MikeA November 30th, 2009
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MikeA November 30th, 2009
MikeA November 30th, 2009
MikeA November 30th, 2009
MikeA November 30th, 2009
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There was big news recently for anyone born after the year 2000: They’ll probably live to 100, according to new research from Denmark. That’s roughly 20 years longer than the life expectancy of the rest of us. But we could live that long, too, says Walter Bortz II, MD, a clinical associate professor of medicine at Stanford University: “What’s holding us back are bad habits.”
Luck and genetics play roles in longevity, of course, but you can’t control that. To hike your odds of hitting 100, focus on what you can do, like loading up on fruits and veggies (add five years), working out five days a week (add two to four years), and cutting down on stress (may add up to six years). View the slideshow.

MikeA November 30th, 2009
British tourists are vague about vaccines needed for foreign travel, according to a poll.
MikeA November 30th, 2009
The NHS safety regime is “fatally flawed”, the Tories said after research found 12 hospitals were “significantly underperforming”.
MikeA November 30th, 2009
Men eat almost twice as much processed meat as women but are less likely to know it can cause cancer, research out suggests.
MikeA November 30th, 2009
New advice to give anti-retroviral drugs to HIV patients earlier will present, “an enormous challenge” to the international community, a British minister has warned.
MikeA November 29th, 2009
The Government has ordered the health regulator to see if any hospitals require “immediate investigation” following two scandals in 24 hours.