In the past century, the leading causes of death around the world have shifted from infectious diseases to long-term chronic illnesses. What's killing us today isn't so much flu or tuberculosis, but heart disease and cancer. In fact, more than 1.2 million Americans die from these two diseases each year. Paradoxically, these chronic diseases are a consequence of living longer than ever. But even if we're living longer, are we living better? The overwhelming...

Do you want to live longer? Chances are, your answer is a resounding yes!But is living longer enough? Most of us also want to live well—to enjoy the good health, vitality and happiness of our younger years all the way into our later years. How do we do that? Live Younger Longer outlines six steps to preserving the essential characteristics of youth while also fighting disease and extending life. You don't need to make big life changes or summon...

Good Housekeeping’s Look Younger, Live Longer covers all aspects of looking great, feeling fantastic, slowing the signs of ageing and living a longer, healthier life. From skin, hair and body care through to the latest beauty breakthroughs; diet, recipes and nutrition; youth-boosting style; spas, relaxation and emotional wellbeing. Beautiful and inspirational, it’s bursting with accessible ideas that readers can easily incorporate into their

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"Healthspan is the period in life that we spend in good health, yet most of us are going to be staring at a 16-year decline that predicts disease, pain, and discomfort-an unavoidable accumulation of indignities and infirmities. But what if aging didn't look that way? What if you could stave off the diseases of aging by slowing your aging process? What if there was a simple formula to keep you healthy, agile, and energetic? Dr. Kara Fitzgerald has...

During his more than thirty years as a vascular surgeon, Richard Furman literally held clogged arteries and diseased hearts in his hands and wondered why the person lying on the table hadn't been more careful. Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in America, and in most cases it is completely preventable. So why are we slowly destroying our bodies and killing ourselves? And what can we do to turn it around? The good news is, simple,...

Brewer presents all the nutritional and lifestyle secrets you need to stay looking good and feeling great as you age. Follow her twenty easy steps, and you could live to be a hundred. There's also a Body Tour section featuring targeted advice so you can work on a specific body part or function that is a concern. Live Longer, Look Younger reveals everything you need to know to reach your optimum age potential. In Part One you'll discover twenty easy...

Frank Murray opens the narrative with a history of acupuncture, then co-author Dr. Jun Xu explains how acupunctures "magic needles" release a natural energy that can alleviate even longstanding health conditions - including asthma, bronchitis, substance abuse, headaches, and hypertension. He continues with a discussion of how acupuncture works, what conditions are most responsive to it, and which treatments are approved by physicians and health organziations....

Are you a baby boomer facing the hard facts of aging in your own life? Or are you young and determined to stay that way for as long as possible? Genesis 6:3 suggests that God set the human life span at one hundred twenty years. Breakthrough scientific research has unlocked many of the secrets of aging, proving the biblical age limitation to be correct. Dr. Francisco Contreras offers proven research that will improve your health-and perhaps reverse...