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Life is less stressful after retirement, but only for those at the top
People in low-level jobs experience more stress than their superiors, and the gap gets even wider after they retire. You might expect people at the top of the corporate hierarchy to have more stress than those at the bottom, but it’s actually the other way around. Considering the many health risks associated with stress, that’s no small burden. And retirement offers little relief.
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Scientists are waging a war against human aging. But what happens next?
We all grow old. We all die. For Aubrey de Grey, a biogerontologist and chief science officer of the SENS Research Foundation, accepting these truths is, well, not good enough. He decided in his late twenties (he’s currently 54) that he “wanted to make a difference to humanity” and that battling age was the best way to do it. His life’s work is now a struggle against physics and biology, the twin collaborators in bodily decay.
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How to have a better death
IN 1662 a London haberdasher with an eye for numbers published the first quantitative account of death. John Graunt tallied causes such as “the King’s Evil”, a tubercular disease believed to be cured by the monarch’s touch. Others seem uncanny, even poetic. In 1632, 15 Londoners “made away themselves”, 11 died of “grief” and a pair fell to “lethargy”.
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Google is super secretive about its anti-aging research. No one knows why.
In 2013, Time magazine ran a cover story titled Google vs. Death about Calico, a then-new Google-run health venture focused on understanding aging — and how to beat it. “We should shoot for the things that are really, really important, so 10 or 20 years from now we have those things done,” Google CEO Larry Page told Time. But how exactly would Calico help humans live longer, healthier lives? How would it invest its vast $1.5 billion pool of money? Beyond sharing the company’s ambitious mission...
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People whose 'brain age' is older than their real age more likely to die early
Doctors may be able to warn patients if they are at risk of early death by analysing their brains, British scientists have discovered. Those whose brains appeared older than their true age were more likely to die early and to be in worse physical and mental health, a study by Imperial College London found. The research found a way of predicting someone’s “brain age” that could help to spot those at risk of dying young.
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Exercise 'keeps the mind sharp' in over-50s, study finds
The brain is fed with more oxygen and nutrients, boosting thinking and memory skills.
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Doll in Shadow
Alzheimer's destroyed my mother's memory, but she remembered the doll. By Maria Browning.
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Diet Secrets for Living Past 100 From the "Blue Zones" of the World - Video
Blue zones are regions on Earth where the local human population enjoys exceptionally long average life spans. Author and explorer Dan Buettner has studied these populations and the dietary and lifestyle elements they have in common.
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Why Men Don’t Live as Long as Women
It’s the testosterone, don’t you know. By Richard G. Bribiescas.
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The Gift of Presence, The Perils of Advice
A helpful word can be a salve, but it's not always what we need. Parker Palmer on the power of quiet, unobtrusive presence to heal in troubled times.
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Inflammation’s Link to Alzheimer’s, Heart Disease and Cancer
Inflammation is also tied to heart disease and cancer. Lifestyle changes may help.
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I know you love me — Now let me die
An ER physician laments the often-excessive care of older adults at the end of life, portraying it as a failure to recognize the full measure of their humanity.
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Drug 'reverses' ageing in animal tests
Mice had more stamina, hair and improved organ function with the drug.
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Daily consumption of tea may protect the elderly from cognitive decline, study suggests
Tea drinking reduces the risk of cognitive impairment in older persons by 50 per cent and as much as 86 per cent for those who are genetically at risk of Alzheimer's, new research suggests.
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Donald Trump could reverse cuts to arts, poor and elderly if he stopped staying at Mar-a-Lago, figures show
Four services facing elimination under proposed cuts could be maintained at the cost of President's visits to private Florida resort over four years, figures show.
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Dresden retirement home recreates communist East Germany to help residents with Alzheimer’s
“Many of them have started eating independently again, they go to the toilet on their own, even some who were bed-ridden have got up.” By Justin Huggler.
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The Truth Is Out There (About Menopause)
Actress Gillian Anderson and her friend the journalist Jennifer Nadel tell the truth about the change.
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Seniors Are Fighting Aliens in a Video Game to Deal With Depression
Video Games could be a powerful treatment for depression in the future. Elderly Californians are battling aliens and exploring foreign worlds to help researchers understand whether an iPad game could help combat depression in seniors. Depression in the elderly is a common occurrence. As they age, seniors become particularly vulnerable due to prolonged social isolation, the loss of a partner, or management of a chronic illness.
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Dutch woman arrested to fulfill bucket list wish
A nearly 100-year-old Dutch woman fulfilled a wish on her bucket list by getting arrested. The woman named Annie says she had always wanted to "experience a police cell from within." Police arrested and booked her into a jail cell in the Netherlands town of Nijmegen-Zuid last week. They posted the story on the department's Facebook page and included several pictures of the smiling centenarian. [End of Story]
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Younger is not always better when it comes to learning a second language
Language immersion environment best for young children, the classroom setting is better for early teenagers, while self-guided language learning is better for adults.
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