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The Quality Of Your Life And Longevity Depends On Your Muscle Strength As You Age

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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The Quality Of Your Life And Longevity Depends On Your Muscle Strength As You Age

Yes, it is possible to improve with age just like a fine wine. Our quality of life as we grow older is dependent upon how we can manage physically. As an aging adult, the most valuable asset we have is our physical strength. Each time we move we use our muscles – everything is dependent on the [...]

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The Flawed Idea Of Increased Life Expectancy

Monday, August 23, 2010

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The Flawed Idea Of Increased Life Expectancy

Based on the figures compiled for life spans, these days we enjoy a longer period on earth than any previous generation throughout history. In only the past one hundred years of so, our average life expectancy has been enhanced by about thirty years. We are actually witnessing an adjustment or modification in the evolution of humankind [...]

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Lifestyle: Personal Decisions a Prime Cause of Premature Death Part 1/4

Monday, August 23, 2010

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Lifestyle: Personal Decisions a Prime Cause of Premature Death Part 1/4

It is remarkable that our personal decisions are actually the main precursor for death. This is what a study conducted by Professor Ralph L. Kenney of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University demonstrates. The research examined the association that personal decisions had with premature death amidst Americans. The analysis suggested that out of [...]

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Fear of Falling Increases the Risk of Falling For Elders

Sunday, August 22, 2010

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Fear of Falling Increases the Risk of Falling For Elders

According to a study published in British Medical Journal, Fear of falling is prone to cause future falls among elders, and this applies to whether or not you actually have a risk of falling. Therefore, fear can be included in the factors to avoid fall risk, and new falling prevention approach can be developed. People [...]

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Practical Anti Aging Advice For Anyone Over Forty

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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Practical Anti Aging Advice For Anyone Over Forty

Those of us over age fifty have a picture in our minds eye of what “old” people looked like in our youth. Forty or fifty years ago they appeared to move more slowly than WE do today. No one ever did any physical training or sports of any kind to the best of our recollection. [...]

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Observations On An Aging North American Society

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Observations On An Aging North American Society

The numerical evidence we have on record as it pertains to an aging population, their trends and general demographics across the United States in pretty remarkable, not to mention factual. At the turn of the twentieth century, the average adult could look forward to an average life span of forty seven years of age. At [...]

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Debunking Myths On Aging and Enjoying Disease Free Longevity

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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Debunking Myths On Aging and Enjoying Disease Free Longevity

MYTH: Life Spans Are Longer Today Than Ever Before. We so often hear these days that we are living longer today than we ever have in the past. However, based on evidence presented by author Dan Georgakas, who wrote The Methuselah Factor, surprisingly, the average human life expectancy has not been altered in documented time. [...]

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Understanding The New Standards For Triumph Over Aging

Monday, August 9, 2010

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Understanding The New Standards For Triumph Over Aging

Recent scientific investigations have been conducted that studied the lives of individuals who have had lengthy and prosperous lives both in the physical and psychological sense. Many of these people were centenarians and part of this increasingly abundant population of one hundred plus year old community elders. The evaluation enabled experts to recognize the many [...]

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The Effects Of Anti Aging Longevity On Your Sex Life

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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The Effects Of Anti Aging Longevity On Your Sex Life

In order to understand how anti aging longevity affects sexual activity, we need to understand more about aging in general. Aging is quite a sinister progression, gradually affecting our biological being so very deliberately that we barely perceive the changes as they occur. But occur they do, with a vengeance for many of us and [...]

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Slowing The Advancement Of Age With HGH Secretagogues

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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Slowing The Advancement Of Age With HGH Secretagogues

It will surely be considered one of humankinds most remarkable discoveries when it is finally – well, discovered. We have been nowhere near having any kind of pill, potion or elixir that will halt, curb or reverse the advancement of age. It is not like man has not been doing his utmost to find a [...]

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