Senescence

People die for many reasons for example they die from car accidents, murder, drowning, overdosing, and illnesses. Then the number one reason is cancer. Leukemia is the 3rd leading deadliest cancer and kills 160 people each day, more than six people per hour and 58,000 people per year. Leukemia is a really bad disease and kills many people each year. Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. There are also many symptoms to leukemia. You also don’t know if you will survive or not when you have the…

Introduction: Williams Syndrome (WS) is a very rare syndrome (1:20,000) which is caused by a microdeletion on chromosome 7q11.23 and results in the individual being hyper-sociable, having high levels of anxiety and having difficulties with social, behavioural and cognitive skills. Previous research indicates that anxiety is the most prevalent mental illness found in individuals with WS and within that, specific phobias are most common. Individuals with WS find it difficult to maintain…

Introduction/Condition Background: In the United States, the most common cancer and the third leading cause of death from cancer among men is prostate cancer . The prostate is an organ that functions in producing fluid that protects and nourishes the sperm in semeni. It is located approximately at the base of the bladder in males. A growth of malignant cancerous cells in the prostate is called prostate cancer. If the cancer is confined to just the prostate, it is called localised prostate cancer…

Death is Inevitable Drew Magary explores the subtle differences between youth, aging, death, and overpopulation the post-aging world of The Postmortal. These anti-aging, “postmortals”, believe that death can never overcome them due to their ability to not age. What these postmortals don’t realize is that death is inevitable. The novel follows postmortal John on his journey from being afraid of death and procuring the cure, to willing to die so that others can live on. John’s story forces…

Dove Pro-Age Fighting Stigma and Embracing Real Beauty: Advertising floods the airwaves of our culture. With another corporate sponsor at every turn, we cannot help but be influenced by the messages of a constantly streaming commercials. Advertisement in American culture is a time old practice, we seldom see a positive message in regards to aging. Dove Pro-Age breaks the barriers of a culture that seemingly despises aging, and especially the aging of women. By boasting unconventional…

“Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear [insert name here], happy birthday to you,” the most memorized song for any birthday always raises the question of age. The many more to come saying. It also brings ups to the dreaded question of, “how old are you now?” Then last it brings the question of when do adults become old. Malcom Cowley wrote his view of what a man turning 80 feels. Sometimes the way we view age has to do with our culture. No two people think alike, so…

Age is one of those things that affects everyone no matter what. Some might experience the effects of aging early while others might only experience its effects in their last moments of life. Regardless of when you experience the effects, aging is the sign of your body getting older. Unfortunately for humans there is no way to stop the effects of aging, yet. However, with more research focused on how to stop aging we might be able to in the near future. Aubrey De Grey is a British researcher who…

Career Starting a career is an important part of developing a life. After proceeding through college, most adults are looking for a job that will turn into a career. For most emerging adults, the road to a stable, long-term job is not easy. The average American holds eight different jobs between the ages of 18 and 30 (Arnett, 2016). As individuals reach young adulthood, they must make decisions that will have long term effects on their adult lives. Donald Super formulated a theory of…

The human body is exceptionally durable relative to its size, especially against the inevitable. Aging occurs in everything- people, animals- even bacteria. While not everything ages the same, every living thing undergoes changes as they get older. These changes can affect the brain, organs, and skin. The real question is: how does aging affect the human body? The study of aging and how it affects the human body and humans in general is called Gerontology (Gerontology 1). Gerontology started…

“More years were added to average life expectancy in the 20th century than all years added across all prior millennia of human evolution combined” (Carstemsen). This is simply amazing. Laura had a very optimistic perspective regarding the aging process. She of course described the downfalls of growing old, which include aging, disease, poverty, and loss of social status. However, she also mentioned that older people undergo some outstanding improvements, such as growing smarter, increased…