onÂ·colÂ·oÂ·gy. The study or science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biologic properties and features of neoplasms, including causation, pathogenesis, and treatment. oncology. /onÂ·colÂ·oÂ·gy/ (ong-kolÂ´ah-je) the sum of knowledge regarding tumors; the study of tumors.
Atherosclerosis in Your 40s and 50s. In men after age 50, the rate of atherosclerosis development accelerates markedly. In women, this increased risk is delayed until age 60. By this time, even if you don't have any evidence of atherosclerosis, your lifetime chances of developing its complications are greater than 50%.therosclerosis in Your 20s and 30s. Atherosclerosis is the last thing on most young adults' minds. But early forms of atherosclerosis are frequently present in our 20s and 30s. Almost no one suffers complications from atherosclerosis at this age.
4 Population-based estimates indicate that this condition affects 6.6 percent of males and 12.4 percent of females. The prevalence of anemia increases with age and is 44.4 percent in men 85 years and older. 5 Although the elderly are more prone to develop anemia, older age is not of itself a cause of the condition. 6.nemia is defined as a decrease in the circulating red blood cell mass to below age-specific and gender-specific limits. In normocytic anemias, the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is within defined normal limits, but the hemoglobin and hematocrit are decreased.