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Control Your Weight And You May Live Longer

19. November 2011

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Control Your Weight And You May Live Longer

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 [...]

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Extreme Lack of Care for the Elders In Germany – Solutions Needed -

30. October 2011

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Extreme Lack of Care for the Elders In Germany – Solutions Needed -

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 [...]

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People Supporting Longevity – John Paul

27. October 2011

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People Supporting Longevity – John Paul

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. [...]

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Aging: Neurodegenerative Diseases Can Be Turned Off – But At What Cost?

24. October 2011

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Aging: Neurodegenerative Diseases Can Be Turned Off – But At What Cost?

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, [...]

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Longer and Healthier Lives For Americans

18. October 2011

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Longer and Healthier Lives For Americans

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 [...]

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Vietnam Reports: 95 % of the Senior Vietnamese Are In Poor Health

12. October 2011

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Vietnam Reports: 95 % of the Senior Vietnamese Are In Poor Health

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 [...]

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Elders Disappointment? Is There Really an Enzyme For The Fountain of Youth

1. October 2011

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Elders Disappointment? Is There Really an Enzyme For The Fountain of Youth

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 [...]

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New Research Suggests That Elders Are Wiser Than The Young

26. September 2011

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New Research Suggests That Elders Are Wiser Than The Young

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 [...]

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Plant Nutrition Essential to Preserving Human Health

22. September 2011

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Plant Nutrition Essential to Preserving Human Health

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 [...]

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Turkish Citizen Aged 121 Years

20. September 2011

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Turkish Citizen Aged 121 Years

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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