Category Archives: Healthy aging

Better Cardiorespiratory Fitness = Better Aging

The secret is to Keep Moving Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) refers to the body’s maximal to process oxygen. Low CRF might be the best single predictor of risk of cardiovascular disease, premature death, and accelerated aging. Lower mortality risk for older people Levels of physical and cardiorespiratory fitness typically decline with age, while the tendency toward…
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The Great Age Reboot

Live longer and better Medical breakthroughs and healthy lifestyle choices A new book, The Great Age Reboot – Cracking the Longevity Code for a Younger Tomorrow, paints an exciting picture of how impending breakthroughs in medical technology (medical devices, wearables, drugs) over the next two decades will markedly extend lifespan and dramatically restructure American society.…
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Counterclockwise Aging

Your beliefs affect how you age—for better or worse You can adopt a positive mindset about getting older In 1979, Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer and colleagues created a study whose outcomes were so astounding that she hesitated to publish them fearing that she would be castigated. In 2009, Langer summarized this study in her intriguing…
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Compression of Morbidity Hypothesis

Will longer life feature chronic disease and disability? Or will it postpone chronic disease and disability? According the Stanford University researcher James Fries, the compression of morbidity (chronic illness and disability) occurs if the chronological age at first appearance of aging manifestations and chronic disease symptoms increases faster that life expectancy. If the above is…
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