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医学科普类英文文章

人民的身体健康素质,对于实现国家的崛起战略具有重要意义。下面是店铺带来的医学科普类英文文章，欢迎阅读!

医学科普类英文文章1

DoHumanBeingsCarryExpirationDates?

Aftercelebratingher60thyearonthethroneinstylethispastweek,BritainsQueenElizabethIIcannowlookforwardtobreakingsomemorerecords.Sheisalready,at86,Britainsoldestmonarch(wereshetodienow,hersonwouldimmediatelybethe12tholdest).OnSept.10,2015,shewouldpassQueenVictoriatobecomethelongest-reigningmonarchinBritishhistory.TobeatLouisXIV(whosucceededtothethroneattheageof4)forthelongestreigninEuropeanhistory,shewouldhavetoliveto98.

ElizabethIIisstillgoingstrong,butthemaximumhumanlifespanisntrisingatanythingliketherateofaveragelifeexpectancy,whichisrushingupwardgloballyattherateofaboutthreemonthsayear,mainlybecauseofprogressagainstprematuremortality.Indeed,wemayalreadyhavehitsomekindoflimitformaximumlifespan--perhapsbecausenaturalselection,withitsstrictfocusonreproductivesuccess,hasnoparticularneedtopreservegenesthatwouldkeepusgoingto150.

Theoldestwomanintheworld,BesseCooper,aretiredschoolteacherinGeorgia,willbe116onAug.26,accordingtotheGerontologyResearchGroup,anorganizationthatstudiesagingissues.Thatsagreatage,butitsaheftysixyearsshortoftherecord:122yearsand164days,setbyJeanneCalmentofFrancein1997.Inotherwords,ifMrs.Coopercangetthere,Mrs.Calmentsrecordwillhavestoodfor21years;ifshecant,maybelonger.

Thatsalongtime,consideringthattherearenownearlyahalfmillioncentenariansaliveintheworld.Thatnumberhasbeengoingup7%ayear,butthenumberofthoseover115isnotincreasing.

IfMrs.Cooperdoesnottaketherecord,thereareonlytwoother115-year-oldsalivetotakeonthechallenge,andoneofthemisaman:JiroemonKimura,aretiredpostmanfromKyoto.Heswithinsevenmonthsofbeatingtheagerecordforhissex,setbyChristianMorten