Word: loss
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...loving family and a stimulating job. But I am at about the age when human bodies, no matter how well cared for, begin to lose the youthful vitality most of us at one time thought would be with us for the duration. Besides the obvious changes like hair loss and wrinkling, the lungs' capacity declines; joints start to wear out; bones, especially in postmenopausal women and older men, lose density and weaken; cholesterol levels begin angling upward; the walls of the heart thicken, reducing its ability to pump blood by 25% over the life-span; the eyes' pupils diminish, making...
...Karnuta that I have heard the sound. Two minutes later, I am incredulous when she shows me a printout of my responses. Having failed to hear a range of high-toned pitches, I learn I have mild symptoms of presbycusis--"old-age hearing," Karnuta informs me--caused by gradual loss of the 30,000 tiny hairlike cells in the inner ear that respond to sound by signaling the auditory nerve to send electrical impulses to the brain. The noise of daily life, from loud music to jet planes to machinery, contributes to presbycusis, but the condition goes hand in hand...
Snuff it out already! If the threat of lung cancer and heart disease isn't reason enough, listen to this: less than a pack a day can increase your risk of hearing loss. Smoking may damage the arteries that supply blood to the inner...
When I told my wife, who is also 52, about my day-long physical, she wondered if she would have had the same experience. Not exactly. A mammogram, pelvic exam and Pap smear are obvious differences. The effects of hormonal changes associated with menopause, like hot flashes or bone loss, would also be tested. Beyond these, says Dr. Richard Lang, "the issues are the same, but modified by gender...
...woman, pre- or postmenopausal, has a bone scan to determine evidence of osteoporosis, because of hormonal changes a very real threat to those in their 50s. Most men don't go to the bone-densitometry lab. I did so only because of the association between kidney stones and bone loss. Mild bone loss in both men and women begins in the late 20s. But with the onset of menopause, women begin losing 1% to 5% of bone mass each year...