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Testing Now Available to Determine Your Longevity - What Would You Do?

If you’re like me, you realize that your window of time on this planet is increasingly limited. So would you like to know how long you have?  There’s a new blood test that can predict how long you’ll be alive. According to The Independent, the test measures telomeres, which are the tips of chromosomes, to determine if a... Read moreChevron
posted 05/25/2011, comments (0)|
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New White House Report Looks at Women's Health Care Issues

I don’t know about you, but as I’ve gotten older, I keep thinking about health. For instance, how we often take it for granted until it’s gone. And what we should do to make the aging process go more smoothly.   Unfortunately, many American women are facing real challenges in middle age – when most go through... Read moreChevron
posted 03/07/2011, comments (0)|
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Middle-Age Women Can Embrace Sense of Purpose, Exercise through Training for Half-Marathon

Two key habits that show up in the research on successful aging are committing to exercise and having a sense of purpose. So what about combining the two?   Take my friends, Jan (age 59) and Pat (age 67).  After Pat moved into Jan’s neighborhood in May 2009, they two began getting together. “We both enjoy walking so my... Read moreChevron
posted 01/20/2011, comment (1)|
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Public Agenda Report Provides Snapshop of Current Aging Research as Well as Glimpse of Future

Having reached middle age, at times I hear the ticking of an internal clock. It’s not the clock that has to do with having children. Instead, it’s the clock that heralds the approach of old age. I find myself wondering when my body will start to betray me through a rogue cancerous cell, an Alzheimer’s disease plaque, or a crazed... Read moreChevron
posted 01/11/2011, comments (0)|
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Middle-Age Women Need to Take (Care of Their) Heart

Middle-age women need to take heart.  That is, you need to take the protection of your heart very seriously. Results from two new studies give us some additional knowledge about what stress can do to the heart of a women who is going through menopause. And those results involve two areas very important to most women – their professional... Read moreChevron
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