Meditation Lowers Stress Hormone Posted on April 9, 2013, 6 a.m. in Alternative Medicine Stress Meditation – image from Shutterstock The Shamatha Project at the University of California/Davis (California, USA) is a comprehensive long-term, control-group study of the effects of meditation training on mind and body. Tonya Jacobs and colleagues used a questionnaire to measure […]
Read MoreAnti-Aging Tip Sheet: Eat to Live Posted on March 14, 2014, 9:39 a.m. in Anti-Aging Tip Sheets Functional Foods Nutrition Diets laden with fried and sweet foods, processed and red meats refined grains, and high-fat dairy products reduce a person’s likelihood of achieving older ages in good health and with higher functionality. As such, the […]
Read MoreMolecular Basis of Omega-3s for Alzheimer’s Disease Revealed Posted on March 6, 2014, altered in Alzheimer’s disease.” Alzheimers Dement. 2014 Feb 12.
Read MorePost-Exercise Hormone Predicts Biological Age Posted on March 7, 2014, 6 a.m. in Longevity Exercise Mechanisms of Aging Post-Exercise – image from Shutterstock In that calorie restriction has been observed to extend lifespan in mammals, irisin – a newly-identified hormone released from muscle after exercise – is thought to induce similar effects by increasing adipose […]
Read MoreBioidenticals safer and more effective than synthetic HRT, studies show Posted on July 21, 2009, 9:14 a.m. in Aging Hormone Replacement Therapy Longevity and Age Management Women’s Health The appearance of Suzanne Somers on a recent Oprah Winfrey show sparked controversy in the mainstream media about the benefits of using bioidentical hormones for hormone replacement […]
Read MoreTestosterone Promotes Cognitive Acuity Posted on July 11, 2013, 6 a.m. in Women’s Health Brain and Mental Performance Hormone Replacement Therapy Testosterone Woman Using Laptop – image from Shutterstock A testosterone gel applied daily may improve cognitive performance in postmenopausal women, suggests research completed by a team at Monash University (Australia). Susan Davis and colleagues […]
Read MoreNeed some help shedding those Christmas pounds? Google’s recent list of the trendiest diets could inspire you Christmas and New Year are over, and empty boxes of Quality Street have been sadly binned in households across the land. Now is the traditional time for slimming down – but with seemingly more diets than ever before […]
Read MoreBy Dr. Lissa Rankin May 30, 2013 3:00 PM EDT Stamatis Moraitis was living so they can make a difference in the community. The Nicoyans in Costa Rica use the term plan de vida to describe a lifelong sense of purpose. Dr. Robert Butler, the first director of the National Institute on Aging, says that […]
Read MoreBy JOHN M. GROHOL, PSY.D. Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on November 13, 2013 Researchers have discovered one thing that speeds up your body’s aging process that you may not be aware of — depression. In a study of more than 2,400 Dutch subjects, researchers examined chromosomes within cells. What they found was surprising […]
Read MorePhysical Fitness Preserves Thinking & Memory Posted on Dec. 16, 2013, 6 a.m. in Exercise Brain and Mental Performance Physically Active – image from Shutterstock Previous studies have linked a lack of exercise with declines in thinking and memory with aging. Carrington R. Wendell, from the National Institute on Aging (Maryland, USA), and colleagues studied […]
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