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05/28/2018 / By Carol Anderson

5 Lifestyle habits to follow to add more than 10 years to your life

Due to our unhealthy habits, our life expectancy rate has been cut short to just around 79.3 years. Yet in our constant quest to find ways to live a little bit longer through artificial means, a surprising (or perhaps not) strategy can be found in simple but powerful lifestyle changes. For years, researchers have been conducting a comprehensive […]

02/06/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Research shows smoking just one cigarette per day increases risk of heart attack and stroke

A recent study has shown that smoking even just one cigarette per day heightens the risk of heart attack and stroke by nearly 50 percent for men and a hundred percent for women. In fact, men who smoke even just a single cigarette expose themselves to the dangers that people who smoked 20 cigarettes had […]

12/13/2017 / By Tracey Watson

A healthy lifestyle pays off; research shows healthy habits result in a longer and better quality life

Many of us are under the impression that to live a longer and healthier life means extreme discipline, loads of exercise and being very strict about what we eat. While making these changes would certainly provide the best chance of greatly improved health, a new study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic […]

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