age-related disease
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofdiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A small but growing literature on the older driver supports the concept thatage-relateddiseasemay interfere with the ease and safety of using many modes of transportation.
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Frailty allows the effects of 'true' or biological aging to be considered separately from the effects ofage-relateddisease.
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Age-relateddiseaseis arguably the single greatest challenge for biomedicine in the 21st century.
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Of those enzymes, one stands out with potential for reducingage-relateddisease.
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Lithgow sheds light on the mechanisms of aging by identifying agents that extend lifespan or preventage-relateddisease.
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They have the common goal of explaining and intervening inage-relateddisease.
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This growth may place an increasing strain on the healthcare budget due to the possible higher prevalence of age-related diseases.
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As a result, physicians have a duty to recognize and intervene appropriately against age-related diseases.
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Factors relating to age-related diseases include not only a different spectrum of illness from that of younger people, but also the presence of multiple illnesses.
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In the medical and more reputable business community, anti-aging medicine means early detection, prevention, and reversal of age-related diseases.
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There is some evidence that mitochondrial damage is increased in some age-related diseases.
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Due to their tissue-damaging properties, it is believed that they contribute to the development and perpetuation of age-related diseases.
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They call for research and better practice in the care of age-related diseases.
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Support will also be given to studies on cancer, age-related diseases and women's health problems.
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Although increasing life expectancy is welcome, it will also lead to more age-related diseases; strokes, heart disease, respiratory disease and cancer are all likely to be of concern.
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In later years, the free radical theory was expanded to include not only aging "per se", but also age-related diseases.
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These genes appear to protect centenarians against major age-related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and dementia.
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Aging and age-related diseases are associated with the significant shortening of these sequences.
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Approaches include curing age-related diseases and slowing down the underlying processes of aging.
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