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Sexual activity and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) rates are rising among seniors according to new research published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The BMJ research shows that 80% of 50 to 90 years olds are sexually active and that the cases of sexually transmitted diseases have more than doubled in this age group over the past 10 years.
It is never too late to start exercising, and any amount of exercise is better than no exercise according to most anti-aging experts, fitness and health experts.
Do you have what it takes to live 100 years -- or more?
A new test tells whether a person has the "genetic signature" of exceptional longevity. About 77% of centenarians -- people 100 years old or older -- have this genetic profile.
Americans are now spending more than $17 billion a year on supplements for health and wellness. Strangely enough, the rates of many forms of chronic disease have not changed, while the rates of many others have actually increased. Why is that? Well, of course there are many factors involved, but a major contributing factor is that despite daily vitamin supplementation, most people are still seriously deficient in the critical vitamins and minerals that their bodies require on a daily basis and one thing is fairly clear, their supplements aren’t helping very much.
Here’s the basic problem: all vitamin supplements are NOT created
equal. Don’t be fooled by nutrient claims on the labels or inflated costs- this information is often totally misleading. You could not only be wasting your time and hard-earned money, but despite your best intentions, you may not be effectively supporting your health either.
The vast majority of vitamin supplements, yes- even the expensive brands- typically use synthetic vitamin isolates rather than the vitamin in it’s whole, natural state. Real, complete vitamin complexes are derived from whole-food sources; i.e.- something living, and as such, impart life to your body. The synthetic, fractionated chemical copies of vitamins which are used in most supplements are manufactured in a lab. They never grew in the ground, never saw the light of day, were never alive or part of anything living. In your body they’re basically just another drug.
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Wild blueberries are getting a lot of attention for their anti-aging properties, as well as for the many other health benefits they provide.
Through both the normal aging process and external factors like UV damage, smooth, young skin inevitably becomes coarse and wrinkled. The basis of this wrinkling is that time and damage both lower the production of new collagen while increasing the levels of enzymes called MMPs that chew up existing collagen. Covering up, slowing down, or even stopping the wrinkling process has become a big business.
According to new research, topical applications of a naturally occurring fat molecule have the potential to slow down skin aging, whether through natural causes or damage according to new research.
Anti-aging medicine is the newest clinical medical specialty, the optimum of wellness and longevity, and 
employs extensive therapies and treatment in the preventative health care field far beyond just cholesterol testing and mammograms. A profound paradigm shift in the way the medical establishment views aging and age-related diseases is now underway.
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have found how the brain t
urns on a system designed to protect its nerve cells from toxic "free radicals," a waste product of cell metabolism that has been implicated in some degenerative brain diseases, heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and aging.
Potentially, the researchers say, it may be possible to use drugs to strengthen the anti-oxidant system in the brain as a treatment for presently incurable diseases like Parkinson's, Huntington's, and Alzheimer's and possibly other maladies.
Running throughout middle and older ages may be associated with reduced disability in later life as well as a survival advantage, according to Stanford University School of Medicine researchers in a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Doing crossword puzzles, playing scrabble, reading and doing other mentally stimulating activities may only hide the signs of Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.
