GERON255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Socioeconomic Status, Food Storage, Osteoporosis
19 Apr 2016
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Technology: crop irrigation, refrigeration, electricity, detecting diseases (ie. mammograms) Genes: longevity genes or death genes, predisposition to diseases. Personality: sensitivity to stress , high stress is a type a person, stress impinges on the immune system. Biological aging is an impairment on the immune system, and increase susceptibility to diseases: can be modified by education. Socio-economic status: higher status in education or money the better impact it will have (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Think about all of the intrinsic and intrinsic factors that affect persons. Famales live longer than males by 5-7 years = gender gap. Men are more susceptible to major diseases and die from big killers (eg. cv disease, cancer, stroke) Women suffer from more non-fatal diseases that will affect their lifestyle (eg. arthritis, depression, osteoporosis) Figure showing the ratio of males to females in the us.
