However, the chances of developing it increase with age, affecting 8% of older people.

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But it does back studies that also show fathers are responsible for mutations and that these mutations increase with age.

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First, PSA levels generally increase with age and can be inflated because of more benign problems in the prostate, leading to false-positive results.

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Their pension age will increase in line with the state pension.

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The unemployment rate actually rose, to 9.1%, in May: the rate of job creation is barely keeping track with the natural increase in the working-age population.

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If you refer again to standard growth charts, you'll find that height increases typically slow down significantly after about age 14, with an average increase of only 1 inch before ultimately stopping by about 20 years.

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Two specific types of immune system cell that attack invaders - CD4 T-cells and natural killer cells - increased in number with age, with a higher rate of increase in women than in men.

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"In order to fund this we will hold a review with the aim of bringing forward the increase in the state pension age to 66 but no earlier than 2016 for men and 2020 for women, " she said.

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His proposal also included a chained Consumer Price Index, which takes into account changes in quantity and prices of products, and an increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, according to a source familiar with the talks.

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But having a family history of breast or ovarian cancer can significantly increase the risk of developing breast cancer and at a younger age, although most women with a relative with breast cancer are not at a substantially increased risk themselves.

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Neither variations in increase after that age, nor differences in height earlier in childhood, had any independent correlation with income.

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The number of Scots under the age of 45 who are being diagnosed with mouth cancer has seen a big increase, dentists have warned.

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But, interestingly, the staff think the financial markets would be pretty unbothered, particularly if the loosening came with steps to cut government spending in the longer term - another increase in the state pension age, for example.

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The projected increase is partly due to the fact people are living longer, with most cancer patients developing the disease over the age of 65.

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