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For decades, doctors warned of salt being a culprit in hypertension, or high blood pressure. Now it looks like certain forms of sugar are also to blame for high blood pressure.
...Despite all the warnings about skin cancer and other harmful effects of being in the sun without protection, according to a recent poll, it turns out that only about 20% of Americans put on sunscreen regularly. Only about a third wear it a few days in the summer.
...Regardless of your age, you will feel like you have made some new friends - and learned something - when you visit the online exhibit of "The Gathering of the Wisdom People."
...I really like this article in the New York Times - Turn 70. Act Your Grandchild's Age.
Contrary to what the title may indicate, the article talks about the gerontologist, Robert Butler, who spent much of his career teaching society that older people could still function - and function well. He fought stereotypes of aging that included inevitable senility and dependence.
...It has been said that Dr. Robert Butler has done more for older people in America than anyone else. In many ways, he brought the idea to light that turning 70 (or 80 for that matter) did not mean that it was time to sit down and wait for death.
...It seemed like a pretty good hypothesis (and still might be) - giving testosterone to frail elderly men with limitations in mobility could help them regain a little of what they had in youth, namely stronger bones and muscles.
...Yes, the information came in recently from a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that showed that men who used drugs for erectile dysfunction (ED) had a higher rate of STDs. Lots of media outlets jumped on the bandwagon with the story: Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction Lead to Higher Rates of STDs in Seniors.
...Scientist in Australia analyzed data from a study called the Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging that has been following people since 1992. The scientists wanted to see how all sorts of things, including lifestyle factors and social aspects impacted the longevity of 1477 people age 70 and older.
...At 70 years old, most of us expect to be grandparents, maybe even great-grandparents, depending on when we started having children.
A woman in India, Rajo Devi Lohan, gave birth to her daughter at age 70 after getting pregnant through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) by using donated eggs. The woman and her husband said that they were not told that pregnancy at such an advanced age was risky by the doctor that performed the procedure. However, Rajo's uterus ruptured during the birth (by Caesarean section) 18 months ago, and she has not been able to recover. Life expectancy for women in India is 66 years.
...The average amount of time that an American over the age of 2 watches television is 4.5 hours. Without commenting on that (in my opinion) astronomical figure, I will tell you that there is concrete evidence that all of these hours watching TV are bad for our health.
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