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The Great Age Reboot

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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Help Others and Help Yourself

Caregiving can promote volunteering and increase longevity Grandparenting – up to a point – benefits health and well-being Given that chronic stress can adversely affects our health, what can we do to defuse those undesirable effects? Recent research suggests a way: help other people. The Changing Lives of Older Couples Study followed married couples with…
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Optimism and Health

Optimism and Health
Greater Optimism Predicts Living Longer and Better What if You Have an Optimistic Spouse? Do optimistic people really live longer than pessimists? Researchers at the University of Michigan used data from 6,985 participants at least 50 years of age in the 2006 wave of the Health and Retirement Study to find out. The well-validated Life…
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Loneliness Can Kill You

Loneliness is a state of mind But loneliness also harms the body Loneliness is a condition in which persons see themselves to be socially isolated as a consequence of perceived inadequate social connections. Loneliness can have serious consequences for health and well-being, including increased risk of dying. Loneliness is a growing public health problem that…
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