Essay : What age you would choose to be if you could stay the same age forever ? Appearance Health Daily routine Health Independence WinsdomDo you really want to live forever‚ forever and ever? What’s the use of everlasting life if we can’t maintain a youthful spirit? Better to die with a hopeful eye on the future than to have such a long empty difficult life though eternity. To begin
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Although young people may profess to love life‚ no one can truly understand the journey from birth to death as much as one who is nearing their conclusion of it. Both Robert Burns’ “John Anderson‚ My Jo” and Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” convey the idea that aging brings forth an appreciation for life and love while also holding a realistic view that death is inescapable. In “Sonnet 73‚” aging strengthens the love between a couple‚ while in “John Anderson‚ My Jo” age is accepted by an elderly couple
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Ageing Ageing can be defined as a gradual change in an organism that leads to increased risk of weakness‚ disease‚ and death. It takes place in a cell‚ an organ‚ or the total organism over the entire adult life span of any living thing. There is a decline in biological functions and in ability to adapt to metabolic stress. Changes in organs include the replacement of functional cardiovascular cells with fibrous tissue. Overall effects of aging include reduced immunity‚ loss of muscle strength
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The study of aging‚ which is known as gerontology‚ (Non-restrictive) has particularly progressed (Present Perfect)in recent years. Scientists have been trying (Present Perf. Prog) to develop theories of aging for centuries‚ and neither of them has been accepted. There are two main categories of aging theories‚ such as programmed theories and damage theories. Programmed theories say that life expectancy is genetically (present passive)predestined. According to the Hayflick Limit Theory‚ humans cells
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What would you do if at the age of one years old you started to look like a decaying human being? One in eight million children face this problem. The disease is called Progeria (also known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome.) Progeria is a very rare terminal condition. Progeria‚ affects both males and females of all ethnic backgrounds. The term Progeria comes from the Greeks and it means "prematurely old". In the following paragraphs I will be discussing symptoms of Progeria‚ treatments‚ and
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Progeria‚ meaning "before" or "premature"‚ and "gēras"‚ meaning "old age". The disorder has a very low incidence rate‚ occurring in an estimated 1 per 8 million live births. Those born with progeria typically live to their mid teens to early twenties. It is a genetic condition that occurs as a new mutation‚ and is rarely inherited‚ as carriers usually do not live to reproduce. Although the term progeria applies strictly speaking to all diseases characterized by premature aging symptoms‚ and is often
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In 1956‚ Denham Harman articulated the free radical theory of aging which states that ‘oxygen free radicals that are formed endogenously in live cells result in a pattern of cumulative damage’(9). The theory is also implied that the target of those radicals in the cellular system is random. In live cells‚ DNA‚ protein and lipid are targets for the free radical’s invasion. Damaging any of those vital macromolecules in live cell affects the physiology of the cell and may lead to apoptosis and cell
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Prostate Cancer is the second most common cancer among men‚ after skin cancer‚ and is the leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States. Prostate cancer is caused by changes in the DNA of a prostate cell that turns off tumor suppressor genes and activate oncogenes. Essentially‚ cancer is an epigenetic programming problem. Epigenetics is the study of trait variations that are caused by factors that turn genes on and off and change how cells read genes. Immune evasion is when alterations
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Life Stages I will be explaining the physical and psychological changes which may be associated with ageing. Physical changes – skin‚ bones and joints * Skin becomes more wrinkled‚ thinner and less elastic. * Bones are less dense and are more likely to suffer from minor or serve injuries. * Joints stiffen and can be more painful as the bones thin out. * Muscles become weakened and loosen. * The spine may round which leads to hunched backs and other spine conditions. Senses:
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What is ‘disease’? Definition The term disease is the condition of the living‚ which leads to a disorder of the mind or body‚ which therefore destroys good health. (S-Cool A-Level). Biology online states that disease is a ‘pathologic condition in which the normal functioning of an organism or body is impaired or disrupted‚ resulting in extreme pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress or death.’ (Biology Online) Disease throughout History Over the years‚ there has ‘been a gradual decline in mortality from all
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