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Question 81

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At a recent physical exam, Janet was told that she is an inch shorter than she was five years ago at age 60. What caused her decrease in height?

A) hereditary height shrinkage
B) lack of calcium in her diet
C) age-related compression of the spine
D) effects of medication

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Question 82

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A study of women in the United States aged 40 and older found that sexual activity _____.

A) and satisfaction increased each decade
B) and satisfaction decreased each decade
C) increased each decade, but satisfaction did not
D) decreased each decade, but satisfaction did not

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Question 83

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In controlled longitudinal studies, the U.S. Women's Health Initiative found that taking estrogen and progesterone _____ the risk of heart disease, stroke, and breast cancer.

Men experience the same sudden downward shift in reproductive ability as women.

Limitations in _____, not severity of disease, are the hallmark of disability.

The first visible signs of senescence are usually observed in a person's _____.

Most adults feel strong, capable, healthy, and "in their prime."

Which country has the highest rate of individuals diagnosed with diabetes?

_____ is the fourth-most-common cause of death after age 45.

Collagen decreases by about 1 percent per year starting at age 20.

Alice has diabetes but tells everyone that she feels healthy and energetic. How Alice feels would be associated with a high score on a measure of _____.

The process of changing a habit is long and multistepped. Which is the first step in this process?

According to the text, which two factors protect health?

Once a person has reached adulthood, oxygen dispersal into the bloodstream from the lungs drops about 4 percent _____.

Severe brain loss that occurs before late adulthood could be caused by any of these factors EXCEPT _____.

The average age of menopause is about _____ years.

In an aging brain, _____.

The 10 million U.S. residents with the highest SES (and the best health care) outlive the 10 million with the lowest SES who live in rundown areas by about _____ years.

Compared to men the same age, adult women have _____ rates of mortality and _____ rates of morbidity for almost every chronic disease.

The adjustment of each part of the body to accommodate changes in another part is referred to as "_____."