My recent stint on the Today Show
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to be on the Today Show, taking Matt Lauer through a shortened, 6 item version of the Longevity Calculator that you have hopefully taken, here on Eons.
The 6 items are easily remembered by the acronym A-G-E-I-N-G...
The 6 items are easily remembered by the acronym A-G-E-I-N-G...
OBAMA AND MCCAIN LIFE EXPECTANCIES
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
Because of my research in exceptional longevity and the life expectancy calculator that I hope all of you have taken (www.eons.com/livingto100), a number of media outlets have contacted me to comment on the presidential candidates' life expectanci...
Is Dara Torres Believable?
posted about 1 year ago, updated 26 minutes later | 1 comment
Some writers and others are questioning Dara Torres' Olympic feats at the age of 41. Today I read Mark Zeigler's article in the San Deigo Union-Tribune asserting that Torres is truly unbelievable and she is likely taking growth hormone.
Michael ...
Michael ...
Frisky British Baby Boomers
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU MADE IT THROUGH THE 1960s UNSCATHED!!!
According to the British Health Protection Agency, from 1996 to 2003, cases of sexually transmitted diseases doubled (!) for people age 45+. The data was collected from 19 health cl...
According to the British Health Protection Agency, from 1996 to 2003, cases of sexually transmitted diseases doubled (!) for people age 45+. The data was collected from 19 health cl...
A little FUN: WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?
posted about 1 year ago | 7 comments
{A friend emailed this to me, I don't know the source.. if you do, please let me know and I will post it!]
Another one of life's mysteries answered at last...
Why did the chicken cross the road?
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road beca...
Another one of life's mysteries answered at last...
Why did the chicken cross the road?
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road beca...
Efficacy and Safety of Vitamins/Supplements Part I
posted about 1 year ago | 3 comments
PART ONE (PART TWO TO FOLLOW)
So do you take vitamins or other supplements? If so, why? Do they help? Give the group your thoughts!
First, I have to mention DSHEA… DSHEA is the Dietary Supplements Health Education Act, passed by Congress in 1994 ...
So do you take vitamins or other supplements? If so, why? Do they help? Give the group your thoughts!
First, I have to mention DSHEA… DSHEA is the Dietary Supplements Health Education Act, passed by Congress in 1994 ...
AVOID OR DELAY MEMORY LOSS
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 days later | 1 comment
THINGS THAT LIKELY HELP MOST PEOPLE DELAY OR AVOID MEMORY LOSS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS (social networks and interaction)
READING
COGNITIVE LEISURE ACTIVITIES
BRAIN EXERCISES
MILD REGULAR ALCOHOL INTAKE
OTHER THINGS THAT MAY HELP:...
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS (social networks and interaction)
READING
COGNITIVE LEISURE ACTIVITIES
BRAIN EXERCISES
MILD REGULAR ALCOHOL INTAKE
OTHER THINGS THAT MAY HELP:...
115 yrs: The Currently Oldest Person
posted about 1 year ago | 5 comments
Edna Parker will be turning 115 yrs old very soon and is currently the oldest living person in the world, as far as we know. She is also an enrolled subject in a study I direct at Boston University School of Medicine called the New England Superce...
The Foot Detox Bath Scam
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 minutes later | 3 comments
My friend Steve Barrett MD who runs the website www.quackwatch.com, recently wrote the following about foot detox baths. It reminded me of a friend of mine telling me about a shop on Newbury Street in Boston that was "all the rave" with these deto...
Trouble Sleeping?
posted about 1 year ago | 4 comments
Trouble with sleeping actually increases with age. The idea that older people simply need less sleep and therefore getting less sleep is ok, is just not true. If you are a baby boomer, aging may not be related to the trouble you are having with ge...
