There are no guarantees that your life will work out a certain way or that you can control the outcome that you desire. Life at times will be hard sometimes brutally so. This revelation is nothing new and if you live long enough you will see and experience these hardships. Read more…
Meeting minimum guidelines could prevent nearly one in two deaths linked to physical inactivity Keeping physically active or becoming more active during middle and older age is associated with a lower risk of death, regardless of past activity levels or existing health conditions, suggests a large UK study published by The Read more…
Good health in the future requires healthy choices today. Your decisions today will effect your health as you age. Picture what you want to look like and be able to do at 95 and work towards that goal now or you will lose the opportunity. Age is a just number Read more…
The Workplace Report Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think Here’s how to make the most of it. “It’s not true that no one needs you anymore.” These words came from an elderly woman sitting behind me on a late-night flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. Read more…
Maximizing Polyphenol Content to Uncork the Relationship Between Wine and Cancer Colin E. Champ1,2* and Anjali Kundu-Champ1 1Cancer Prevention Project, Pittsburgh, PA, United States 2Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Studies have revealed conflicting results regarding the risk of cancer from alcohol consumption. Furthermore, Read more…
Study shows acute exercise has the ability to impact brain regions important to memory Date:April 25, 2019Source:University of MarylandSummary:A new study of healthy older adults shows that just one session of exercise increased activation in the brain circuits associated with memory — including the hippocampus — which shrinks with age Read more…
Finger on the Pulse of Longevity For maximum longevity, the target resting heart rate may be one beat per second or less. Immanuel Kant, the famed 18th century philosopher, described the chemistry of his day as a science, but not really science, as it wasn’t grounded in mathematics—at least not Read more…
Ability to lift weights quickly can mean a longer life Not all weight lifting produces the same benefit 12 Apr 2019Topic(s): European Association of Preventive CardiologyRisk Factors, Prevention, Rehabilitation, Sports CardiologyRehabilitation and Sports Cardiology Lisbon, Portugal – 12 April 2019: Prolong your life by increasing your muscle power. That’s the main Read more…
People who lift weights have a 25% lower risk of cancer, study finds Bigger muscles, improved strength – chances are you’re familiar with the benefits of hitting the weights room The pros of pumping iron are clear. But now there is an increasing amount of evidence suggesting people who lift Read more…
Weight training by older people may build not only strength and muscle mass but also motivation and confidence, potentially spurring them to continue exercising, according to an interesting new study of the emotional impacts of lifting weights. The findings intimate that people worried that they might be too old or inept to Read more…