Sentences with phrase «life spans beyond»

Currently, chemotherapeutic intervention of pancreatic cancer is still ineffective to extend life span beyond several months.

However, if the parents had a longer life span beyond these years, there was a very close relationship [between how long the parents and the daughter lived].

Not exact matches

Of course, your life expectancy depends on many factors beyond the statistics that would increase or decrease your life span — your overall health, lifestyle, and family history.

The belief in a world beyond, where life may continue past its earthly span, unthreatened by the hazards of this world, is one of the ways in which this demand for preservation finds expression.

Yet much can be done in the way of making clear the understanding of man's spiritual nature, his high destiny which points beyond this life for its fulfillment, the meaning of the Kingdom for this life and the next, the Christian concepts of judgment and salvation with eternity in their span — in short, the goodness and power of a God who, having given us this life, can give us another in which to attain to his nearer presence, enjoy a richer happiness, and do his will more perfectly.

He who is ready to surrender his hopes, ambitions, and life itself, for the love of God and his fellowmen, no longer fears death and the end of human existence, for that self - centered concern which wants to cling on to life beyond its appointed span, and seeks to bring it back again in some supernatural realm, has already died.

So also have better medicine and hygiene, lengthening life spans far beyond the child - bearing age, thereby diminished the male advantage or female disadvantage.

For most people to get beyond the average life span of about 78, the variation has to do with lifestyle, with being healthy.

Research suggests that exceptional longevity (EL)-- living one to three decades beyond the average U.S. life span of approximately 80 years — runs strongly in families.

Living several decades longer than its shallow - water relatives, Escarpia laminata has the longest known life span for a tube worm, aging beyond 300 years, researchers report in the August Science of Nature.

Life - span extension in species from yeast to mice and extrapolation from life expectancy trends in humans have convinced a swath of scientists that humans will routinely coast beyond 100 or 110 years of Life - span extension in species from yeast to mice and extrapolation from life expectancy trends in humans have convinced a swath of scientists that humans will routinely coast beyond 100 or 110 years of life expectancy trends in humans have convinced a swath of scientists that humans will routinely coast beyond 100 or 110 years of age.

But apparently no young scientists presenting papers during the past decade were working on the same species beyond the three - year life span of the standard grant - funded project.

On topics ranging from the proper care of terminal cancer patients to how the best cystic fibrosis doctors push their patients» life spans far beyond the mean, they have certainly educated this colleague.

Beyond offering further proof that single genes can have dramatic influences on longevity, an idea that drew skepticism just a decade ago, the new finding may help scientists explain how severely reducing calorie intake extends life span in a variety of animals (SN: 11/25/00, p. 341: Low - cal diet may reduce cancer in monkeys).

The discovery of hormones that apparently control life span, or some aspect of agerelated diseases in worms and mice, hints at a general biological mechanism for health and longevity that extends beyond any single organism.

Under an international agreement called the «25 - year rule» countries acknowledge they should not launch objects whose life span in Earth orbit will go beyond 25 years after their mission concludes.

As agriculture became established and started creating a reliable food supply, Hawks says, more men and women would have begun living into their forties and beyond — jump - starting the selection pressure for increased life span.

«The general feeling is that we need to move beyond mortality testing to sublethal testing that looks at the shortening of life span, disorientation, reduced vigor, and other things,» says Pettis, who has been in discussions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about developing newer, more sensitive pesticide tests.

«We're already living 50 years beyond the natural life span determined by the environment in which we evolved.»

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By 2020, the typical 18 - year - old will gain 0.31 years due to the drop in smoking rates (above and beyond life span increases caused by other factors).

It turns out that our attitude may have much to do with our life span — above and beyond «normal» factors like diet and exercise.

Cianfrance asks questions about life and legacy too meandering for the film's good, resulting in an admittedly saggier middle section, but he reached way beyond the regular confines of indie cinema with Pines» episodic, decades - spanning tale, and that can not be ignored.

The Place Beyond The Pines is an ambitious and complex character drama, spanning a turbulent 17 year period in the lives of two men whose destinies become intertwined in a heated moment of panic.

If, for example, there is a constraint on the human life span, then efforts to extend life expectancy beyond that duration would obviously be unproductive.

IEL strongly believes that family engagement should be continuous throughout a child's life, spanning from cradle to career and beyond and that it is a shared responsibility in which schools and other community agencies and organizations are committed to engaging families in meaningful and culturally respective ways, and families are committed to actively supporting their children's learning and development.

Just look at all the sports cars we have had under $ 100K and how few live beyond the 5 - 10 year span.

The lives of these characters are interesting to learn about, within and beyond the time span covered in the novel.

Of course, your life expectancy depends on many factors beyond the statistics that would increase or decrease your life span — your overall health, lifestyle, and family history.

My parents fed Purina dog chow to all of our dogs from great danes to shelties and they never had any health problems and lived above and beyond thier «average age span» for thier specific breeds.

It might even help them live well beyond their life span; you could never know.

Beyond that, the life span will vary with each individual, and your veterinarian will be able to help you determine what stage of life your furry friend is in.

If it is any reassurance, a cat which lives long enough to become senile has survived far beyond the life - span of a wild - living cat.

A truck may be overloaded above the recommended capacity, a tire may fail because it was used beyond its intended life span, or a truck driver may drive recklessly or above the posted speed limit.

«I work with a wide range of women's emotional and behavioral issues providing services that span from therapy for depression and grief counseling to life crisis and beyond.