With advancement in cataract surgery, elderly patients may be inadvertently being presented with too many refractive options that may not be inappropriate for this age group. Wet age-related macular degeneration treatment has been revolutionized by intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth...
ISTAT added that while life expectancy is long -- 80.8 years for men and 85.2 years for women -- Italians are having fewer children than would be required to lower the demographic age: women are having an average of 1.32 kids each, but 2.1 children per mother would be needed to ensure ...
18, 2017 shows giant panda Basi eating bamboo leaves in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. The 37-year-old giant panda Basi passed away in Fuzhou on Sept. 13, 2017. Giant pandas' age of 37 is equal to humans' 100. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)...
In addition, identifying the neurodegenerative markers associated with cognitive impairment in the oldest-old, will enhance our understanding of the underlying pathophysiology in this specific age group. The EMIF-AD 90+ study was set-up to investigate protective factors for cognitive impairment in the ...
THE world’s oldest giant panda in captivity has died at the ripe old age of 37 — more than 100 in human terms — her handlers in China said yesterday as they gave Basi an emotional send-off. The Strait
"We were surprised to find thatbaby boomersaren't doing better," she said. "Their level of disability is still low compared to older Americans, but it was a full percentage point higher—five instead of four percent—compared to people of that same age 10 years ago. ...