Science news articles about 'ninth decade'

... thought." Fries was surprised the gap between runners and nonrunners continues to widen even as his subjects entered their ninth decade of life. The effect was probably due to runners' ...

... increased after age 50 with the prevalence of polyps ranging from 10.1 to 12.06 percent in the sixth and ninth decade, respectively. The study results quantified the number of ...

... ranged from 10 to 12 percent from the sixth to ninth decade of life. "Our study affirmed that the greatest ... in older adults, abruptly starting in the sixth decade," says Francis M. Giardiello, M.D., ...