Tag: aging
Human beings live longer, can healthcare systems keep up?
Human beings live for an average of 72 years. In 1960, the year the United Nations began keeping global data, this number was 52.5...
Aging Japan: Manga comics turn gray — but spirited — along...
TOKYO — Japan’s graying population is changing the character of its beloved manga comics, spawning a new genre in which the elderly aren’t pitiable oldsters but protagonists making discoveries, finding friends and sometimes even having hot sex.
Healthy aging by opting to be active
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
SOME people dread old age believing that they will feel “limited.” But health experts say that should not be the...
Percentage of population aged 65 or older in East Asian and...
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It’s never too late to take up sports
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
On the surface, sports like basketball, volleyball and biking may seem mundane, best left to be learned early in life,...
