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Get a Dog

Get a Dog
Walk Your Dog to Better Health and Well-Being Live Better through Three Healthy Choices Dogs are wonderful pets. Could a dog provide health benefits to the human owners? The authors of a 2011 review conclude that, with some qualifications, pet ownership benefits humans. Dog owners are likely to engage in more physical activity, mainly through…
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Live Longer, Live Better

Live Longer, Live Better
Will greater longevity lead to lower quality of life due to chronic diseases, frailty, and disability? James Fries, a researcher at Stanford University, thought that seniors with healthier lifestyles would live longer yet have less cumulative disability than those with less healthy lifestyles. Beginning in 1984, Fries and his colleagues studied 523 men and women…
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The Healthiest Community in America?

The Healthiest Community in America?
What’s the longest-lived community in the US and where is it located? Maybe in the bucolic countryside of Vermont? Or maybe in Utah with its concentration of teetotalers and non-smokers. Or how about Lake Wobegon, Minnesota? Believe it or not, it’s in the crowded, smoggy Los Angeles basin of southern California. It’s the City of…
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