Gerontology

=toc 1375725110= =**Gerontology**=

Definition:
The scientific study of aging ( HGD Chapter 17, P. 434)

Examples:
Subgroups: Young old (60-75) Old old (75-85) Oldest old (85 and older) media type="custom" key="23571720"

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Analogies:
= Mnemonics: **//__Always__//** = =**// G-graceful //**= =**// I- I //// n //**= =**// N-new //**= =**// G-grooves //**=

In the News:
[|Institute for Gerontology receives $2.7M grant to continue research on African-American health] An institute for Gerontology is getting a 2.7 million grant to continue research for African-American health.

[|Gerontologists outline how doctors can bridge communication gap with older patients] This is about how gerontologists can bridge a communication gap with older patients

.[|longevity from space travel] Space travel leads to longevity? Well, perhaps in worms. Further research is required, but the present study suggests that space-flown worms age more slowly compared with the control group, and hints that spaceflight may extend worm lifespan. Can astronauts hope for similar results? Far too early to tell…

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 * My Mother is 89 Years old. I give my mother a lot of credit for being as healthy as she is at her age. although she is like a child she said things sometimes that we never heard her said before and it can be embarrassing for the ones that does not know her. She still has control on a lots of things. She still gets up at 4:00 am make her coffee and breakfast, mother was a widow at a very young age like in her 30's and she was left to take care of 8 children. She struggle she work very hard to support us and she did it.my comment on this is that I find it amazed that some other lady's with husband and other other family members to help and less children to support they end up to be in worse shape at a young age. I hope i get to be very old and healthy and live past hundreds, because she Loves life even when life is tough,I just don't want to be a grouchy old lady. and hope that the young guys still flirt with.