We are being made increasingly aware that diabetes is a growing health problem. Although diabetes is increasingly more prevalent in the young, it is considered to be one of the most common age-related illnesses.

It is not too long ago that type two diabetes was almost unheard of in younger people. This correlation led to the assumption that type two diabetes was caused by the aging process. Increased understanding of the true cause of type two diabetes and the increasing incidence in young people has turned that thinking around.

It now begs the question – does diabetes accelerate the aging process?

Certainly, many of the complications of diabetes can make us older than our years. Statistics show that diabetic patients live four to eight years less than those people who do not have the disease. So, diabetes makes them older than their years. Continue reading →

Cancer is an insidious disease and as people age, many are afraid of developing cancer. As a person ages, their risk increases, unless lifestyle modifications and other positive interventions are undertaken to prevent it.

There are many reasons as to why this can happen. One is, as a person gets older, their immune system may have a reduced capability to respond efficiently to pathogens and preventing the formation of a tumor. This occurrence is what experts refer to as immune-senescence, and one of its consequences is the higher risk for developing diseases such as cancer.

Cancer starts to occur when cells in any parts of the body become abnormal. These abnormal cells eventually form into a mass of tissue which is referred to as malignant or cancerous tumor. Continue reading →