Everybody wants to stay healthy at any age, but this is something we wanted to have over a lifetime. But you can still begin applying healthful practices at any stage of your life to increase your probability of longer survival and having a better healthier body. Don’t take too much concern at your current age, because you can still receive many health benefits at any age. But the earlier you begin, the greater your results will likely be. (more…)

In elderly people there is a notable reduction in the capacity to produce new blood cells. Yet, unless there is substantial physiological stress, the number of circulating cells remains fairly constant. Quantitative deficiencies are only apparent when stress produces a demand that exceeds reserve proliferative capacity. Such a demand might occur during an acute infection or after cytotoxic chemotherapy. (more…)

Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, the major chronic disease killers—heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes—are an extension of what people do, or not do, as they go about their daily lives. (more…)