Routine veterinary visits can help
detect age related diseases before they become advanced and can help improve the chances of a longer and healthier life.
To
detect age related conditions, experts have recently increased the recommended frequency of visits for senior pets to a minimum of twice a year.
Not exact matches
Researchers from the Eaton - Peabody Laboratories of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have created a new mouse model in which by expressing a gene in the inner ear hair cells — the sensory cells that
detect sound and sense balance — protects the mice from
age -
related hearing loss (ARHL) and noise - induced hearing loss (NIHL), the two most common forms of deafness.
While vision screening probably isn't harmful, some
age -
related eye conditions like macular degeneration and cataracts may be difficult to
detect before patients have pronounced symptoms because people in the early stages of these diseases may still be able to read eye charts used to test vision.
«The changes may be
related to an increase in skin stem cells, which help preserve the skin from the effects of
aging, which we were also able to
detect.»
The researchers
detected RPE cells in the eye of the patient with Stargardt disease but not in the patient with
age -
related macular degeneration.
These fibrotic processes, nowadays more frequently
detected, may be
related to defects in the repair process and / or to an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases due to
ageing.
Finally, at each vertex, we used MDMR to
detect age -
related variation (linear, quadratic) in the gradient maps defined across individuals.
«The fact that they can
detect this makes you wonder: What about when they get older and they start to have normal
age -
related cognitive decline?
Age -
Related Incidence of Pineal Calcification
Detected by Computed Tomography.
It's important to have your cat seen by the veterinarian at least once a year so
age -
related problems can be
detected early.
It can be very difficult for us to
detect the early sub-clinical signs of
age -
related disease in our pets.
When
detected early and managed properly, many
age -
related medical conditions can be prevented from progressing to serious illnesses.
With progressing
age, we need to be screened regularly for various
age and lifestyle
related diseases, even if we feel fine.All diseases and health disorders have a better prognosis when
detected early, and this is particularly true for chronic and terminal illnesses like cancer.