Aging is not only about old age. This is an ongoing process which will define the stages of biological, psychological and social conditions in human lives. Aging has limit for averages human life expectancy rate. For centuries, many have tried modern science to delay human life expectancy rate so much from this frightening condition of man. There are millions of websites on the internet providing information on aging and more than half a million consultations related searches information on how to alter averages human life expectancy rate. (more…)

Elderly abuse or elderly neglect can be put within the general category of violence that may be designed for different populations (women, children, seniors, etc.). Mistreating the elderly can occur in different areas: community, institution, society, etc. If it occurs on the community level, a category in which you can include it in the domestic or family violence, which also includes child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. (more…)

The population of man aged over 65 will exceed the number of children under 5 years old in 2040, for the first time in history, according to a study released by the Census Bureau United States, which warned of the impact that this development. It is predicted huge impact will occurs in both the developed and developing countries. Diverse area will affected by these changes in population’s composition. (more…)

In an average, the life expectancy of women is 80 and 77 for men as shown in the US research during the late 1990s. This statistics illustrates that women outlive men in various reasons. The most common risks to senior safety are cited in the seniorjournal.com, which includes chronic heart failures such as heart attacks and chronic ischemic heart diseases. The second most common risks (more…)

Reactive radicals of nitrogen (nitric oxide and derivatives such as peroxynitrite) and of oxygen (superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical) can inflict considerable damage on macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, complex lipids), give rise to carcinogens (e.g., nitrosamines), and trigger (or sometimes prevent) apoptotic death of cells such as macrophages and vascular epithelial cells. There are mechanisms for scavenging and antagonizing those highly reactive species of molecules and for repairing damage caused by them. (more…)