Question

fill in the blank: because we live longer during the age of receding pandemics, we may become victims of the risk of dying from chronic and blank diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, and dementia increases. options: hereditary (yellow box), parasitic (purple box), degenerative (orange box), infectious (teal box)

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• "hereditary" refers to diseases passed down genetically, but the listed diseases (cancer, heart disease, stroke, dementia) are not primarily hereditary in the context of aging - related risk increase.
• "parasitic" diseases are caused by parasites, and the listed diseases are not parasitic.
• "degenerative" diseases are those that worsen over time, often associated with aging. Cancer, heart disease, stroke, and dementia are degenerative (or chronic - degenerative) and their risk increases with longer lifespan.
• "infectious" diseases are caused by pathogens, and the listed diseases are not mainly infectious.

Answer:

C. degenerative