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Post by Rolling Thunder on Dec 8, 2016 12:28:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2016 12:52:17 GMT -5
I always thought I had a good shot of making it to 100 -- a lot of my relatives have (most make it into their 90s with brains and bodies in good shape), and my lifestyle is pretty healthy. My father's illness and death make me less confident of that. Still, I shall do the best I can. If nothing else, my healthy habits are likely to make such old age as I experience less painful. Also, I probably will stay prettier longer, and I'm just vain enough to care.
On the larger topic, this decline is worrisome and yet another reason we should take a good look at our health care system.
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Post by Vince524 on Dec 8, 2016 12:56:23 GMT -5
With the amount of bacon I eat, I'm surprised I'm not dead already.
I'll have to try harder.
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Post by celawson on Dec 8, 2016 13:23:18 GMT -5
With the amount of bacon I eat, I'm surprised I'm not dead already. I'll have to try harder. Aren't you preserving yourself with all of that sodium nitrate? I would think you have extended your shelf life significantly. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2016 13:26:54 GMT -5
We should all eat more Twinkies. We'd be invincible.
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Post by robeiae on Dec 8, 2016 14:09:59 GMT -5
Is it possible that this drop is reflective of long-term consequences of superior medical care for people who become critically ill at younger ages--and therefore survive--both with regard to those people and their offspring? With respect to the first, it could be just a blip. With respect to the latter, it would mean some sort of threshold.
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Post by celawson on Dec 8, 2016 14:47:16 GMT -5
Hmmm. - it's only 1 year and the changes are slight except for Alzheimers. Overall it might not mean anything. - interestingly, So if this actually IS significant, it could be related to the increasingly sedentary lifestyle that younger people today have been exposed to for more of their lives, as opposed to those who are already 65 and presumably have not had technology affect them as much. Weirdly, though, death from unintentional injuries rose 6.7%. From another article where you can see the different causes of death: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/873051Although Robo's point is an interesting one, I'm sticking with my hypothesis that it's the increasingly sedentary lifestyle and what comes with that (obesity, HTN, diabetes, etc.) that's most likely responsible. Sitting on the couch kills. Or, we might find a nice improvement next year.  |
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Post by robeiae on Dec 8, 2016 21:30:35 GMT -5
I blame the election of Trump.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2016 21:48:02 GMT -5
I blame the election of Trump. I've been going on the "David Bowie was the only thing holding the universe together" theory, but your hypothesis sounds reasonable to me. |
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Post by Don on Dec 9, 2016 3:45:46 GMT -5
Wait! You mean everything isn't Bush's fault anymore?
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Post by robeiae on Dec 9, 2016 6:19:45 GMT -5
Wait! You mean everything isn't Bush's fault anymore? No, that's still true, too. Trump's victory is Bush's fault. |
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Dec 9, 2016 7:56:25 GMT -5
I'm not convinced the experts will find any answers. Smoking has declined. What was once bad is now good, food wise. And what was considered 'in moderation' is now 'excessive'. Well, moderation is excessive.... sometimes. |
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Post by robeiae on Dec 9, 2016 8:30:50 GMT -5
That seems a little extreme.
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Post by celawson on Dec 9, 2016 11:40:06 GMT -5
If Cassandra is a moderator, does that mean she's extreme? Or if she moderates excessively does that mean she balances out? I'm confused.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2016 12:05:56 GMT -5
As a moderator, whatever I do and say is by definition correct.
Once you understand that, everything falls into place. The world is so much simpler than people make it out to be.
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