Conclusions and Relevance Adults 75 years of age or older with adenoma at prior colonoscopy were more likely to experience subsequent CRC and CRC death compared with those without adenoma, but cumulative risks were low and were far exceeded by competing risks for non-CRC death. Older adults may consider deprioritizing surveillance colonoscopy relative to other […]
Yes dear reader, yet another post in the never ending series of random thoughts on retirement. https://lifeunderwriter.net/tag/random-thoughts-on-retirement/ Though the traditional retirement age in the U.S. typically falls between 62 and 67, many Americans continue working beyond that point. As of 2024, slightly more than 22% of adults aged 65 and older are still employed, either […]
Changes in neural connections due to substance use and withdrawal are long-lasting, and craving can peak well into abstinence. Incubation of craving in rats — in other words, an inverted U-shaped curve where craving rises, plateaus and then declines — holds across drug classes. So although it was initially demonstrated for cocaine, incubation of craving […]
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In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists say they detected five broad phases of brain structure in the average human life, split up by four pivotal “turning points” between birth and death when our brains reconfigure. Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime – https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/five-ages-human-brain Yikes.