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longevity, middle age

Willpower, the Only Cure for Gravity

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I have a confession to make: as I get older, taking care of myself becomes more and more of a chore. Additionally, as andropause continues to take its toll, bodily maintenance keeps looking more and more like an uphill (and losing) battle. »more»

Mid-Career Layoffs Can Take Two Years Off Your Life

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Being laid off in middle age can subtract as much as two years from your life. »more»

Mixed News on How You'll Die

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The final numbers for deaths in the U.S. have been tallied for 2004, and while the increase in life expectancy to a record 77.8 years was the headline in many news stories, not all the trends behind that single figure are positive. The report contains worrisome news too. »more»

Midlife loneliness is a killer; Speeds up aging

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Feeling lonely is never fun. However when it happens in middle age it can take a very bad toll on one's health. In the August issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, two University of Chicago psychologists report their findings that loneliness leads to very negative physiological affects on middle age bodies. »more»

Dramatically Longer Average Lifespans: Fact, Myth, or Something Else?

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People in our great-grandparents' era lived to about age 45, so the advances in medicine that now allow us to live to well over 75 have created middle age where there was once no such thing. And extrapolating these trends, our children can expect to live to 150.

Or are accurate statistics leading to false conclusions? »more»

It's Not Too Late To Live Longer

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It's never to late to start extending your life. »more»

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If you are not yet signed up for the monthly LifeTwo newsletter then do so now. All you have to do is type the email address in the green box on the upper right-hand column of this web site. You can unsubscribe at anytime. »more»

Interview with Dr. Dan Mroczek on neuroticism, happiness and longevity

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Most people want to live happy and live long. Can you have it all?

The good news: happiness and longevity seem to be positively correlated -- in other words, longer-lived people tend to be happier, and happier people tend to be long-lived. »more»

Baby Boomers and Human Growth Hormone (HGH); the wrong way to fight aging

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According to the Broward County, Florida, medical examiner, Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy uncovered "a cocktail of anti-aging drugs including human growth hormone, or HGH. Smith's 'repeated intramuscular injections,' he wrote, were "self-treatment for longevity and weight control.'" »more»

News Roundup: Happiness, Anti-aging Research, Brain Health, Breast Cancer Risk, and the Midlife Financial Sandwich. Whew!

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A glance at news stories that caught our eye: »more»