I was wondering if there is any truth in the theory that the life expectancy of doctors is higher than the life expectancy of the general population, because of their medical knowledge and healthier tendencies compared to other people? If this is true, then what is the average life expectancy...
Background Previous studies have found emergency medicine physicians have a reduced life expectancy compared to other doctors, using small subsets of data from the obituary section of the British Medical Journal. Technological advances now allow the entire catalogue of obituaries to be interrogated, ...
Predicted patient life expectancy (LE) and survival probability (SP), based on a patient's medical history, are important components of surgical decision-making and informed consent. The objective of this study was to assess patients' interpretation of and desire to know information relating to LE...
BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- A white paper issued by China's State Council Information Office on Thursday said the average life expectancy has increased from 30 years in 1949 to 72.35 years in 2016 in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the white paper, titled "...
Life expectancy is one of the most important factors in end-of-life decision making. Good prognostication for example helps to determine the course of treatment and helps to anticipate the procurement of health care services and facilities, or more broad
The gap in life expectancy between non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australians is around 16 years in some parts of the Northern Territory, and in a statement accompanying his research on Monday, Amery said doctors needed to make their advice more accessible for those without a strong grasp on the...
9126 Background: Most people with advanced cancer want some information on their life expectancy. We sought the attitudes of people with a cancer experience to using three scenarios for survival (best-case, worst-case, and typical) to ex... Martin R. Stockler,Belinda E. Kiely,Georgia J. Mc...
Lifestyle– life expectancy is longer for people who have abalanced diet, arephysically active, maintain ahealthy weight, avoid excessalcoholor drug use, and remainsocially connected.Avoiding smokingis particularly important for life expectancy. ...
Scientific breakthroughs mean that life expectancy continues to rise every year. But the medical advances which now make it possible to think about living to a very great age --- if not forever --- also raise profound practical and ethical issues. Is immortality (永生) a realistic ...
1/4Scientificbreakthroughsmeanthatlifeexpectancycontinuestoriseeveryyear. Butthemedicaladvanceswhichnowmakeitpossibletothinkaboutlivingto a verygreatage--- ifnotforever --- alsoraiseprofoundpracticalandethicalissues. Isimmortality(永生) a realistic__41__? Notfortheforeseeablefuture. Inlastyear’s Re...