Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age. A few adults can maintain ideal cardiovascular health factors as they age, said Kiang Liu, first author of the study. Many middle-aged adults develop unhealthy diets, gain weight and are not physically active. Such lifestyles, […]
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Life expectancy is going up all around the world, so also the longevity of men, compared to women. Prof Mayhew, a professor of statistics at Cass Business School, analysed life expectancy data in England and Wales. He was working out how long 30-year-olds could expect to live. Heart disease His findings show men languishing far
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Aging is not a disease, and the biology of ageing, which varies between individuals. Telomeres play a central role in cell fate and ageing by adjusting the cellular response to stress and growth stimulation on the basis of previous cell divisions and DNA damage. At least a few hundred nucleotides of telomere repeats must “cap”
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Video Games Technology is proving to be a valuable tool for helping people of all ages improve lifestyle and health habits and manage disease. New research showw that exergames have significant benefits for older adults by providing cognitive stimulation and a source of social interaction, exercise, and fun. Thus, the games help them to lead fuller,
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The male sex hormone testosterone plays a key role, as do genetic factors. They cause the hair follicles to shrink, eventually becoming so small that they are invisible, leading to the appearance of baldness. Baldness is hair thinning or partial or complete lack of hair. Male pattern baldness is characterized by hair receding from the lateral
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Botox, an anti-ageing drug is a potentially dangerous medicine and can normally only be prescribed by a Doctor to patients .face to face The General Medical Council (GMC) says new rules will be published later this week to stop doctors remotely prescribing injectable cosmetic medicines such as Botox. These are prescription-only medicines and doctors should assess
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Ulthera or Ultherapy or Ulthera Therapy is a non-surgical ultrasound based based procedure for lifting and firming the sagging areas of your face and neck. Ulthera provides micro-focused precise heating and vibration of both dermal and deep fibro-muscular supporting layers of the skin. The Ulthera(TM) system, which has recently been introduced in the US in
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Be cautious when a manufacturer of a new weight loss product claims you can lose 20 lbs in twenty days. Yes you can lose weight in a short period of time but the shedding of weight should be in a controlled environment or monitored to ensure you’re not causing any harm to your body. Simply
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A recent study has shown that one third women snack in secret, keeping their eating habits away from their partners and friends. One of the main reasons for the secrecy is apparently embarrassment about the type of food they eat, and the amount of snacks that they consume. And two thirds of those even keep
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One of the most common questions received in our feedback emails is “how much should I weigh for my height?” To determine your ideal body weight, several factors should be considered, including age, muscle-fat ratio, height, sex, and bone density. May be, calculating your Body Mass Index (BMI) is the best way to decide whether
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