On October 1st, Older People’s Day in the United Kingdom, the British Office for National Statistics, announced a new national record: 12,640 citizens more than one century old. Two other national records went public on the same occasion: life expectancy for men in the UK went up to 78.1 years, while women life expectancy also [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 1, 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...Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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A recent study suggests that men having a low or medium-risk of prostate cancer shouldn’t be given bone and CTs scans. Doctors use scans to understand whether cancer has spread beyond the prostate in men who have reliably high-risk cancer. CTs expose patients to small amounts of radiation that itself is linked to future cancer [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 26, 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...Sunday, September 25, 2011
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A new study finds that exercise is essential for enhanced abilities and healthiness for elders. A new study has discovered that enhanced physical abilities and health is more important than appearance for older Americans taking up exercise. The study, which was published in the online journal of Annals of Behavioral Medicine, examined more than 1800 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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Over 160 human and animal subjects were studied, leading to undisputable and clear evidence that – given the same circumstances and living conditions – people who are happy live a longer and much healthier life as compared to their peers who are unhappy. The journal Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being contain this study which, so [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 20, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 19, 2011
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People who volunteer to help others rather than for their selves live longer than people who don’t do things for others. This was revealed in a new researched study. It is also said that people who volunteer for their personal contentment do on average have the same lifespan as those who don’t volunteers at all. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 18, 2011
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Life in a country facing explosions of capricious pecuniary state is facing the ignorance of a snubbed community traditionally called as Senior Citizens. This deprived community is not only facing social issues but health, economic and lack in public services are supplementing their loneliness. In the view of ripened people, they are encountering the foremost [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 13, 2011
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It will need efforts of all the Nigerians to provide rights to the senior citizens of the country. It is simply impossible for the country to progress and prosper without including the senior citizen welfare in its agenda. This request was raised by Dr. Abiodun Oduwole, who has served as Health State Commissioner of Ogun [...]
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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