Loneliness leads to bad outcomes High social isolation predicts earlier death Loneliness refers to perceived social isolation. Quality of Lifespan reflects the amount of time during our life when we function at a particular level. Evidence continues to accumulate that loneliness limits Quality of Lifespan by reducing both longevity and functionality. Loneliness researchers Louise Hawkley…
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Healthy Habits for Better Living
Habits free up your executive control resources Habits help you persist in reaching your goals The word “habit” may elicit a negative connotation. As in a drug habit. But healthy habits can be your indispensable friends. What is a habit, anyway? Wendy Wood, a psychology professor at UCLA, defines habit as, “a mental association between…
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Type 2 Diabetes & Its Complications
Diabetes Is Bad, Its Complications Are Worse You Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes People with type 2 diabetes find themselves at higher risk for numerous bad health outcomes. These include increased risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease, and impaired peripheral circulation, among others. Impaired peripheral circulation in tiny arteries leads to serious complications, such as amputations…
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Change Your Mind to Live Longer
If You Want to Live Longer, Will You? Change Your Mind, Change Your Life Many factors influence how long you live. Recent research suggests that your will to live belongs on that list. Finnish researchers followed 283 older (average age 79) Helsinki residents with cardiovascular disease for 10 years as part of the Drugs and…
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