tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post5879230022244924651..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Longevity of people with long-lived relativesDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-21251240958024639102011-03-17T23:35:24.385+02:002011-03-17T23:35:24.385+02:00On my mothers side, my grandmom and all her sister...On my mothers side, my grandmom and all her sisters have had 7-10 Children and lived 90+ years each of them.<br /><br />Their mother had 11 children and smoked. Still she died in the age of 102 years.<br /><br />There must clearly be other factors than childbirth and smoking/drinking influencing longlivety.<br /><br />Well, that lineage is a "K" lineage and I once read about that people with mtDNA K would live longer than average. But never heard about that again.Fantyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969348276219179258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-89564306574215212042011-03-17T22:23:47.498+02:002011-03-17T22:23:47.498+02:00It makes perfect sense that men's health would...It makes perfect sense that men's health would vary more by genetics than women's health. Conversely women's healthy varies more by social environment than men's.<br /><br />Women as a group tend to hoard more health recourses and services in a given community. In the US more money is spent on women's health services, even apart from reproductive care, and more money is also spent on researching women's health. The disproportionate funding of breast cancer is very emblematic of the health industry's focus on women. Despite the fact that prostate cancer effects about the same number of men funding for research on prostate cancer is far less.<br /><br />Men as a group are at greatr risk for most diseases, while having shorter lifespans, yet there is less spending in men's health research and services. This means that there is less opportunity for men to receive different outcomes based on non genetic health services. On the other hand because more research and services are geared towards women, women of greater means will be on the receiving end of health services that skew outcomes for non genetic reasons.<br /><br />To continue with my analogy breast cancer (for women) far out funds prostate cancer (for men) while at the same time white middle class women receive most the health benefits of said research over black or poor women.princenuadhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165977957244158593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-62301572934080961342011-03-17T03:51:26.093+02:002011-03-17T03:51:26.093+02:00I dont see how a study like this can be done with ...I dont see how a study like this can be done with out allowing for child birth. The single greatest factor for female longevity is childbrith. Women who dont have any children live longest. Women who have children and survive, have shorter lifespans than their single sisters. <br /><br />A typical male nonagenerian would be embedded in his family, cared for by his womenfolk.<br /><br />A typical female nonagenarian is alone, or in a nunnery. Even if she is embedded in her family, she will have supported the household activities until she was no longer able to.<br /><br />I am not convenced social aspects are compensated for here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000684388615334278noreply@blogger.com