Monday, December 14, 2009
We all know that a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D is good for our bones, but exercise also helps improve your bone health, while also building muscle strength, coordination and balance (helping to prevent falls), not to mention encouraging overall better health.
And while being active is important to young people, there was little [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
According to research published in well known medical journal The Lancet, covering critical information on how to “stop” aging, more than half of the infants born in the UK and other wealthy countries today will reach 100 because of higher standards of living.
Improvements in medical care, as well as changes in diet and lifestyle are [...]
If you want to spend your golden years in the best shape possible, being overweight at midlife isn’t the way to go about it as it may cut the average age expectancy.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Until recently there was little research supporting the benefits of being physically active to the very old. So, do people live longer with exercise even if they are in their “golden” years?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Momentary memory loss is super frustrating, but no matter what the reason (doing too many things at once, stress or the menopause) you don’t have to accept it. There are ways to improve your memory at any age.
Friday, September 4, 2009
If you’re looking to put a number to how long you will live, there are online tools you can use that try and estimate your longevity.
If that’s not for you, you can find a more general answer in a just released longevity study report out of the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics known as [...]
When it comes right down to it, there’s no magic formula or miracle cure to staying healthy and cut disease. The things you need to do are things we all can do…
1. Don’t smoke – if you do, try to quit
2. Get active – at least 3.5 hours a week
3. Stay away from junk food [...]
Doctors know that high cholesterol brings increased risk of heart disease, and what’s worrisome is the finding about the dangers of even borderline cholesterol that comes from a new study that’s one of the largest and longest dementia trials ever conducted. Could there be a link between cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Disease?
Adults in their mid 40s [...]
It doesn’t matter what that purpose is, lofty or more mundane, just having a life purpose that you’re working to achieve impacts how long older adults live according to new research, giving answers to one of the secrets of longevity.The work appears in Psychosomatic Medicine, and was completed by team out of Rush University Medical [...]
A new study suggests that about a half a glass of wine each day might just be good for you, increasing life span by as much as 5 years.
The findings of the Dutch research appear online in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health and are the first to suggest [...]
