aging

Is it possible to live beyond 100, can our choices make a difference?

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There is a really interesting article on the BBC site today, (interesting for me anyway). It asks the question – “What do you need to do to live beyond 100?”. Yep, I have a skeptics hat on, and so I am wondering if it is just the usual “eat your veg and take plenty of … Read more

Exercise Improves Memory and Brain Health

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That old book of fables, the bible claims, “Bodily exercise profiteth little”,  science has now yielded further information that clearly demonstrates this is simply not true at all. A new study shows that one year of moderate physical exercise can increase the size of the brain’s hippocampus in older adults, leading to an improvement in … Read more

Insights on healthy aging

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[This is a repost from the Harvard Gazette … original here] Harvard researchers have uncovered a mechanism through which caloric restriction and exercise delay some of the debilitating effects of aging by rejuvenating the connections between nerves and the muscles that they control. The research, conducted in the labs of Joshua Sanes and Jeff Lichtman, … Read more