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:"asymptomatic men who have at least a 10-year life expectancy have an opportunity to make an informed decision with their health care pro ...d the DRE should be offered annually beginning at age 50 to men who have a life expectancy of at least 10 years. Men at high risk should begin testing at age 45. Info

...eds are similar to those of an HTGR (High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor). Life expectancy is 4 years at 680C and total irradiation 3e22 n/cm2 by high-energy neutrons

*”Social and medical developments have recently led to a dramatic increase in life expectancy. This has inspired the study of organismic changes associated with healthy

...e expectancy was short and the numbers had to be continually replenished. Life expectancy was much higher in the U.S. (because of better food, less disease, lighter

...and substitution effects of wage rate changes and by fertility rates and life expectancy changes. <ref>[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/Pop%20Aging%20Workshop/Abst

In the new grandmother hypothesis, menopause arose from an extended life expectancy brought on by the fitness inducing qualities of maternal grandmothers. In t

...ransplant is successful); the worst outlook is with RAEB-T, where the mean life expectancy is less than 1 year. About 1/4 of patients develop overt leukemia. The ot

...ed and published by the United Nations adds such measures as literacy and life expectancy, and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) <ref>[http://commun

...d black-white gaps in income, education, public services, medical care and life expectancy, as well as residential segregation. Indirect victimization appeared at th

...summary)]</ref> by the United Nations adds such measures as literacy and life expectancy, and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) <ref>[http://commun

...aken to the British sugar colonies in the West Indies, like Jamaica, where life expectancy was short. About 400 to 1000 free blacks went to London and joined the com

...se is enormous, but its potential is, as yet, unmatched by accomplishment. Life expectancy increases track more closely with economic prosperity and sanitary engineer

...fe extension''' refers to an increase in [[maximum lifespan|maximum]] or [[Life expectancy|average lifespan]], especially in humans, by slowing down or reversing the ...ted that supplementation of mice with [[growth hormone]] increased average life expectancy. Additional animal [http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abst

...no particular affliction. Furthermore, every species has its own typical [[life expectancy]]. Humans, for example, don't usually pass the 100-year mark, even when the ...]] together with regular [[Physical fitness|physical activity]] can extend life expectancy.

...ce a demographic upheaval as HIV/AIDS and associated diseases reduce human life expectancy by as much as 30 years and kill as many as a quarter of their populations o

...ic shunt]] (TIPSS). However, none of these shunts has been shown to extend life expectancy.<!-- and are considered to be bridges to [[liver transplantation]].-->

{{cite journal |author=Wright JC, Weinstein MC |title=Gains in life expectancy from medical interventions--standardizing data on outcomes |journal=N Engl

...ong connections with the larger field of demography. See [[Demography]], [[Life expectancy]], [[U.S. Demographic Transition]],

...ure, blindness, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and [[stroke.]] The life expectancy of people with diabetes is reduced by an average of five to 10 years, mainl

...lockade were successful; by 1864 only half were successful (which mean the life expectancy of a blockade runner was one round trip). The blockade runners carried onl