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NIH launches Go4Life to promote fitness to Boomers

Reaching out to Boomers both because of their age and because many are caretakers for elderly parents, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
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How to live forever (results may vary) - the documentary

“When I hit 50,” says Mark Wexler, “I became scared of getting old.”Because Mark is a documentary filmmaker, he decided to...
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Would you like to live to 100?

“Sure, who wouldn’t want to live to 100? Amelia says reflexively. But a few moments later, Amelia discovered she had some caveats about...
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Mature women's body image - curves are us

“I still wear a size eight, but everything’s in a different place, a little bit lower, and I have a new little pooch for a stomach, ...
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Veggies are easy to cook when you know how

We see those piles of green, red, orange and yellow stuff over in the produce aisle or at the farmer’s market. We know we should be loading...
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Vitamin C: Your body doesn't produce it

In his book, “The Healing Factor: Vitamin C Against Disease” (1972), Irwin Stone (1907 – 1984) an American biochemist, chemical...
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Are you getting enough Vitamin D?

Sophia was dismayed when she received the results of her blood test: she discovered that she was very low in Vitamin D (her level was 29; normal is...
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Chocolate is good for the body and good for the soul

Chocolate – who could live without it? From those luscious smores (two hot off the campfire toasted marshmellows melting a chocolate bar...
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Do you take your health advice from celebs?

Intrigued with the loves, fashion styles and other faucets of celebrities’ lives, are we tempted to emulate their behaviors that could affect...
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Joan, Cloris and Betty still have it going on

From the looks of the careers of these three actors/comediennes - Joan Rivers, Cloris Leachman and Betty White, ages 77, 84, and 88 respectively -...
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