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African Americans Can Be Healthier?

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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African Americans Can Be Healthier?

You may have spent your free time at the local gym running in place on a treadmill for countless hours of your life for no good reason other than to look good. You can run and work out every day, and your blood pressure can still be higher than a hippie at Woodstock. So what [...]

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Living For A Thousand Years; Will it be Possible?

Saturday, July 2, 2011

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Living For A Thousand Years; Will it be Possible?

Aubrey de Grey is a genetics and gerontological theory expert who foresee a 50 percent chance for humans to live a thousand years or more with the help of rejuvenation breakthroughs in the coming 25 years. Emmy Award-winning TV producer, Vicky Collins, came across Aubrey and his theories about immortality in 2005 and without further [...]

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Would You Really Want Eternal Life?

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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Would You Really Want Eternal Life?

Eternal life or human mortality is always at the back of a person’s mind in times of stress or when put to the test. But medical and indeed technological advances now seem to point to the fact that immortality may just be possible in the imminent future. However then we have to seriously ask ourselves [...]

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Longevity of Americans Are Lower Than the Average of the Developed World

Monday, June 20, 2011

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Longevity of Americans Are Lower Than the Average of the Developed World

According to a new analysis of data released by the government, life expectancy across U.S counties has declined by 50 years or more behind that of the world’s healthiest nations. For example in Holmes county Missouri a woman can expect to live 73.5 years, which was the average life span of women in the world’s [...]

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A threat to Human Health: Antibiotic Abuse in Livestock Farming is Leading to Global Health Risks

Sunday, June 19, 2011

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A threat to Human Health: Antibiotic Abuse in Livestock Farming is Leading to Global Health Risks

Britain farmers drastically increase the usage of antibiotics believed to be the cause of the antimicrobials outbreak while the US and other countries in Europe seek solutions to end the global health threat. The human body’s response to medicinal treatment is deteriorating due to the growth of drug-resistant bacteria caused by the severely increased use [...]

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Recent Survey Claims That 15 Percent of the Population Wants Immortality

Sunday, June 12, 2011

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Recent Survey Claims That 15 Percent of the Population Wants Immortality

A recent study conducted by Dying Matter, says that most people die in the hospital and not at home. The survey goes into details about who really want to live forever. According to the findings 15 percent of the people involved in the study wanted to live forever. It is interesting to note that younger [...]

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The Secret for Longevity – Pills Or Positive Thinking?

Saturday, June 11, 2011

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The Secret for Longevity – Pills Or Positive Thinking?

Baby boomers are reaching old age as one of them, Wexler search for various ways to extend his life. A new documentary was recently released by Mark Wexler, who is aged 54. He named his movie ‘how to live forever’. In this movie, he has emphasized on how science and spiritual efforts can help to [...]

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Physically Active Jobs Keeps People Healthy

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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Physically Active Jobs Keeps People Healthy

There are approximately 76 percent of men who follow exercise routines through both working and other spare time activities. According to a recent report, people who are doing physical activities related jobs can remain healthy. This is because they directly or indirectly follow some of the exercise requirements. The result of this report was based [...]

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Low-Radiation Is Beneficial For Human Longevity: Japan Is A Benchmark

Saturday, May 28, 2011

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Low-Radiation Is Beneficial For Human Longevity: Japan Is A Benchmark

As believed widely, radiation causes damage to the living cells. Who doesn’t know the harmful effects caused to the people of Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings? Even today, the whole world is worrying about post effect of the Japan’s earthquake. Medical science does also believe that excessive ionizing radiation causes damage to cells and [...]

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Is Aubrey De Grey Right? – Can We Live to the Age of 1000

Thursday, May 26, 2011

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Is Aubrey De Grey Right? – Can We Live to the Age of 1000

Living for 1000 years is it really possible? Claire O’Connell claims that Aubrey De Grey is either a visionary or only a showman. There will probably take long-time until the first person on earth lights his/her 1, 000th candle on a gigantic birth cake. People and journalists are sceptic to the so called longevity theories [...]

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