HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jeanne Calment, Maximum Life Span, Y Chromosome
5 Sep 2018
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Biology of aging and the impact of lifestyle on the aging process (guest speaker; day 8: january 31, 2018 ) # of years a member of a species can live. Has changed little over the past 100 000 yrs. The oldest known human is jeanne calment (lived for 122 years) In life expectancy women throughout the world outlive men by 4-10 yrs. We rly are the weaker sex, biologically less fit than females in every step of the way . Life expectancy during the 1900"s increased due to better medical care (in the. 1800"s the main cause of death for women was childbirth) +ve effect of double x chromosomes; +ve/-ve effects of y chromosome. Having double x ensures that if problems do arise in women we have another x in case something goes wrong with the other. Protective effect of estrogen against dev"t of cad. Rapid and more longer ability to fight bad diseases.
