Story at-a-glance 1  -. Cucumbers are made up of 95 percent water, making them an ideal hydrating and cooling food. 2  Cucumbers contain an anti-inflammatory flavonol called fisetin that appears to play an important role in your brain health.
Figure 1). 2. In 2050, the population aged 65 and over is. projected to be 83.7 million, almost double its esti-. mated population of 43.1 million in 2012. The baby. boomers are largely responsible for this increase in the. older population, as they began turning 65 in 2011.
Now, with the first of them turning 60, baby boomers are about to do something utterly conventional and predictable. They're going to start getting old. In 1946, 3.4 million babies were born in the U.S., a jump of 22% from the previous year. The surge of births continued, year after year, until 1964.