Instead of increasing the retirement age we should prolong high-school a few years.Mario Zapata Wilton, ConnecticutSIR – It is extraordinary to me, how, after the failure of fiscal austerity to "reassure" bond markets over the reliability of Greek, Irish and Portuguese debt, The Economist does not draw the obvious conclusion that such measures do not work.
If we allow medicine to prolong life, should we also allow it to shorten life for the terminally ill?
It's natural that we should try to prolong our lives but how do we become reconciled to our mortality?
Conventional wisdom, that we should avoid prolonging the final phase of our lives, needs to be reassessed in the era of longevity.
Democratic allies of Vice President Al Gore, including his running mate, left open the possibility today of further litigation in Florida if the state Supreme Court disallows hand-counted ballots, but other Democrats are suggesting that if the court rules against Mr. Gore, he should not prolong the challenge and instead concede the election.
Therefore, one can answer Q4 by concluding that even if HCE should not prolong life anymore, it may be worth its cost as "real insurance" reducing the variability of health status.
Soon, the introduction of ART for infants and children living in resource-constrained settings should considerably prolong their life expectancy and reduce HIV disease progression.
Currently, the EPI schedule is similar for HIV-infected children; the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) should considerably prolong their life expectancy.
In theory, decreasing the proportion of older women who are diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer should help prolong survival.
In such patients, more invasive biopsy techniques that imply the use of the core needle and coaxial technique should be avoided as should prolonged procedures with extended needle paths [45, 59].
