One of the most pressing issues facing healthcare today is population aging. Sometimes called the “grey wave” or “silver tsunami,” population aging is the shift in average age of a population from younger to older ages. Current projections from the U.S. Census Bureau point to 2030 as a milestone year in which older people will outnumber children for the… Continue reading How Healthcare Can Enable Healthy Aging
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The Advantages and Drawbacks of Our Aging Population
Population aging is likely to boost medicine, nanotechnology and robotics, but increase political risks, according to a 2016 report by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a non-departmental public body of the UK. A release from the National Research University Higher School of Economics notes that the UN estimates that the number of people aged… Continue reading The Advantages and Drawbacks of Our Aging Population
The Aging Population is Growing the Ranks of Cancer Survivors
Improved cancer detection and treatment efforts, combined with demographic trends, are creating larger numbers of older cancer survivors who are likely to have other health conditions that impact care and well-being. The study by Shirley M. Bluethmann, PhD, MPH, a cancer prevention fellow at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, appeared in July 2016… Continue reading The Aging Population is Growing the Ranks of Cancer Survivors
America’s Aging Population Will Need More Neurosurgeons
By 2030, chronic subdural hemorrhage (SDH) – also know as subdural hematoma or brain bleeds — will be the most common adult brain condition requiring neurosurgical intervention in the U.S., according to a study conducted by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City and published March 20th 2015 online in the Journal… Continue reading America’s Aging Population Will Need More Neurosurgeons
The Plus Side of Population Aging
Here at ThirdAge, we’re delighted to spread some good news about the the fact that the population in the U.S. and other developed countries is increasingly older than in the past. Most academic discussions of this trend so far have focused on the potential problems it creates, including challenges to pension systems, economic growth, and… Continue reading The Plus Side of Population Aging