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Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Ignore the hyperbaric chambers and infrared light: These are the evidence-backed secrets to aging well.
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For people with hearing loss, regular use of hearing aids could reduce the risk of dying earlier by 24 percent vs. not wearing them at all.
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Commonwealth Games medallists since 1930 shown to have greater longevity than general population
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Consuming more than a half tablespoon of olive oil per day may protect people from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease, according to research.
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The World Health Organization has said how often adults should exercise, but now researchers are building onto those recommendations by analyzing how the time span and intensity impacts life span. For your longest life, you may need more than recommended, it says.
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Sprawling new research showed that healthy eating and regular workouts do not, in isolation, stave off later health issues. They need to be done together.
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Research involving 500,000 Britons reveals link to earlier death for those who always season their meals
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How committed would you be to living longer? Would you change your diet to get another 20 years? Some findings published in the journal Cell detail that a specific balance of whole foods, fasting, staying within a specific BMI, and limiting meat intake can combine for a much longer life. But can you really BF? And, it's NAIDOC week! We'll be profiling a whole bunch of incredible people. Today, that's artist Dylan Mooney who illustrates First Nations' identity and queer love. Plus, cultural fishing has been passed down through generations of First Nations people, yet some on the NSW south coast are being harassed by fisheries.  Also, Sydney is being pounded by rain and many of the suburbs you've heard of being flooded before are under water again.  Live guests: Anna Debenham, nutritionist Dylan Mooney, artist Sally Thompson, UWAÂ
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Regularly envisioning yourself as having the best possible outcomes, and taking realistic steps toward achieving them, may help develop an optimistic mind-set.
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An inability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds in later life is linked to nearly double the risk of death from any cause within the next decade, according to a study of 1,702 people ages 51 to 75 living in Brazil.
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Doing 30 to 60 minutes of muscle-strengthening exercises weekly is linked with a 10 to 20% lower risk of early death and diseases including heart disease, lung cancer and diabetes, a new study has found.
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He showed that while a healthy lifestyle won’t help us live much longer, it can stave off chronic disease and disability until our final years.
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Some of the greatest gains are seen when people shift from being sedentary toward ambling for even one extra hour each day.
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Permanently cutting the daily calories you consume may turn out to have a profound effect on your future life, according to some tantalising scientific studies.
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Many people want to live longer. These five habits can boost health, improve longevity and prevent chronic disease, according to research.
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If people start to exercise in midlife, even if they have not worked out for years, they can rapidly gain most of the longevity benefits of working out.
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Try these surprising habits that could help you live longer
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In Woody Allen's cult classic Sleeper , Allen's character Miles Monroe is cryogenically frozen, then defrosted 200 years later. The doctors of the future who examine Miles are tickled - New Zealand Herald
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There's no doubt that we're living longer than previous generations. Now there's encouraging news that those added years may be healthy ones as well.