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Health, Diet, and Exercise

Midlife Health, Diet, and Exercise: Stay Healthy to Enjoy Life

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Good health rarely "just happens." This section includes healthy lifestyle tips as well as information on longevity, andropause, and menopause. Also see "Brain Health" section.

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Study: If You Want To Be Happy, Get Off The Sofa

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A while back we wrote about Harvard's most popular class, Positive Psychology, in which students learn how to make themselves happy.

Should they load up on pre-law courses instead? Would making a lot of money make them happier? »more»

Can You Organize Your Way To Happiness (And Health Too)?

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Happiness for some may mean a bike ride at dawn, or spending time kicking a soccer ball with the kids. But for a part of humanity -- maybe even you -- happiness is checking items off a to-do list or contemplating an empty email inbox.

Odd? Certainly to some. But what they would consider borderline obsessive-compulsive behavior may also make the productivity-obsessed happier and healthier. »more»

Studies Show How To Take Care of Your Brain

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Want to keep your brain healthy? Some key scientific studies give ideas about what you should be doing. »more»

What Will Kill You?

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You're going to die. What will kill you? And when?

Heart disease. In your late seventies. So don't say we didn't warn you. »more»

Assess Your Risk of Serious Disease in Minutes

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A Harvard site that lets you calculate your risk of developing major health problems is "one of the best health-oriented sites on the Web," according to a Wall Street Journal columnist. »more»

Excess Weight Hurts Mental Performance Now ... And It Gets Worse

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New research links being overweight with substandard performance on tests of mental ability such as memory, learning, and attention, and with faster mental decline over time. »more»

How long will you live? Longevity and Life Expectancy Demystified (Part I)

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It is only fitting that an article on longevity would be too lengthy for a single post. This is Part I. Part II will be published January 15th.

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The new face of Midlife Health; Improving diagnosis and finding support

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"How Doctors Think" and using social networks for your health »more»

Controlling Midlife Weight Gain: Some Ideas

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The website Eons reported recently that the top goal for people over 50 is weight loss.

That's a smart goal for reasons beyond aesthetics -- there are long term health problems associated with excess weight. »more»

Why eating healthy is harder than you think; when "Healthy" is not

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You have entered middle age and made a commitment to eat healthier. You go out of your way and even pay extra to shop at a natural food store. You seek out healthy eating choices such as granola. All good? Not so say dietary experts. »more»

Choose to Live to 85

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A forty year study of nearly six thousand people makes it clear that midlife health is directly correlated to longevity and health in old age.

The good news: your health decades from now is very much under your control today. »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»

It's Not Too Late To Live Longer

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

Anti-Aging: 10 Tips to Lose 10 Years

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Who doesn't want to be ten years younger? Well, maybe a teenager doesn't. But once you are beyond your twenties, more and more of one's resources start being directed at recapturing youth or at least maintaining what we've got. »more»

How long will you live? Longevity and Life Expectancy Demystified (Part II)

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It is only fitting that an article on longevity was too lengthy for a single post. This is Part II. Part I can be found here.

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The 411 on Echinacea

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There is no doubt that the market for natural remedies, herbal medicines, so-called "alternative" medicine and so forth has arrived. Just walk into your workplace complaining of a cold, flu or even a sore knee and you will likely to met with a barrage of such remedies from your co-workers. »more»

Aging Backwards Tuesday Tips #47: Quick Change Artist

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Wearing a wig is a fast and fun way to change your look for the evening or anytime you want. You don't have to be suffering hair loss to wear a wig. Wearing a wig can be a quick and beautiful way to be "fashion-ready" when you don't have time to wash, dry and style your hair. They can also be just plain fun and allow you the freedom to "be someone else" temporarily. »more»

Chronic pain: Another thing to not like about middle age

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New research published Thursday in the British journal The Lancet shows that more than a quarter of Americans suffer daily pain. The study, which was coauthored by Princeton economist Alan Krueger, observed:

    College graduates report feeling half the pain as those who hadn't finished high school. »more»

Tuesday Tips #45: A4M Anti-Aging Conference

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The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) conferences rank high up on my list of "favorite aspects of my work." I just returned from the 16h Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine held April 25 - 27 at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida, where I discovered more of the latest, greatest ways to keep Aging Backwards. »more»

Smokers have a 41 percent higher risk of suffering depression

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According to a study of 8,556 middle aged university graduates by scientists of the University of Navarra and the Harvard School of Public Health (USA), the odds of suffering depression increases 41% in smokers in comparison with non-smokers, which according to the researchers "demonstrates in a pioneering way the direct relationship between tobacco use and this disease". »more»

Aging Backwards Tuesday Tips #44: Free To Be Me

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The anti-aging industry is a $56 billion business and that number is expected to rise to $72 billion by 2009, according to the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Have you ever googled "anti-aging?" You get 16,600,000 results! There are thousands of products on the market - some of which work and some that don't - for combatting wrinkles, age spots, sagging skin and all the unsightly tell-tale signs of aging. There are innovative procedures such as injections for just about every body part - lips, nasolabial folds, crow's feet, neck, hands - even feet. There are surgeries to correct just about any flaw you can think up.

I am not against opting for procedures that can safely make me look and feel younger, but I just thought I'd remind you that there are plenty of things you can do to start Aging Backwards that won't cost an arm and a leg. In fact, they're free. »more»

Book Review: "Skin in the Game"

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"Skin in the Game" is about fixing the broken health care system in the United States and the first thing I noticed about the book was the praised it was receiving from people like Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard, one of America's top CEOs and biggest employers. »more»

Aging Backwards Tuesday Tips #43: Skinny Songs Rock!

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You know how sometimes you hear a song and you can't get it out of your head? That's exactly what's happened to me with Skinny Songs by Heidi Roizen (with a host of other great talent), but it's more like 10 songs that I can't get out of my head! In fact, I woke up this morning with one of my favorite Skinny Songs on my mind, which makes me wonder if they've secretly embedded subliminal messages into the songs. How's that for a conspiracy theory? »more»

Tuesday Tips #42: The Pros of Antioxidants

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By now you've probably heard of antioxidants and their beneficial role in fighting free radical damage in our bodies, which has been linked to many diseases as well as aging. »more»

UCLA study finds that broccoli may help boost the aging immune system

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Paraphrasing Mad Magazine, this study comes from the Department of Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know ... it turns out that broccoli is good for you! To be honest, I didn't need a well-funded UCLA study (and certainly not one published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) to tell me that »more»

Aging Backwards Tuesday Tips #41: Spring Cleaning

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Ah, the beauty of spring. Flowers are blooming, pollen is flying through the air, birds are chirping, warm weather is approaching and that urge to clean is starting to tickle. When you think of spring cleaning, you probably think of traditional cleaning and organizing, but what about spring cleaning for your life? »more»

The benefit of exercise on the brain; Best bet, train with a friend

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In his new book "Spark," author John J. Ratey, M.D., explains emerging research indicating the positive effect that exercise has on brain health from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's. »more»

Aging Backwards Tuesday Tips #40: Window to the Soul?

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"The eyes are the window to the soul." It's an ancient proverb that dates back to biblical times and is still in use today. »more»

Founder of Silk Milk is back with new products for aging baby boomer's stomachs

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Steve Demos, the man responsible for much of the popularity of soy milk in America, is at it again. This time it is "probiotic" foods for baby boomers. Steve's first company, WhiteWave, Inc., created and marketed Silk Milk making soy milk a household product and a staple in Starbucks Coffee. »more»