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People with Depression May Age Faster
By Bahar Gholipour, Staff Writer Live Science People suffering from depression may be aging faster than other people, according to a new study from the Netherlands. In the study of about 1,900 people who had major depressive disorders at some point during their lives,...
Today's Health Links November 16, 2013
Can certain herbs stave off Alzheimer's disease? Researchers have found that antioxidant extracts from spearmint and rosemary fight mild cognitive impairment in an animal model. Multicenter study underscores need for uniform approach to bladder cancer A new study...
Fountain of youth gene is discovered
' - and scientists say it could help heal wounds The gene, Lin28a, is highly active in unborn children, but does less with age Harvard researchers now hope that waking the gene up in adults could speed healing of wounds after operations They say it may also be...
Today's Health Links November 15, 2013
Genes uniquely expressed by brain's immune cells Investigators have used a new sequencing method to identify a group of genes used by the brain's immune cells -- called microglia -- to sense pathogenic organisms, toxins or damaged cells that require their...
Theories On Longevity And The Scientific Community
The subjects of aging and longevity have always been of particular interest to members of the scientific community. After many decades of anti-aging research, scientists have developed several separate theories designed to explain the aging process and increase the...
Today's Health Links November 14, 2013
Add bone deterioration to diabetes complications The list of complications from type 2 diabetes is long: vascular and heart disease, eye problems, nerve damage, kidney disease, hearing problems and Alzheimer’s disease. Physicians have long thought of osteoporosis as...
WHERE THE EVIDENCE STANDS : SPIRITUALLY AND LONGEVITY
SCIENCE, SPIRITUALLY AND LONGEVITY: WHERE THE EVIDENCE STANDS Editor's Note: totalhealth is nutrition and exercise for the body and mind. and meditation or prayer is spiritual nourishment. Dr. Khalsa will be addressing the mind-body-spirit connection for longevity...
Today's Health Links November 13, 2013
Tailored pre-transplant therapy boosts survival rate in rare immune deficiency Chronic Granulomatous Disease is a rare immune deficiency that is life-threatening. Tailored doses of the pre-transplant drug therapy boosts survival rates to over 90%. Research may improve...
Can You Inherit a Long Life?
Parents may be passing more to their offspring than their DNA. A new study shows some worms pass along non-genetic changes that extend the lives of their babies up to 30 percent. Rather than changes to the actual genetic code, epigenetic changes are molecular markers...
Today's Health Links November 12, 2013
22 million women aged over 50 affected by osteoporosis in European Union A recent report estimates that more than 22 million women aged between 50–84 years in the European Union (EU) have osteoporosis. Postmenopausal women are at greatest risk of broken bones due to...
Is it possible to be Ageless?
Dr Janni Lloyd I feel what we call ‘ageing’ is actually a chronic dis-ease that we have simply accepted. Because we believed “physical death was inevitable” we created a way of fading out of life slowly – “ageing”. If we liken our life force to a fully open stream of...
6 Spiritual Keys to Longevity-Part 7 of 7
In Eastern philosophical systems like Buddhism, Taoism, and the Vedic traditions of India, longevity is viewed as a meaningful goal in a spiritual life. by Frances Lefkowitz Stay Supple The yin to stability's yang is suppleness or flexibility in body and behavior....
6 Spiritual Keys to Longevity-Part 6 of 7
In Eastern philosophical systems like Buddhism, Taoism, and the Vedic traditions of India, longevity is viewed as a meaningful goal in a spiritual life. by Frances Lefkowitz Create Stability Youth is associated with strength and fortitude, qualities that are important...
6 Spiritual Keys to Longevity-Part 5 of 7
In Eastern philosophical systems like Buddhism, Taoism, and the Vedic traditions of India, longevity is viewed as a meaningful goal in a spiritual life. by Frances Lefkowitz Find Harmony Eastern traditions are holistic, viewing the mind, body, soul, environment, and...
Today's Health Links November 8, 2013
Novel genetic patterns may make us rethink biology and individuality Scientists have made two novel discoveries: 1) a person can have several DNA mutations in parts of their body, with their original DNA in the rest -- resulting in several different genotypes in one...
6 Spiritual Keys to Longevity-Part 4 of 7
In Eastern philosophical systems like Buddhism, Taoism, and the Vedic traditions of India, longevity is viewed as a meaningful goal in a spiritual life. by Frances Lefkowitz Develop Awareness "Longevity practices are aimed at cultivating consciousness and connecting...
Today's Health Links November 7, 2013
Speaking a second language may delay different dementias In the largest study on the topic to date, research shows that speaking a second language may delay the onset of three types of dementias. Earliest marker for autism found in young infants Eye contact during...
6 Spiritual Keys to Longevity-Part 3 of 7
In Eastern philosophical systems like Buddhism, Taoism, and the Vedic traditions of India, longevity is viewed as a meaningful goal in a spiritual life. by Frances Lefkowitz Seek Peace "Abiding joy comes to those who still the mind," observes the Hindu scripture the...
Today's Health Links November 6, 2013
New research on little-understood brain disease Three recent papers on aging explore the neuropathology behind a little-understood brain disease, hippocampal sclerosis (known to scientists and clinicians as HS-AGING). HS-AGING, much like Alzheimer's disease, causes...
Today's Health Links November 5, 2013
Brain aging is conclusively linked to genes For the first time in a large study sample, the decline in brain function in normal aging is conclusively shown to be influenced by genes, say American researchers. Magnesium levels vital to brain health as population ages A...
6 Spiritual Keys to Longevity-Part 2 of 7
In Eastern philosophical systems like Buddhism, Taoism, and the Vedic traditions of India, longevity is viewed as a meaningful goal in a spiritual life. by Frances Lefkowitz Nurture Energy The essential life force energy--called prana in the Vedic traditions, and qi...
6 Spiritual Keys to Longevity-Part 1 of 7
Today I'm starting posts of a seven part article on how your spiritual state affects your longevity. I consider this extremely important since being spiritually centered is more important than almost anything else you can do to improve your long term health and...
Today's Health Links November 4, 2013
Anti-aging strategies can improve more than looks Experts have advice on how to slow aging, and how this can help with appearance and self-esteem. Poor children grow up more susceptible to catching colds, study finds Researchers have found an association between lower...
Longevity and Religion/Spirituality
Why do religious people live longer? by Mario D. Garrett, Ph.D. A rare study--where a group of individuals born in 1920s were followed over several decades looking at their spiritual beliefs--reported that significant increase in spirituality was evident from late...
Spirituality and Longevity
The below article is Christian oriented, but the same principle of having a centered spiritual connection applies no matter what spiritual path that you follow- and this has a major effect on your health. Lambert Greer-Living God's way truly does lead to abundant...
Today's Health Links November 2, 2013
Microbleeds important to consider in brain-related treatments As growing numbers of America's baby boomers reach retirement, neuroscientists are expanding their efforts to understand and treat one of the leading health issues affecting this population: age-related...
What Animals Can Teach Us About Longevity
Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience Contributor We humans get a lot of advice on how to stay alive longer: Exercise. Form strong relationships. Avoid jelly donuts. But as hard as we try, it seems the maximum life span of humans hasn't changed much in 2,000 years. Maybe...
Jogging Raises Life Expectancy
Findings on the health effects of jogging have varied in different studies over the years, with a long-running debate that began in the 1970s over whether it's good for you or not. A new, broad review finds a positive effect. Regular jogging increases life expectancy...
Today's Health Links November 1, 2013
Houston we have a problem: Microgravity accelerates biological aging As nations strive to put humans farther into space for longer periods of time, the real loser in this new space race could be the astronauts themselves. That's because experiments conducted on the...
Removing Old Cells Could Extend Human Life
Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer The old adage "Out with the old and in with the new" could help prevent age-related diseases if applied to certain cells, new research on mice suggests. By removing the body's worn-out cells, called senescent cells, several...