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Cutting down on smoking helps to increase life expectancy while obesity lessens it

31. January 2010

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Cutting down on smoking helps to increase life expectancy while obesity lessens it

According to new study conducted, the number of smokers is decreasing. As a result the number of persons dying from cigarette related causes is lessening. On the contrary, the problem of obesity may counteract any gains in the terms of additional years to live. Researchers have declared that, due to the dropping rates in smoking, [...]

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Collagen Drinks: Are They Really That Powerful?

31. January 2010

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Collagen Drinks:  Are They Really That Powerful?

In the world of science and technology, Japanese are well known when it comes to looking young. Japan has been in the field of anti-aging research for years and has been primarily focusing on anti-aging products. New development of products in Japanese laboratories perpetuate onto America and Europe very quickly. It is spread around the [...]

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Longevity Should NOT Be Viewed as a Threat towards Overpopulation

30. January 2010

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Longevity Should NOT Be Viewed as a Threat towards Overpopulation

Researchers are constantly making their say on the possibility of “biological immortality” often referred to as super-longevity. The reality of having an indefinite life span is nearing a possibility. As a surprise, the most common responses are “What should we do with all that time?” and “death is fate”. These are all questions that conjure [...]

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Babies of Smoking Mothers Suffer From Anomalous Blood Pressure

30. January 2010

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Babies of Smoking Mothers Suffer From Anomalous Blood Pressure

A recent study found out that newborns of smoking mothers encounter problems regarding their blood pressure. This problem persists throughout the whole first year of the baby. A senior researcher, Gary Cohen declares that the real concern is that the baby is born with this trouble and that it only degenerates with time. Cohen’s research [...]

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Do Not Expect Hormone Replacement Therapy To Make You Any Younger

30. January 2010

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Do Not Expect Hormone Replacement Therapy To Make You Any Younger

For those women who are postmenopausal, the lowering of estrogen levels could well lead to their skin aging. There are some normal skin transformations that occur when a women becomes post menopausal such as atrophy or the skin thinning, skin wrinkling, dryness, laxity, sallow complexion and an inability to readily heal wounds. The skin contains [...]

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Testing Continues On Longevity Drugs – Aging Generations Anxiously Wait

30. January 2010

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Testing Continues On Longevity Drugs – Aging Generations Anxiously Wait

Scientists are working on drugs that will mimic the results of new discoveries in anti aging and life extension research, drugs that will offer all the benefits and none of the self sacrifice made by various species of lab animals. Restricting calorie intake proved successful in extending life when studies were conducted on mice and [...]

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Living Longer Possible; Argument against are refuted

29. January 2010

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Living Longer Possible; Argument against are refuted

There has since long been heightening discussion that longevity is merely a utopian truth. There are many ways to live longer. The most suggested strategies are to take vitamin supplements, diet restriction, anti-wrinkle oil and testosterone portions. In this myriad of possible solutions, something is certainly paving its way forward. It is a fact that [...]

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Do HIV Patients Suffer From Untimely Aging of their Brain?

29. January 2010

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Do HIV Patients Suffer From Untimely Aging of their Brain?

HIV has a negative impact on our neurological system. Human immunodeficiency virus is appearing to be able to weaken the human brain significantly after the age of 50. The causes are yet not fully understood. According to recent researches, HIV patients’ brain age prematurely. However, researches conducted have not been able to establish whether it [...]

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The Author Of “The Blue Zone” Discusses Longevity

29. January 2010

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The Author Of “The Blue Zone” Discusses Longevity

There is nothing on earth currently, not a pill or a potion that will assist you in living any longer than is predetermined by nature. That is just how it is according to the explorer and author Dan Buettner, who wrote the popular book – The Blue Zone. The important thing to understand here is [...]

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Medical Deterrence Still Far Superior To The Treatment

29. January 2010

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Medical Deterrence Still Far Superior To The Treatment

There is still much in question even after the preventive medicine debate reached yet another fever pitch last year when the US preventive Task Force enlightened us with their new strategy. The group made recommendations that included women over fifty start receiving mammography testing every couple years, those ages forty to forty nine opt for [...]

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