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Senior Corps Week: Honoring Baby Boomers Who Make A Difference

Dyann Brown | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Senior Corps Volunteers, Baby Boomers, Military, Volunteering, First Lady, Rsvp, Volunteer, Nonprofit, Lifespan, Partners in Restorative Initiatives, Slideexpand, Gps-Soul, Impact News

At the age of 59 I found myself in early retirement after a long career in non-profit management. Like so many others new to retirement, I had time on...

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Could Shorter Life Expectancy Reduce Your Chances Of Divorce?

Natasha Burton | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Canada, Divorce News, Lifespan, Life Expectancy, Divorce, Divorce News

There may be an upside to a shorter lifespan. According to a study released Monday by Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, people with lower life ...

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What Finch DNA Says About Human Lifespan

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Zebra Finch, Longevity, Finch, Finch Lifespan, Telomere, Longevity Study, Lifespan, Lifespan Study, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Finch Longevity, Science News

Talking parrots are nothing new, but what can Zebra finches tell us about how long an individual lives? Maybe more than you might think. In a prov...

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Unbelievable Side Effect Of Being Stressed While Pregnant

Jena Pincott | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Prenatal Stress, Aging, Genetics, Lifespan, Telomeres, Stress, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Fetus, Parents-Pregnancy, Parents-New-Moms, Parents News

There's an avalanche of evidence that women who are under extreme duress in pregnancy have kids who have shorter attention spans, lower IQs, memory deficiencies and health problems.

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Red Grape Compound May Mimic Diet In Obese Men, Study Says

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Calorie Restriction, Aging, Longevity, Katz, Healthy, Anti-Aging, Antioxidants, Lifespan, Resveratrol, Calories, Health, Dr. David Katz, Wine, Life Expectancy, News, Conditions, Cell Metabolism, Diet & Nutrition, Healthy Living News

Based on a small, brief, but nonetheless profound and compelling study in the current issue of the highly regarded scientific journal, Cell Metabolism, I intend to start taking resveratrol.

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Eating Well Now Can Help Your Great-Grandchildren Live Longer

Scientific American | Sarah Fecht | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Dna, Longevity, Epigenetics, Stanford Center on Longevity, Health, New Research, Health Post50, Science, Stanford University, Lifespan, Future Generations, Fifty News

Experiments with worms show that altering an enzyme can not only lengthen their life spans, but that the longevity effect can be carried across severa...

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Your 'Second' Lifetime: How Will You Make It Matter?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Creativity, Human Lifespan, Lifespan, Aging Population, Spiritual Life, Aging, Life After 50, Midlife, Aging Fulfillment, Old Age, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

The first 50-year period is already a known quantity: a person is born, passes to adulthood, finds a partner and raises children. But no such certainty applies to the next 50 years. What do you expect your second lifetime to be?

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Managing Your Weight Is Worth 10 More Years

Penny Love Hoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Living, Diet Tips, Longevity, Diet Advice, Fitness, Weight Loss, Lifespan, Diet, Home News

The most fundamental reason to lose weight is to live younger for longer.

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Do Happy People Live Longer?

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Elderly, Aging, Health, Aarp, Happiness Tips, Lifespan, Wellness, Happiness, Healthy Living News

For decades, research has suggested that people with positive emotions may live longer and healthier lives.

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We Need To End The Obesity Epidemic

Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Healthcare Reform, Obesity, Diet, Healthcare, Nutrition, Health, Thomas Goetz, Childhood Obesity, Health Tips, Lifespan, Healthy Living News

U.S. life expectancy is actually heading downward.

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Scientists Find Aging Gene: Key To Longer Lifespans?

TIME | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aging, Genes, Biology, Science, Genetics, Biological Age, Lifespan, Chronological Age, Healthy Living News

Molecular biologists have observed that people's cells often age at different rates, leading them to make a distinction between chronological and biol...

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A Long Life: Good And Bad News For Baby Boomers ... And The Rest Of Us

Tamara McClintock Greenberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aging, Baby Boomers, Longer Life, Health, Lifespan, Technology, Health Care, Wellness, Healthy Living News

So instead of denial or baby boomer bashing, maybe we need to be more thoughtful about how scary it is to age in the 21st century. Boomers know that a very long life can be a pyrrhic victory.

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Men Married To Smart Women Live Longer

Times Online | Shane Watson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women, Long Life, Marriage, Intelligence, Aging, Relationships, Brains, Men, Intelligent Women, How to Live Longer, Lifespan, Beauty, Attraction, Healthy Living News

Swedish scientists have discovered that long life and good health have nothing to do with a man's education and everything to do with his wife's. Men ...

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Aging "Modifiable": Most Babies Born This Century Will Live To 100, Research Shows

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Long Life, Aging, Aging Research, Baby, Anti-Aging, Health, Immortality, Engineer-Human-Immortality, Lifespan, Babies, Wellness, Healthy Living News

LONDON — Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say ...

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Birth Defects Surge in a Toxic World

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neurotoxins, Electricity, Lead Paint Toys, Environment, Public Health, Genetics, Birth Defects, United States, Lifespan, Environmental Law, Pollution, Coal, China, Rbgh, Healthy Child Healthy World, Healthy Living News

According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 33 babies born in the US have a birth defect -- about twice as many as in China.

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