Aging and age: How to master both is

Our life is becoming longer. The statistics about this: Was life in 1950 for men 65 and women at 68 years, she is now to 76 and 80 increased. Today, four percent of the population 80 years and older, and by 2050 it is three times as many. That may sound pleasing, but a certain number of major problems. That they can be overcome, was on a two-day conference of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research in Berlin by world-renowned experts explained. The scientists also waited with many surprises on. 
Thus 59 percent of the world's 57 million deaths annually by no means caused by communicable diseases, but have chronic diseases to rise. In Europe, 77 percent of all chronic diseases, in Germany, four fifths of all deaths on chronic diseases returned. The diagnosis of a chronic disease, Professor Doris Schaeffer of the University of Bielefeld noted, "is not only a shock for those affected, but also changed the lives of families." Incidentally, women take more medication than men. 40 percent of German women take due chronic diseases nine or more drugs to himself, while the figure for men was 35 percent. This is too much, according to scientists. Because 35 percent of men and 40 percent of women over 65 get these amounts of drugs are more or less permanently. Professor Gerd Glaeske from the University of Bremen, said: "Adverse effects and interactions lead to hospitalization." He keeps taking five to eight active in old age "with restrictions just yet plausible." In Europe, between six percent (Denmark) and 42 percent (Czech Republic) of older patients treated with unnecessary medications, such a workshop on Berlin Statistics announced. For Germany, this proportion is 18 for men and for women at 27 percent.
With increasing age, the number of self to be - and this poses great dangers in itself. Professor Gerd Glaeske mentioned at the Berlin meeting about Klosterfrau Melis spirit that it would nevertheless "an extraordinarily high alcohol content - why only make the pharmacies with something?". 30 percent of all nichtrezeptpflichtigen drugs, said the scientists continued, "are absolutely not recommended ". Surprisingly, these figures: In Germany, the Netherlands 4 000 tonnes per year drugs worth around two billion euros on garbage dumps, are simply thrown away.