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Geriatrics

(Science: specialty) The branch of medicine concerned with the physiological and pathological aspects of the aged, including the clinical problems of senescence and senility.


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Natural selection is proven wrong

... will die after they are no longer able to reproduce. It would be very bad, from the standpoint of natural selection, to have a large population of geriatrics that would amount to evolutionary parasites by consuming resources while contributing nothing in terms of additional offspring or possibly ...

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by alextemplet
Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:17 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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aging

you can read this paper for more imformation Reiff TR. Water loss in aging and its clinical significance. Geriatrics. 1987 Jun;42(6):53-4, 59, 62.

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by dadaliujia
Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:04 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: aging
Replies: 4
Views: 581


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