Laughable Old Men

Old men hyperthyroidism

Even the thyroid, like all the other organs and tissues, has undergone anatomic-functional modifications during the senescence. One of the characteristics of ageing is the significant increase of thyroid disease and their different clinical expression. Moreover, thyroid disease in older patients requires special attention because of the increased gravity caused by the frequent co-existence of o...

Operations on Old Men

Feminist gerontology and old men.

This article outlines feminist gerontology and shows how its focus on power relations lends insight into the lives of those people disadvantaged by them as well as the people privileged by social inequalities. To illustrate the latter, I discuss how feminist gerontology might examine old men, using the topic of health as an example. For instance, arrangements that maintain privilege in young ad...

How Fast Do Old Men Slow Down?

Abrtmcr-An important question in the study of aging concerns the rate at which people physically deteriorate with age. HOW much, for example. CB~ be physically expected of, say, a healthy, non-injured 75.year-old man or woman relative to what be or she could do at ape 4% This paper applies econometric techniques to data on men’s track and field and road racing remrds by age to estimate the rate...

Why do old men have big ears?

In July 1993, 19 members of the south east Thames faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners gathered at Bore Place, in Kent, to consider how best to encourage ordinary general practitioners to carry out research. Some members favoured highly structured research projects; others were fired by serendipity and the observations of everyday practice. Someone said, 'Why do old men have bi...