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Nostalgia Enhances Social Networks Nostalgia enhances social networks. Why is that important? Having strong social networks is a key contributor to good health and longevity. We discussed the importance of relationships and social networks in The Blue Zones: Create One for Yourself and SuperCentenarians: Living 110 Plus Years. This study found that nostalgia enhances social networks. Before we

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Canadian COVID-19 Death Rates Following Vaccination Are COVID-19 death rates higher among those vaccinated?  Despite being FDA-approved there is increasing concern that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are not nearly safe and as effective as well as we have all been led to believe.  Today I am going to share data from the Public Health Agency

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Did You Create Memories Today? Did you create memories today? Years ago in the early to mid 1990’s I met a gentleman who had an extremely successful Amway business. Through his front yard, he would move nearly as much product in a month as a single WalMart. He said, “I used to spend money buying

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Is mTOR a Key to Longevity? Is mTor a key to longevity? Many scientists think mTor may be the key to living longer and better. mTor is a naturally occurring protein.  We have written about mTor and the effect that rapamycin has on this protein in Incredible Life Extension Benefits of Rapamycin.  Today we are

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Microplastics in the Body Should we fear microplastics in the body?  Many think we should. Microplastics are nearly everywhere and levels of microplastics in the brain have increased 50% from 2016 to 2024.  Could these microplastics be a factor in dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions? The brain is not the only organ where we see

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Slow Biological Aging by Volunteering You can slow biological aging with as little as one to four hours of volunteering a week according to this study published in Social Science & Medicine. This finding may not be surprising. Volunteering is a cornerstone of one of the Blue Zones inhabited by the Seventh Day Adventists in

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Fat and Fit Better than Skinny and Unfit You want to live longer, right?  To achieve that, are you better off being fat and fit, or better off being skinny but unfit? The title of the article probably provides the answer.. Fitness trumps fat. Fitness is far more important than the medical profession appreciates or

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Seek Discomfort: No Pain, No Gain Seek discomfort if you want to be the best version of yourself possible. Striving to be your best should be a major goal for all of us. We feel that achieving that goal is so important that we have a category on this website called Be the Best You.

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Insulin resistance is at the root of many chronic medical conditions and it is completely avoidable. So consider adding avoiding insulin resistance to your health New Year resolutions. Insulin resistance affects every organ system in the body. What is Insulin Resistance? Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas and released in response to meals.

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Let your life speak in 2025! Strive to make 2025 your best year ever by becoming the best you possible. Whether you like it or not, whether you intend it or not, your life speaks volumes. But that is not true. Whether you recognize it or not, how you live your life says much about

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Want to Live Longer? Many want to live longer but only if living longer equates to a high quality of life. In the U.S. we tend to think we have the best healthcare, and in some ways we do. But we lag other countries when it comes to life expectancy or longevity. Though life expectancy

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Benefits of Short Bursts of Vigorous Activity If you don’t like to exercise then this article is for you. You should consider short bursts of vigorous activity. Here’s good news for middle-aged women who do not exercise.  A study published in the British Sports Medical Journal reports that just 1.5 to 4 minutes of short

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Heart Disease Related to Number of Push-Ups The number of push-ups you can perform correlates well with your risk of heart disease.  Heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States despite our attempts to address risk factors like hypertension, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, and smoking. Several studies have suggested that physical activity provided

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Add 5 Years to Your Life: Exercise How would you like to add 5 years to your life and in the process add life to your years?  It is possible to add 5 years to your life pretty easily. Simply exercise according to a study in The British Journal of Sports Medicine. The study looked

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Lose Dose Naltrexone for Chronic Pain Low-dose naltrexone can be a very effective treatment for sufferers of chronic pain. And if you live long enough, you will likely have some degree of chronic pain. In recent years I have had much success using low-dose naltrexone in my patients who suffer from chronic pain. These patients

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Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium for Osteoarthritis Pentosan polysulfate sodium is a repurposed drug for osteoarthritis which may provide hope and relief for those who suffer from pain and disability related to osteoarthritis.  Osteoarthritis is sometimes referred to as “wear and tear” arthritis distinguishing it from inflammatory arthritis like rheumatoid arthritis and its cousins. Osteoarthritis by the

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The future of medicine will be filled with repurposed drugs to treat cancer, COVID-19, heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and osteoarthritis.

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Can we live to be 100 years old, and be in good health? Is 100 realistically the new 30? Our life expectancy is about twice that of our hunter-gatherer ancestors but it has remained relatively flat since 2014 despite an accelerating rate of medical advancements.  This raises the question then about how just important are

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Risk of Cognitive Decline from Hearing Loss When someone asks, “Can you hear me now?” You want to be able to say “yes”. Having age-related hearing loss puts you at risk for cognitive decline.  As you likely know, cognitive decline is challenging to treat so you certainly want to minimize any risk you can. Cognitive

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Gratitude Improves Longevity in Older Women We have written a few posts over the years on the importance of gratitude and its effects on health. Those articles are usually published around Thanksgiving and have been focused on the relationship between gratitude and happiness and improvement in health. However, this recent article published in JAMA Psychiatry addresses

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Does Medicine Make a Difference or Impact? Does medicine make a difference? We all know the person who spends every waking moment focused on staying healthy; making sure they eat well, get the right kind of exercise, get proper sleep, avoid unhealthy habits, keep unhealthy stress to a minimum, follow all the recommended guidelines for

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The FDA Drug Approval Process It helps to understand the drug approval process. First, it is very expensive to bring a drug to market ranging from $1 billion to 2.6 billion dollars per drug, and pharmaceutical companies have more losers than they do winners. Secondly, the drug approval process is lengthy and takes years. First,

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Plant-Based Diet is Better for Men A recent study published in Cancer found that men with prostate cancer who ate a plant-based diet had a higher quality of life than those who consumed more meat in their diets.  The study involved 3,505 men who had non-metastatic prostate cancer. Men in the study filled out a diet questionnaire

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The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives was founded in 2022 and advocates for policies and initiatives that extend human health span by ending the harm of age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.  It also promotes biomedical technology with the aims to increase its accessibility to the general public. Longevity

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      What is Vacation Deficit Disorder Feeling down in the dumps and depressed?  If so, you may be suffering from vacation deficit disorder. Vacation deficit disorder is not a recognizable medical condition, yet is defined as “Americans who think that annual vacation is important, but who are not confident that they will take

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Early Onset Dementia Early onset dementia has been on the rise and researchers have now identified 15 risk factors for this progressive neurodegenerative disease. Early onset dementia is described as dementia striking before age 65. Dementia is devastating especially when the onset strikes at earlier ages to people who are still working, are leading an

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Artificial Sweeteners Change the Gut Microbiome Don’t let the use of artificial sweeteners change your gut microbiome. In our post Gut Microbiome: How it Keeps You Healthy we discussed the importance of the gut microbiome. One hundred trillion microorganisms comprise the gut microbiome. The gut microbiome plays a huge role in our immune system. The gut

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Get Healthy During the Holidays What better time to get healthy and start healthy lifestyle habits than the holidays? What? Are you kidding me? No, I am not. The holidays can be a great time to turn your health around and get healthy. Many people have time off during the holidays and that means more

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    Are There Health Benefits to Cold Plunges? One topic that has been hot (pun intended) in recent weeks (spreading on TikTok) is the use of cold plunges to trigger health benefits. There does seem to be some health benefit to cold plunges but the evidence is not as strong as it is for

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Smart Gym Equipment How would you like to obtain better health and fitness results in less time? Believe it or not, with smart gym equipment, that is now possible. Technology including AI is taking exercise to a different stratosphere enabling exercisers to get a better health and fitness return on their exercise time. And, who

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