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- 10 Myths About Our Bodies (ABC News)
"And that busts another big brain myth — that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Memory loss is not inevitable. Want to keep your brain young? Exercise it.''
" 'The data now indicate that an hour of games for 40 weeks can make your brain equivalent, your brain's real age, 10 years younger,' Roizen said." 06-06
- How to Stay Fit for Life (US News)
"Baby boomers may be getting older, but many are still avid, if not obsessive, exercisers. And they want to stay that way. " 06-07
Papers
- -02-01-07 The Social Burden of Longer Lives (LiveScience.com)
"Now, after countless false starts and disappointments, some scientists say we could finally be close to achieving lifetimes that are, if not endless, at least several decades longer. This modern miracle, they say, will come not from drinking revitalizing waters or from transmuted substances, but from a scientific understanding of how aging affects our bodies at the cellular and molecular levels." 01-07
- -07-03-07 Beauty After 40 (CNN News)
"You'll get spots on your hands and bunions on your feet. Your nose and ears may appear to have grown out of proportion to your face. And that expression "long in the tooth" will endearingly apply to you: A receding gum line will make your teeth look bigger."
"I can't believe you're still reading this. Okay, as long as you're staying, I'll tell you how you can look beautiful as you age." 07-07
- 15 Ways to Live Longer (Forbes.com)
Lists lifestyle ingredients that have correlated with longer life. 08-07
- Aging (Wikipedia.org)
"Ageing or aging is the process of systems' deterioration with time. This article focuses on the social, cognitive, cultural, and economic effects of ageing."
"Drug companies are currently searching for ways to mimic the lifespan-extending affects of caloric restriction without having to severely reduce food consumption, and with respect to cellular senescence, it has been shown that individual cells can be immortalized by the introduction of an additional gene for telomerase." 04-07
- Aging Better (U.S. News)
"Baby boomers would like to believe that terms like 'over the hill' will never apply to them. And they could, in fact, be right. While there's no stopping time, there's plenty you can do to foil the aging process. "We now have a much greater understanding of aging mechanisms," says Dean Ornish, professor of medicine at the University of California-San Francisco, "to the extent that we know which changes help you live longer but, more important, age better.' " 01-09
- Fifteen Ways to Live Longer (Forbes.com)
"Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in the nation's health disparities, differences so stark that a report issued Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one." 11-06
- Five Environmental Health Factors for Longevity (MSNBC News)
"Here are five environmental health factors that can affect both the length and quality of your life-and what you can do to counteract them." 11-06
- Five Things that Will Age You (ABC News)
"People have searched for the fountain of youth for centuries. And, while it remains elusive, there are things you can do to slow the aging process, or speed it up. Oprah's favorite doc, Dr. Mehmet Oz, discusses the five things that age people most." 02-09
- For Longevity, Other Factors Pale in Comparison to "Education" (New York Times)
"The one social factor that researchers agree is consistently linked to longer lives in every country where it has been studied is education. It is more important than race; it obliterates any effects of income."
"And, health economists say, those factors that are popularly believed to be crucial — money and health insurance, for example, pale in comparison." 01-07
- HGH for Longevity (MayoClinic.com)
"If you're willing to pay thousands, some doctors promise to reverse the signs of aging with human growth hormone (HGH). Before you sign up, get the facts." 04-07
- How Longevity Researchers Stave Off Aging (US News)
"We asked five longevity researchers to tell us what (if anything) they do to improve their odds of a healthy, long life." 03-11
- How to Live a Long, Healthy Life (ABC News)
"We've been bombarded over the years with warnings about all the things we shouldn't do to protect our health and help us live longer, such as smoking, eating the wrong foods, drinking too much alcohol, and so forth."
"Now, someone has taken a look at the opposite side of that coin to see whether the positive things we can do can be as important as the negative things we shouldn't do."
"And here's what they found: Believing you are in control of your own life, maintaining strong social ties to friends and family, and getting off the couch for vigorous exercise can delay the effects of aging by at least a decade." 11-10
- Longevity - Aubrey de Grey's View (AntiAgeingConference.com)
"The central goal of his biogerontology work is to expedite the development of a true cure for human aging. In his view, the main obstacle to developing such technology is the position of biogerontology at the boundary between basic science and medicine: the fundamental knowledge necessary to develop truly effective anti-aging medicine mostly exists, but the goal-directed frame of mind that is best suited to turning research findings into tools is very different from the curiosity-driven ethos that generated those findings in the first place. As a scientist with a training in an engineering discipline (computer science), he is unusually well placed to bridge this gap. He attempt to do so in three main ways: basic biogerontology research, identify and promote specific technological approaches to the reversal (not merely the prevention) of various aspects of aging, and argue in a wide range of fora (extending well beyond biologists) for the adoption of a more proactive approach to extending the healthy human lifespan sooner rather than later. Provides an article related to preventing aging and improving longevity." 2-5
- Longevity - Aubrey de Grey's View (Technology Review)
"De Grey has mapped out his proposed course in such detail that he believes it may be possible for his objective to be achieved within as short a period as 25 years, in time for many readers of Technology Review to avail themselves of its formulations—and, not incidentally, in time for his 41-year-old self as well." 2-5
- Longevity - Kurzweil's View (CBS News)
Provides an article related to preventing aging and improving longevity. 2-4.
- Longevity - Research on Extending Life (CBC)
Provides results on efforts to reduce human aging through genetic research. 3-00
- Longevity - Three Theories (Nature - Gee)
Suggests three basic processes for aging. 10-00.
- Longevity for U.S. Presidents (U.S. News)
"When a new President takes the oath of office, he often exudes a youthful optimism. But Presidents tend to leave Washington visibly wearing the stress of their position. According to a theory advanced by Michael Roizen, chair of the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic and co-founder of RealAge.com, presidents age approximately two years for each calendar year in office." 02-09
- Men Have a Biological Clock Too (U.S. News)
"Older males face higher risk of fathering children with medical problems, research finds." 02-09
- New Pill May Slow Aging (ABC News)
"Dr. Joe McCord's latest research may unravel the mystery of aging. And if he succeeds, the answer could come in the form of a little yellow pill called Protandim." 6-5
- Older People Don't See Themselves as "Old" (USA Today)
"If you've been telling yourself you're not old yet, you fit right in."
"No matter what their chronological age, most people say that they aren't yet 'old' — and that they feel younger than their birthday count, according to a new nationally representative survey of almost 3,000 adults by the Pew Research Center." 06-09
- Perricone: Prescription for Aging Beautifully (Oprah.com)
"Inflammation is at the basis of age-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, auto immune disease, and wrinkled, sagging skin. The wrong foods—such as sugar, processed foods, pasta, breads, pastry and baked goods—can increase levels of the pro-inflammatory peptides."
"Sugar is the number one enemy. It causes inflammation that destroys our bodies and attaches to collagen, which results in stiff, inflexible, sagging skin. Controlling our blood sugar level and insulin levels will improve our health and give us beautiful, youthful skin."
"The anti-inflammatory diet consists of high quality protein, like that found in fish, colorful fresh fruits and vegetables, and adequate amounts of good fat, like that found in salmon, flax, nuts, seeds and olive oil." 12-05
- Ten Healthy Habits for Living to 100 (US News)
"The biggest factor that determines how well you age is not your genes but how well you live. Not convinced? A new study published in the British Medical Journal of 20,000 British folks shows that you can cut your risk of having a stroke in half by doing the following four things: being active for 30 minutes a day, eating five daily servings of fruit and vegetables, and avoiding cigarettes and excess alcohol." 03-11
- Twelve Ways to Stay Young (MSNBC News)
"We’ve found proven ways to live a longer, fuller life with help from antiaging guru Henry S. Lodge, M.D., author of 'Younger Next Year for Women' (Workman Publishing). Complete this checklist to see if a few new habits could add years — and fun — to your life." 07-09
- Twins and Aging: How Not to Look Old (Time.com)
"A forthcoming study in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery offers one surprising idea: as you age, don't be afraid to put on a few pounds. Fat, it turns out, can significantly smooth out wrinkles and give you a younger-looking face." 02-09
- Vitamin D Lowers Risk of Death (Time.com)
"Doctors have long known that vitamin D is essential to good health. Get enough of it and it ensures strong bones and teeth. But a new study this week suggests an even more extraordinary benefit: a lower risk of death." 09-07
- tudy: Where You Live Influences How Long You Live (MSNBC News)
"Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in the nation's health disparities, differences so stark that a report issued Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one." 09-06
Projects
- Longevity (Northwestern Mutual)
Provides life expectancy, based on factors that you provide. 10-09
- What Is Your "Real Age"? (RealAge.com)
Assesses your biological aging related to lifestyle choices, in contrast to your calendar age. 01-07
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