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3 tips to extend your lifespan from the world’s oldest yoga teacher
At 97, Westchester-based yogi Tao Porchon-Lynch is the oldest yoga teacher, according to Guinness World Records. Two weeks ago, the…
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Talking to older patients about driving is a challenge for docs
Many people expect, or hope, that the family doctor will intervene to help take away the car keys from an…
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Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she’ll get…
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A new study finds ‘good’ cholesterol may not be as good for you as previously thought. Up until now, doctors…
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Alzheimer’s disease appears to spread in a predictable pattern, infecting brain cell after brain cell as the disease spreads along…
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Never too late to quit smoking, researchers say
Ex-smokers live longer than those who haven’t kicked the habit, no matter what age group you look at, according to…
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5 Medical Advances Predicted for 2012
Great medical feats were accomplished in 2011. Dallas Wiens became the first recipient of a full-face transplant in the United…
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People with Type 2 diabetes can reverse their condition with diet and exercise, although remission is not very common, according…
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Will starving yourself help you live longer? Maybe not
The longevity diet’s premise is seductively simple: cutting your calorie intake well below your usual diet will add years to…
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