Aging
135 Articles & Excerpts
The Accelerated Aging Epidemic
Ten Years Younger : The Amazing Ten Week Plan to Look Better, Feel Better, and Turn Back the Clock by Steven Masley, M.D. How would you like to look and feel ten years younger in just ten weeks time? Studies show that Americans on the whole are aging faster than ever with conditions like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease occurring increasingly earlier on in life-along
Emotional Longevity: Toward a New Definition of Health
Emotional Longevity: What Really Determines How Long You Live by Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D., P. Elizabeth Anderson A visionary new definition of health from one of America's most prominent behavioral scientists. Based on a web of scientifically proven connections between biology on the one hand and social environment, beliefs, and emotions on the other
The Harvard (Grant) Cohort
Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development by George E. Vaillant, M.D. The 'Grant Study' of adult development was begun at Harvard University by Arlie Bock and Clark Heath. These two student health service physicians had received a gift from a philanthropist, William T. Grant, to study healthy development.
The Study of Adult Development
Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development by George E. Vaillant, M.D. The past century's advances in medicine and technology have added decades to our life expectancy. More of us can expect to live into our eighties, nineties, and beyond. But what most of us want to know is: How can we make the best of those extra years?
Immortality
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being by Andrew Weil, M.D. At the heart of Healthy Aging is Dr. Weil's belief that although aging is an irreversible process, there are myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life.
How Old Are You Anyway?
The Ropes: Girls Have the Rules, Women Know the Ropes by Judy Steinberg, Raechel Donahue Lying about one's age is always a dilemma. Once you've done it, you're stuck with it, and more often than not it will come back to bite you in the most inappropriate place. Whenever possible, go with the truth.
Cancer
The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection: The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men by Suzanne Somers The last words I ever thought I'd hear about myself were 'You have breast cancer.' It was as though someone had dropped a load of lead on my head. I felt stunned. This is something that happens to other people, I thought. Not me.
A New Role for Medicine
The Life Extension Revolution: The New Science of Growing Older Without Aging by Philip Lee Miller, M.D., Monica Reinagel Brian became a patient of mine about three years ago. He was 47 years old. He came to see me not because he was sick but because he wanted to feel better. Brian had built a successful software consulting firm and had worked hard to keep his business going
Breaking Down the Myths of Aging
Successful Aging by John W. Rowe, M.D., Robert L. Kahn, Ph.D. The topic of aging is durably encapsulated in a layer of myths in our society. And, like most myths, the ones about aging include a confusing blend of truth and fancy. We have compressed six of the most familiar of the aging myths into single-sentence
Effective Planning
The Complete Eldercare Planner: Where to Start, Which Questions to Ask, and How to Find Help by Joy Loverde Most of us are inadequately prepared, emotionally and otherwise, to face the complex issue associated with caring for elderly loved ones. Each situation usually involves multiple issues. How one family handles a problem is not necessarily the right
The New Love and Sex After 60
The New Love and Sex After 60 by Robert N. Butler, M.D., Myrna I. Lewis, Ph.D. The best authorities on whether love and sex can exist in later life are older people themselves. Frank and Marianne have been together forty-six years. They've led unremarkable lives in terms of success and lucky breaks and have had more than their share
Timing Is Everything
The Schwarzbein Principle II, The Transition: A Regeneration Program to Prevent and Reverse Accelerated Aging by Diana Schwarzbein, M.D. The time it takes to go through the transition is different for everyone. The transition to a healthy metabolism can occur very quickly, or it can take months or years to complete. If you have a healthy metabolism, you will be able to complete your
The Transition
The Schwarzbein Principle II, The Transition: A Regeneration Program to Prevent and Reverse Accelerated Aging by Diana Schwarzbein, M.D. Everyone goes through what I call the transition to restore their metabolism, achieve an ideal body composition and obtain optimum health. The transition is a journey of healing. You can only be in your transition if you are improving your nutrition
Our Changing View of Aging
The New Yoga for People Over 50: A Comprehensive Guide for Midlife and Older Beginners by Suza Francina As a society and as individuals, we can expect that our notions of aging will continue to change dramatically in the years ahead. Leading pioneers in the field of mind/body medicine such as Deepak Chopra, M.D., an endocrinologist, bestselling author
The Call of the Authentic Self
If Not Now when: Reclaiming Ourselves at Midlife by Stephanie Marston As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself every day. This is sometimes disconcerting for those around you, but a great relief to the person
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