In 1715, Sir Edmund Halley proposed that the age of the oceans could be determined by estimating the rate at which dissolved salt is accumulating in seawater. Nearly two centuries later, John Joly (1898) actuall
Nor are they regarded as the wisest members of the community as the elders in a traditional society would be; instead, any advice they give is likely to be considered irrelevant in a changing world about which their descendants consider themselves much better informed. In America, childhood is ...
It is neurology textbook knowledge that the mean age of onset is about 60?years. However, recent investigations show an increasing incidence in older persons. We therefore evaluated whether ALS is potentially not considered in elderly people with ALS symptoms, respectively, not recognized. Materials ...
Other diseases of old age -dementia, strokes, arteriosclerosis and emphysema - are also troubling fewer and fewer people."It really raises the question of what should be considered normal ageing," says Kenneth Manton, a demographer(人口学家) from Duke University in North Carolina. He says the ...
The conduct of another person, such as undue influence, fraud and duress are distinguished from the testamentary capacity of an individual and is not the focus of this contribution. In conclusion the question is considered whether elderly people, who are vulnerable due to age and other ...
Twenty-five people over 70 years of age, who considered their life to be ‘completed’ and no longer worth living, and who strongly wished to die while not being terminally or mentally ill, participated in an in-depth interview exploring their lived experience. Persons were recruited between Ap...
Researchers say high blood pressure and circulation problems andother diseases of old age are troubling a smaller proportion every year 36.. It reallyraises the question of what should be considered normal ageing, because the problems withold people are often not appearing unti they are 70 or ...
13、 single year, having a big family is no longer considered a practical option .In fact, more and more couples choose to have only one child and some do not have any desire to become parents at all.Indeed, the trend of having fewer children started a few decades ago. According to th...
Regardless of how much the government postponed the age for retirement, it's about time for the post-80s and post-90s to prepare for a decent elderly life. What is considered elderly? Aging, an inevitable process, is commonly measured by chronological age and, as a convention, a person ag...
Regardless of how much the government postponed the age for retirement, it's about time for the post-80s and post-90s to prepare for a decent elderly life. What is considered elderly? Aging, an inevitable process, is commonly measured by chronological age and, as a convention, a person ag...