Old Age is Not a Cause of Death
My nana is coming up to 100 years old and I fear the call that says that she is no longer with us. She is special to me, she has been part of my life…I love her to bits. I know that she will not be with us forever but no matter how hard I try, I cannot face not having her there.
We all have said “They died of old age” well I have just read this article in the Dallas News that says that old age is not a cause of death. It states
“ At the federal level, old age is not considered a cause of death. Organs wear down, diseases
catch up; there’s always a specific reason for a person’s death.”
What made me smile was the phrase “a specific reason”. For widows there seems to be no reason at all….but then that is the emotional side of us looking for an explanation to losing someone.
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2 opinions for Old Age is Not a Cause of Death
tolive4ever
Aug 21, 2007 at 11:29 am
Unfortunately , death always comes
Whatifyoucould?
Aug 25, 2008 at 7:25 am
What if ld age was just loss of too many brain cells and the body ceased to be able to support all body functions? There are indicators that this could be true, like growing senial. If someone could find a way to make brain cells that would split and duplicate all of the knowledge they hold, then people would never forget anything they would never grow senial and they possibly would never die of old age, but this is only a theroy and I am only a college student.
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