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Anti-Aging
A diet involving eating less, while still getting enough vitamins and nutrients is of great interest. Researchers find that calorie restriction diets extend the lives of animals. It is unknown if the anti-aging diets help people to extend their lives. Limited studies have been done in people.
Animal studies focused on insects and animals with short life spans. Researchers found animals on restricted diets live longer. They also found that calorie restriction diets are more important to the li...
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Anti-Aging
There’s now a natural facelift alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery. At a time when consumers are bombarded with miracle cures that promise to restore a youthful appearance, cosmetic acupuncture is an age-old solution that really works for an age-old problem.
In contrast to the bruising, swelling and lengthy recovery associated with plastic surgery, cosmetic acupuncture is a facial rejuvenation procedure that is relatively painless and requires no recovery time.
Although a rela...
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Anti-Aging
A study of more than 6,000 Canadian women concludes osteoporosis drugs called anti-resorptive agents help reduce risk of low-trauma bone fractures in women age 50 and older. Examples of anti-resorptive drugs include:
? Estrogen
? Bisphosphonates
? Selective estrogen-receptor modulators
? Calcitonin
The study began seven years ago. The group of women in the study was asked about their use of anti-resorptive agents and the women's bone mineral density was measured at the beginning of the ...
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Anti-Aging
There has been hope that the use of low-dose aspirin would protect older, healthy women against cognitive decline such as memory and thinking. However, according to a study published recently in the British Medical Journal, this is not the case at all.
Earlier evidence suggested aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs might help protect aging brains from dementia. The Women's Health Study focused on brain health and involved 6,400 women aged 65 or over between the years of 1998 and 2004 and d...
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Anti-Aging
It's an all too-familiar picture: a group of middle-aged people huddled in a restaurant struggling to read the menu. Some feeling their arms are too short; others squinting, moving their arms in and out in what's been coined the "trombone syndrome." Still others, rifling through purses or pockets for reading glasses.
What's going on? They've hit their mid-40s or early 50s. That's when the eyes start to lose the ability to see clearly up close. Commonly known as middle-aged sight, the medical ...
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Anti-Aging
Urban Myth: Curiosity killed the cat.
To the contrary, it was curiosity that gave the cat nine lives.
A client recently told me he had no reason to get out of bed in the morning--every day was the same. How sad, I thought. There are so many distinctions I would love to learn that it would take many, many lifetimes.
For example, I recently had an "image consultant" teach me about color. For almost sixty years I have been oblivious to skin undertones, complimenting hair and eye color, etc...
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Anti-Aging
I love the Statue of Liberty. I know she will get some wear and tear. It's comforting to know that in a few decades when she needs major maintenance again, the technology for helping her be her best will be even better than we have today. The trick is keeping her in reasonably good shape until the next major maintenance.
We too can have faith that if we take reasonably good care of ourselves, technology will give us some incredible help. Have faith that the future will bring awesome medical ...
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Anti-Aging
A patient is in a nursing home, no longer able to walk, in a lot of pain,and has multiple health problems. I'm thinking that she is going to be terribly depressed. Instead, she tells me how blessed she is and she seems to be truly happy. I've experienced this so many times I am no longer surprised.
When people experience a loss, they usually experience some grieving or depression, which may last for hours or months. Then they typically revert to their previous level of happiness. In nursing ...
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Anti-Aging
In a recent psych consult a rather fit gentleman told me he was 63. I asked when he was born and he said 1911. I asked if he remembered World War II and he said he was in school then. I wrote
2005
-1911
and asked him to do the subtraction. He accurately computed 94. "Something's wrong." he said. "I'm only 63." Despite further questions, his belief was unshakeable.
We have many beliefs that are difficult to prove but help us be more successful. One type is our religious beliefs. Others ...
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Anti-Aging
Pursue a career you love. David Myers' classic study of happiness found that between 1960 and 1990 Americans' income, adjusted for inflation, doubled but the percentage rating themselves very happy remained constant at 30%.
Does the relationship hold? Any study is merely a photograph in time, from one perspective. The more photos, the better we understand the picture.
Last year Science magazine (pp. 1829-37) reported on a survey of 42,000 US scientists and their career satisfaction. The ...
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Anti-Aging
Take the leap of faith and be an optimist. It's amazing how thousands of drug studies find a sizable portion of the benefits of a drug come from the power of suggestion. For example, in a classic study, half of the medical students were given red pills they were told were amphetamines (that really were sedatives). Half of these students reported feeling a burst of energy. The other medical students were given blue pills and were told were sedatives (that were really amphetamines). Half of them r...
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Anti-Aging
At the District Toastmasters conference, John Rich gave an inspiring talk in which he asked how many of us had experienced obstacles in our lives. Everyone raised his or her hands. He said he has not-he has only experienced adventures. At some levels, his advice is sophistry. If you break your leg, it may be a learning experience and cause you to appreciate your leg more, but it still hurts and it still slows you down. If you can believe that life is an adventure, you will be a happier, more res...
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