Our weight in our young age 21 can highly determine how long we are going to live. Gerontologists believe that having an ideal weight at the age of 21 can increase one’s possibility of living a longer life. Accordingly, to a research, heavy weight as a young adult is associated with shorter lifespan. Apparently, each [...]
Continue reading...30. October 2011
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The people of Germany are growing old, and a rising number of elderly people over there, need to be taken care of. A new law with the objective of assisting employed professionals in caring for their families has been issued by the Parliament. However, there is still an immediate need for more help. The number [...]
Continue reading...27. October 2011
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In an ever-changing world, the speed at which things are altering is similar to how the weather changes day-by-day. Despite the accelerating rate of progress, there is still a growing area of unsolved questions, and a pool of these unsolved questions is caused by the rate of change itself; new questions are added additional progress. [...]
Continue reading...24. October 2011
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Longer lifespan comes with a price – physicians discovered: Alzheimer and Parkinson syndromes incidence – among others – raises with age. Theorists – say that aging is a predetermined process. That is, the longer we live, the more exposed we are to degenerative diseases. “A new cure has been found” – Professor Richard, I. Morimoto, [...]
Continue reading...18. October 2011
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The acting director of disease prevention and health promotion at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Carter R. Blakey, has recently declared that Americans live an additional year in comparison to one decade ago. Apparently, some institutions are very successful, as this is one of the main objectives of Healthy People 2010 [...]
Continue reading...12. October 2011
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According to a report provided by the Centre for Ageing Support and Community Development, around 95% of the Vietnamese elder’s are in a state of poor health. The National Programme for the Elderly 2011-15 primarily targets health care for the old people. The Hoa Thuong Commune’s elderly Association, situated in the Northern province of Thai [...]
Continue reading...1. October 2011
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A few years ago, sirutins were found to be an ideal solution for expanding life span and fight age related disease. Scientists had declared this enzyme as a source to delay aging, and had recommended moderate consumption of red grape, red wine, blackberry, dates, etc. – every fruit that nature dressed up in a color [...]
Continue reading...26. September 2011
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There is a general opinion that elder people lose their thinking and decision capacity, but scientists demonstrated the contrary. Two studies were conducted by the University of Texas and Texas A&M University on two groups of 50 individuals of in the age range 67-82 years old and 20-36 years-old subjects. The research was intended to [...]
Continue reading...22. September 2011
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A recent newsletter of the International Plant Nutrition Institute underlined how crops nutrition can raise their content in major categories of proteins, vitamins and minerals. The use of management tools can help farmers in diminishing the environmental impact. These tools allow the optimum source, timing and placement of fertilizers – nitrogen and other proteins, vitamins [...]
Continue reading...20. September 2011
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121 year old Turkish citizen, Gaışhıkaan Sıhıkaan, immigrated to Turkey in 1953 It may have taken awhile, but 121-year-old Gaışhıkaan Sıhıkaan finally became a Turkish citizen. On September 16, 2011, Habermonitor.com produced a news report that summarized this event. In 1890, in the town of Manisa Salihli, Sıhıkaan was born. After 58 years of living [...]
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19. November 2011
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