As we age, the majority of us are going to need more healthcare. Are we going to get good healthcare that we can afford? Of course, how it is all going to shake out from the healthcare reform legislation is yet to be seen. However, if past performance is predictor of future performance, not that [...]
Tag Archives: life expectancy
Health & Anti-Aging Tool – A Sense Of Humor?
June 9, 2010 – 7:31 am
Now there is more evidence that a sense of humor is good for your health and anti-aging. In Norway there is a big population study, the Trøndelag Health Study. Researchers surveyed 70,000 residents of a county in the middle of Norway, between 1995 and 1997. There were surveys, health histories and blood samples taken. The [...]
Can Sugar Shorten Life?
November 6, 2009 – 2:03 pm
The typical western diet is high in sugar. There seems to be sugar (along with salt) to nearly all prepared foods. We all consume much more sugar than we are aware of. Studies in a type of worm called Caenorhabditis elegans, which is usually shortened to C. elegans, suggest that eating high amounts of sugar [...]
