What is the life expectancy of a 77 year old male?
That depends on the person. The health of an individual depends on many things including the environment the person was exposed to (smog, smoking, alcohol use etc.) It also depends on the family history of the individual.
What is the life expectancy for a 76 year old with acute leukemia?
Sorry to hear about your grandmother. While there are no hard and fast rules, you will get more specific answers to this question if you know whether she has ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) compared with AML (acute myelogenous leukemia). In older people, ALL usually is the last stage of CLL (the chronic form), so she most likely has AML. You should expect that her survival could be as short as a few months. However, it is totally dependent on the subtype of AML. Some leukemias now are almost uniformly put in remission by drugs like Gleevec and 2-CDA, but these have very specific uses. I've included a website here which should answer all of your questions, but try to find out the specific type of leukemia before you look at it. Best of luck and health to you both.
What will the life expectancy be in 500 years from now?
A mathematical precondition for the average life expectancy to increase to 500 years would be for the maximum age to increase to at least that duration.Examining the maximum age for women during the last 20 years, we see that there were many years during which the oldest living person was 114 years. In more recent times, we have seen some years with persons living closer to 120 years. The oldest verified human lifespan was that of Jeanne Clement at 122 years, who died in 1997.List of the verified oldest people - WikipediaThe trend for maximum ages, seems to have increased by a few years to 117, but does not seem to be trending to greater maximum ages than that of Jeanne Clement.Unless and until the limiting mortality factors for very old people are discovered and remedied, I do not expect the maximum age to be 500 years, ever. This implies that the average mortality must be less.One theory of what kills off very old people is the loss of stem cells necessary to replenish the immune system, which is not surprising. If you lose the immune system, any infection at all could finish you off.But what about other stem cells? There are many different systems of the body which need to be able to repair themselves. Added to this, one of the mechanisms that combats cancer is programmed cell death. There are only so many of your cells that can die without replenishment for you not to die.From an evolutionary standpoint, there is no particular reason for humans to live to such extraordinary ages, and this would not necessarily be a good thing for our species.Even if there are breakthroughs that remedy some of the causes of death, I would be very surprised if anyone makes it to more than 130 years. At the same time, I can easily imagine that a much larger number of people could live a full century.Increases of average lifespan can mostly be achieved by lowering infant and childhood mortality, and by providing better health care to all, but that alone will not likely push the average above 100 years.
Life expectancy with stage 4 Prostate cancer with lymph node and metastasized to bones?
Very good friend just recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate cancer. It is in his lymph nodes and metastasized to his bones. He is 68 years old, is a smoker and drinker. PSA was extremely high. In the 400's. Started with his testosterone deprivation therapy. Is this something that he will have years?? or months? He is only one month in and is not eating. We just don't know what we are to expect.
What is the life expectancy for someone with Diamond Blackfan Anemia?
Diamond Blackfan anemia is a diagnosis about which it is difficult to make generalizations. First, because it is rare- only about 800 cases. Second, because it probably has several different genetic causes which may vary in intensity. Third, because if often it is NOT severe enough to justify a bone marrow transplant (which doesnt always help). Fourth because in about 1/3 of cases there are other malformations which might affect the prognsosis independently. Finally, it depends upon the rate of complications from the treatment- chronic steroids and transfusions sooner or later generate complications which are seldom mortal, but affect quality of life. That said, if you regard "life expectancy" as something more than a number, read the story of the kid in the first source. His story, over 900 gallons of blood, his life in hospital, his anger, and his attitude toward "life expectancy"- are sure to be more informative than a date. If you really do need a number, it can be said that most patients live to adulthood now (but formerly did not due to the effects of iron overload from transfusions).
Oldest dogs?
Ok - I have found the website that tells about the world's oldest dog. I want to know about my dog's breed though. How old is/was the oldest italian greyhound. I've seen sites that state 12-14 years is life expectancy, but mine are 13 and 15 years old right now. How much further do they have to go to be the oldest italian greyhounds?
How old is the oldest person in the world?
Oldest Man in Modern Day Era ( OK, Lets not talk about the Bible era )Saudi Arabia’s Oldest Man, Mohammed Bin Zarei, 154 years old.Saudi Arabia’s oldest man who was dubbed “the dean of centenarians” died at the age of 154. When he was 150 years old, his name was entered in Guinness book of records as the oldest living man on earth. Mohammed bin Zarei died of old age at a hospital in the small village of Sadr Ayad near the southern town of Nammas, leaving behind more than 180 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Saudi Arabia’s oldest man: Mohammed bin Zarei,154Sheikh Ali Al-Alakmi, also a Saudi national died at the age of 147. He had his own special diet and hardly ever used cars, preferring to walk whenever possible. They added that Alakmi loved walking so much that he had once walked from his hometown of Abha to Makkah over 600 kilometers for Hajj.He was 38 when King Abdulaziz bin Saud declared Asir as part of Saudi Arabia.Yahya Al-Alakmi, a family member told Al Arabiya that Sheikh Ali always ate from his farm, organic grains, wheat, maize, barley and honey. He preferred to eat fresh meat from farm animals and refused to eat at the festivities or touch processed food. Saudi's oldest man dies at 147, had walked 600km to Makkah