A 34-year-old member asked:
Why does our body deteriorate when we age?
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Dr. Michael Sparacinoanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Change: Deteriorate is a strong word. There is a programmed cellular change called apoptosis where cells are genetically programmed to "age.".
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Why does the body age?
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Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Programmed: The wear and tear of living do some damage to the body, but the graying of the hair, loss of maximum sexual capacity, loss of brain cells, and the rest are genetically programmed -- the benefit is to the species as we move on to make room for our children. That's why all "anti-aging" experiments consistently fail to produce anything that actually works.
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Dr. Nayana Trivedi commented
Internal Medicine 41 years experience
Natural process. Every thing that is living, grows. In process learns new things, acquire new knowledge, contributes to the collective human intelligence, enjoys the nature( other living beings-animals and Plants) and ultimately perish. This is aging. We should learn to age gracefully and every age has its beauty.
May 4, 2014
Dr. Ed Friedlander commented
Pathology 46 years experience
Provided original answer
Beautifully put, Dr. Trivedi. Thank you.
May 5, 2014
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