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Habits acquired in those years--notably addiction to tobacco--can markedly increase the risk of chronic disease in later life. Men in their 30s and 40s often injure themselves by engaging in contact sports or exercising improperly, while men in their 50s and 60s are often too sedentary. One of the secrets of healthy aging is knowing how to evaluate the riskiness of your behavior. Another is being willing to let go of behaviors more suited to younger bodies...
Finally, flexibility and balance training are increasingly important as the body ages. Aches and pains are high on the list of complaints in old age. Many of them are avoidable, the result of chronic muscle tension and stiffness of joints; simple flexibility training can prevent these by toning muscles and keeping joints lubricated. Some of this you do whenever you stretch. If you watch dogs and cats, you'll get an idea of how natural it is. The general principle is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to briefly stretch...
...often marginalized during disasters. Nevertheless, he said that complete hurricane recovery will necessarily entail work on mental health issues.“If we leave out the mental health approach, then the recovery is dramatically delayed,” he said. “It may lead to chronic mental illness.” Eric Scott, a University of New Orleans student enrolled at the Harvard Extension School for this semester, said he hoped the response would involve as multifaceted an approach a possible. Overdramatized coverage of the crisis, he said, favors sensationalism over an accurate portrait of victims?...
...past research, Yuan has worked to understand the roles of proteins and genes controlling ‘apoptosis,’ or cell suicide. This has repercussions for chronic neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s, which are caused by excessive apoptosis in the brain...
...wait, the city has been busy reassuring everyone that its plan will be considerate of the land, with carefully monitored pumping that can be dialed back the moment evidence of harm comes to light. But in the desert there's not a lot of margin for error, and a chronic water imbalance can be environmentally devastating. Robert Hershler, a taxonomist at the Smithsonian Institution, has combed through the biota of hundreds of springs in the Great Basin region, including Snake Valley, and has discovered more than 100 new species of spring snails, some of which are confined to a single...