted...
- New York City's Renowned Philanthropists and Corporate Leaders Honored for...
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week October 21, 2009 700+ words
...are conducting research on aging processes and age-related diseases (see also Retirement Living...research from basic research on aging processes to the clinical...needed to prevent and cure the diseases of aging and care for a growing aging...
- Mutation in DKC1 Gene Can Cause Rare Aging Disease, Cancer; May Suggest New...
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service January 9, 2003 700+ words
...linked recessive disease that results in premature aging, severe anemia...of humans, the disease was not predicted...including premature aging, dyskeratosis...exacerbate the disease and needs further...with its premature aging, bone marrow failure...
