A lot of what’s important in measuring your health, diagnosing problems and working out solutions goes on behind the scenes in laboratories where very clever people look deep beneath the surface of your body and its component parts. There are some standard tests that are likely to crop up whenever you have something wrong with […]
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From the moment we’re born, we start to age. It’s inevitable, but that doesn’t mean we have to like it. That’s why such a huge industry has built up around products and behaviors that claim to contribute to anti aging. Just which products and behaviors actually work is another matter entirely. To start with, there
The average human lifespan has grown significantly in the past century. We’ve conquered diseases that were once death sentences, we’ve reduced maternal and infant mortality, and we know a lot about factors like hygiene and nutrition that can make such a big difference to life expectancy. Longevity shouldn’t just be about living long, but about
If I go online and type “anti aging” into the search bar, I’ll soon be bombarded with millions of ways to keep looking young. Some of them may work, but others.well, there’s a lot of strange stuff out there. If you’re looking for some help on the anti aging front, you may want some advice
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Age can be a thorny topic of discussion. I’m sure I’m not the only one who pauses a moment when someone asks me how old I am. Slightly less controversial is the idea that we want to live long enough to fulfill everything we want to do. At its most basic, longevity means life expectancy.
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If you’re here reading this, you’ve probably recognized that health isn’t a topic you can master all on your own. Whether it comes from friends and family, a medical professional or an online group, we all need support sometimes. That’s when community becomes important. Community can mean different things in a health context. Sometimes it
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Your 50s are the new 30s, friends, or maybe even the new 20s! Seriously, though, for many of us, our 50s are going to be the prime of our lives. We’re not yet bogged down by some of the conditions that come with very old age, and we’re likely more financially stable than we were
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Anti-aging refers to many things, folks, but today I am going to talk about your skin. It’s the first thing people see when you approach, and it definitely has an impact on how your age is perceived by other people–and by you any time you look in the mirror! Before you shell out hundreds of
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Who doesn’t want to live longer, folks? I know I sure do! I’m not yet done with everything this planet and the people on it have to offer. In fact, I feel as if I am just now starting to cross things off of my bucket list. You are probably already doing the “basics” when
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I admit I am always curious about what doctors and medical professionals do behind the scenes, and one area that often gets me thinking is my blood work. Where does all that blood go eventually? Is my doctor actually a vampire or running a secret blood bank? Jokes aside, when I delved into the world
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