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Most people choose their New Year's resolutions based on what they want to improve about themselves like losing weight, saving money or stopping smoking.

But maybe this year, you want to focus on improving your relationship with your special someone.

Relationship Coach Val Baldwin joined us with six relationship goals for the new year that could make a huge difference for you.

Listen to understand, not respond.How often do you listen to your partner talk and find that you are already creating your reply to their statements in your head before they have ever finished speaking? This is a common habit, but it is a disaster in the making for any relationship. When your partner speaks, you need to listen in order to understand their point of view instead of simply using the time to prepare for the next time you open your mouth. This is especially true when you are arguing with your significant other. If you do not try to understand where they are coming from, you will likely find yourselves having the same arguments over and over because neither of you has listened to the other well enough to be able to really address the issue. So stop and truly listen.

Sincerely tell them how much they mean to you.'I love you' is one of the most potent and important phrases in the English language. It is a declaration of sharing arguably the strongest and most enduring emotion in the world with another human being. Couples say those words to each other often, as they should, but the commonality of the words means that sometimes their power can be lost. If you really want to improve your relationship, take the time to tell your significant other exactly how much they mean to you. Instead of just saying 'I love you', tell your partner what exactly you love about them and why you fell for them. Rather than simply saying they make you laugh, explain how they manage to lift the weight of a horrible week off your shoulders with a single funny comment. Tell them that you admire their integrity and that it pushes you to be a better person. Be specific, and be sincere.

Laugh together.Laughter really is the best medicine. Focusing on having more funny moments together is a great way to improve your relationship with your significant other.Couples who have been interviewed about their long and successful relationships often cite laughter as one of the keys to the longevity of a marriage. Laughing with your partner relieves stress and gives you two memories and events to bond over. It can remove tension to make difficult discussions more doable and keep a potential fight away as well as help both you and your partner avoid taking yourselves too seriously.

Return to childhood.Sometimes the best solutions are those that are totally off the wall wacko. As such, it may seem strange to think that one of the best ways to improve or deepen your relationship is to go back to when you were both children. Nonsexual intimacy, however, is one of the most important things to focus on in your relationship. Oddly enough, playing together like children can be one of the easiest ways to bring that intimacy back into your relationship or increase it. Building a blanket fort, or jumping on the trampoline together encourages both of you to be silly, keeps you focused on each other and makes it natural to begin discussing favorite childhood memories and other important memories.

Find a faith.'The couple that prays together, stays together.' It may sound like a marketing slogan for religious faith, but that does not make the statement any less true. Couples who are active in a religion are more satisfied and committed to each other than those who are not. This is true regardless of the faith the two of you practice. So, if you want to take a leap into a deeper relationship this year, you need to step into a wider world than the one you can see with your own two eyes.

Set guidelines for electronics.Electronics are everywhere in the modern world. They can do a lot of good things, but they are also wreaking havoc on people`s lives. They are interfering with sleep patterns, keeping children from learning how to handle social interactions and have created an entirely new breed of addiction, one that is almost impossible to escape because electronics are required for so many daily activities. Technology is also likely interfering with your own relationship. In fact, some people are citing issues with electronics, internet usage and social media as a reason for filing for divorce. To keep the electronic misuse from haunting your relationship, set some basic guidelines about how to handle technology. Ban cell phone usage at the table or decide that social media cannot be accessed during date night. Only answer phone calls or texts after a certain time and leave posts and other notifications until morning. Most importantly, turn off your phones at night to avoid keeping each other awake all night.

Val says, "If you want to improve your relationship, you need to make sure your significant other is on board with the plan. Otherwise, you will be unlikely to reach your goal of deepening or saving the relationship. Everything in a relationship requires two people. The new year is the perfect time to take the steps you need to create a happier, healthier relationship."

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Did you know that community pride is growing in The Dalles?

Thats true, according to a recent Gallup Well Being Index survey conducted by the Blue Zones Project The Dalles in 2019.

And that might just help; us all live longer, healthier, happier lives.

In the last two years, there has been a seven percent increase in residents feeling proud of their community, said Brett Ratchford, organization lead with Blue Zones in The Dalles, which began in the city more than two years ago.

Similar successes are also occurring around the state in Klamath Falls, Roseburg and Grants Pass.

Projects in Oregon focus on communities that show lower than average survey scores, where community members report on their own social, community and physical well being in a Gallup survey.

For example, 71.6 percent of those surveyed in The Dalles self-reported being obese in 2017. However, that number tumbled 12 points in the latest survey taken in 2019, Ratchford said.

Blue Zones, created by Dan Buettner, is a program that works to spur health, happiness and longevity but not through trends or the latest fad.

Buettner, a National Geographic fellow and longevity coach, spent years studying pockets of people who were living longer, healthier happier lives. He found that they were not people intentionally seeking goals of weight loss or happiness through diet, exercise, or attainment of monetary wealth. Rather, longevity and happiness grew from the right environment. Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece, and Loma Linda, California were the five original areas of study where people were living to or past 100 and reported higher levels of happiness.

In these communities people walked moremoving naturally, had strong social ties, ate a diet that was about 20 percent meat based or less and people had a strong sense of purposethey enjoyed their work, according to his study.

Shape peoples environment so they are set up for success, and they are nudged into slightly healthier behaviors,Buettner said during an online-interview with actor Matthew McConaughey. Make it easier to garden and eat fresh vegetables or make it easier to enjoy a hobby or discover your purpose and health improves, he explained.

In part, Blue Zones Projects in Oregon help augment community groups, who then find ways to address issues that increase wellness and happiness. An example of that in The Dalles is the installation of concrete bump-outs, signals and a crosswalk at Dry Hollow Elementary. That project was a result of local citizens needing to create a safe route to school, and accessing funding to make environmental changes.

Walk to School Wednesdays has dozens of students walking to Colonel Wright and Chenowith Elementary schools as well.

Walking or moving naturally is one of the nine power principles that Buettner discovered in his travels.

In Grants Pass, the community was able to parlay their success in getting students to walk to school into an Oregon Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School grant for $100,444. It will pay for scooters, bicycles, helmets and a bus to transport them. They will be shared amongst the elementary schools, Coral Simpson with Grants Pass Blue Zones said.

Roseburg is also working toward a healthy identity. The community faced major economic challenges with the downturn in the logging industry. It also went through a school shooting at Umpqua Community College on Oct. 1, 2015, when a 26-year-old killed nine others before killing himself. The young man left a letter stating, no job, no life, no success.

That was a tipping point, said Juliete Palenshus with Blue Zones Project Roseburg. The community felt ready to move after that, she said. Not just because of the shooting. But the shooting was a symptom of the underlying issues.

Roseburg kicked off their Blue Zones Project with 800 people at the community college and soon had a coalition of community leaders from churches, city hall, businesses and nonprofits to set goals and guide a lasting policy that would outlive committees.

While Blue Zones Project Roseburg has reached some 6,300 people through healthy eating demonstrations, walking groups, other impacts can be seen within the community, Palenshus said.

For example, the area has been under-served in health care for years.

Aviva Health is now working toward a family medicine residency program where future doctors will complete their residency in Roseburg, offering health services to the community. In addition, the hope is to attract a strong group of health workers who would eventually choose to stay.

She also pointed out that George Fox University is exploring the possibility of building a mental health college in Roseburg.

The need for healthcare education in Southern Oregon is great, as the region faces growing allied and mental health workforce shortages that pose serious healthcare access issues, according to Kelly Morgan, CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg.

In Klamath Falls, Blue Zones Projects Kendra Santiago said they were not engaging as many men as women.

So they put together a program for men to run or walk 60 miles during the month in concert with Movember and No-Shave November. The month has been designated for focusing on mens health, especially suicide and cancer prevention.

Santiago said they also realized they needed to create a little more competition. So, they engaged the Air National Guard, police department, the Oregon Department of Forestry and fire departments and in a fitness challenge. Each group challenged the others to pass their fitness tests. Police were hiking through the woods with 45-pound packs. And foresters were doing sit-ups and pushups and a 1.5 mile run at Kingsley Air Field Air National Guard Base, to name a few of their activities.

We felt more competition was needed to get men involved and it showcased what they do daily to be fit for work, Santiago said.

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This paleo, vegan mashup is the latest trendy diet sweeping the nation. Here's how it works. USA TODAY

As 2019 comes to a close, we're taking a look back at the biggest health and wellness trends this year.

From certain diets to specialized products, the year has brought a variety of buzzy wellness trends.

Not only headlines have held the names of these wellness trends, celebrity social media posts have also promoted certain diets.

The keto diet, for example, has gotten praise from"Jersey Shore" star Vinny Guadagnino, which he credits for losing 50 pounds. And although they never directly referenceketo,Khloe Kardashian andVanessa Hudgens both credit their weight loss to a high fat, low carb diet.

We've rounded up some of the biggest headline-making trends, in no particular order:

Though vegan diets started creeping into the mainstream in the last couple of years, 2019 saw the biggest increase in vegan hype and headlines.

From plant-based fast food optionsbecoming available across the country, like Burger King's Impossible Whopper, to articles on how to vegan-ize your Thanksgiving, this year has brought veganism to the forefront.

And it's not only fast food other industries are taking note too.

In September, Walt Disney Worldannounced that it will begin offering hundreds of plant-based options for its park-goers at all of its major quick and table service restaurants. Vegan options are also coming to Disneyland in spring 2020.

Celebrities speaking up about veganism has also been prevalent this year, fromJaden Smith's ups and downs with the dietto pop newcomer Billie Eilish slamming Lady Gaga's meat dress.

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Though the ketogenic diethas been around for a while, it was everywhere in 2019, from keto movie theater snacks to celebrity endorsements.

In the diet, carbs are ditched to make room for high-quality fats and proteins. After several days of strict adherence, the body pushes through a period of lethargy to arrive at ketosis. In this highly efficient metabolic state, you burn stored fat for fuel and those stubborn love handles finally fade away.

To enter ketosis, dieters need to be eating fewer than 50 grams of carbs a day for a few days while maintaining a diet that's high in fat.

Some celebrity endorsements include Vanessa Hudgens plugging the "perfect keto snack!!," on her Instagram April, which was aSlim Fast keto peanut butter cup.

Alicia Vikander's trainer says she got her "Tomb Raider" physique from seven months of hard training and adhering to the keto diet.

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Cannabidiol, the popular hemp plant derivative marketed as a cure-all for just about any condition, has only been approved by federal regulators to treat some rare forms of epilepsy, but its popularityquickly grew in 2019.

In April 2019, there were 6.4 million CBD Google searches, according to research in the peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open.

CBD,a non-psychoactive that shouldn't contain the"high" producing THC chemical,has poppedup on shelves across the country in oil, extract, vaporized liquid and capsule form.

The product, which as found its way into natural medicine, cosmetics and even food has caused some issues, however, due to confusion surrounding its legality.

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Forget soy and almond milk, 2019 was all about oat milk for a go-tonon-dairy alternative.

Oat milk gained popularitythanks in part to the U.S. arrival of Swedish company Oatly. The company, which was formed in the early 90s,brought its oat drink to the statesstarting at Intelligentsia coffee shops last year.

Nowthe gluten-free and sugar-free product is available in upwards of 2,200 coffee shops and 1,000 grocery stores across the countryfrom Seattle to Northwest Arkansas and Brooklyn, says Oatly's general manager Mike Messersmith.

In addition to a milk-change up for yourcereal and lattes, oat milk is also coming in the form of yogurt soon.

Earlier this year, Danone North America, which sells Dannon yogurt, announced a line of oat-milk yogurt alternatives under its Silk brand.

Sorry, soy and almond: Why oat milk is the new 'it' milk alternative

A cross betweenpaleo and vegan diets, the Pegan diet was originally written about on functional medicine doctor Mark Hyman's blog in 2014. The doctor's buzzworthy brainchild caught on to the mainstream in 2019, however, withPinterest reporting a 337% increase in people searching for the term as of October.

"While Pegan involves leaving out certain foods like refined sugar and flour, conventionally raised animal products and chemical additives its so much more focused on what we can eat for optimal health," Hyman explained to USA TODAY partnerMakeItGrateful.com.

He continued, "Eating this way means you dont have to count calories because when you eat the whole, nutrient-dense foods, youre naturally satiated."

Most people are aware of fasting for religious reasons, but 2019 brought a whole new meaning to the practice when paired with the word "intermittent."

The trendy dieting advice suggestalternating between certain periods of eating and not eating. The methodhas been used as a way to lose weight and for other benefits. A study from The National Institute on Aging last year suggests that intermittent fasting could be the key to longevity.

Food fasting isn't the only kind to pop up this year, either.

Dopamine fasting has become a mindfulness practice that has taken off at the end of the year, about a year after Youtuber Improvement Pill published a video where he perhaps coined the term while describing his routine meant to Get Your Life Back Together, as the video title says.

The term has a different definition for everyone, but for American Authors musician Dave Rublinit means making a concerted effort, in a set amount of time, to avoid social media and TV.

Contributing:Jennifer Mattson, MakeItGrateful.com; Ryan W. Miller, Marina Pitofsky, Carly Mallenbaum, Brad Japhe, USA TODAY

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Lipman's final piece of advice (and, arguably, the most important) is to remember to enjoy life. In our world of biohacking and meticulous measuring, we can become so caught up in all of the numbers and blood tests and food restrictions that it may cause more harm than good.

"Biohacking is a very good, preventive thing. But then it can go a little too far, and you could become too stressed about it," Lipman says.

He even believes that stressing about nutrition and diet can actually have the opposite effect. Sometimes, the stress that comes with being neurotic about food can actually spark worse reactions in people than if they had just eaten the allergen itself.

"I think the stress of being neurotic and dogmatic about food is probably worse for you than eating a little bit."

Of course, some people have serious flare-ups with certain foods, so that's not to say you should ignore your allergies with a nonchalant, carefree attitude. But the concept of orthorexia and being neurotic about food isn't healthy, according to Lipman. That said, we should be aware of when we're going too far when it comes to our well-being.

So, if you're going to remember one piece of Lipman's valuable advice, let this be it: "Eat less and laugh more. You've got to have some humor about it, and you've got to loosen up."

There you have ita little physical adversity, but don't take it too seriously. A wiseyet simplesentiment from the famous Frank Lipman, himself. As the holidays are quickly approaching, you might want to make relaxation a priority this season. You can even tell your family members that taking the time to sit back and laugh was prescribed by a widely recognized functional medicine doctor.

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Any amount of regular running is associated with staving off a premature death, according to a new study.

The study, conducted by researchers from Australia's Victoria University and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, was based on data acquired by 14 earlier studies that studied the habits and longevity of six cohorts, for a total of 232,149 British adults. These people were followed for periods ranging between 5.5 and 35 years.

A total of 25,951 people died during the course of the study, and the researchers found that running was associated a 30 percent lower chance of death from cardiovascular disease and a 23 percent chance of dying from cancer. Runners were 27 percent less likely to die of any cause.

According to reporting by the Guardian, the research team went on to investigate whether the duration or frequency of the subjects' runs affected their longevity, but found no association. Running just 50 minutes per week correlated with longevity.

"Compared with 'sedentary' non-runners, those who ran

In conclusion, the study's authors suggested that nearly any amount of running can help a person live longer. "We found no evidence that mortality benefits increase with greater amounts of running," the researchers wrote.

"Increased rates of participation in running, regardless of its dose, would probably lead to substantial improvements in population health and longevity," the study extrapolated. "Any amount of running, even just once a week, is better than no running, but higher doses of running may not necessarily be associated with greater mortality benefits."

The findings "could make running an ideal activity for those of who want to stay healthy but are short on time," according to Healthline.

But avid runners should not necessarily cut back on their exercise because there is no benefit in running more.

"Any running is probably good for your health and you can achieve those benefits by running even just once a week or running 50 minutes a week," Dr. eljko Pedii, principal author of the study, told the Guardian. "But that shouldn't discourage those who run more than that amount, who maybe enjoy running three times a week or six times a week."

The scientific community, of course, has known for some time that cardio-respiratory exercise like running carries health benefits that can lead to a longer life.

"Exercise has been shown to reduce many of the factors that lead to heart disease so it reduces diabetes, it reduces hypertension," Dr. Michael Chan, an interventional cardiologist in Orange, California, told Healthline.

However, the authors of the study wrote that more research needs to be conducted to understand exactly how running relates to lower risks of dying from cardiovascular disease and cancer.

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Living to 100 is a remarkable feat for anyone, male or female.

In Australia, one in three women manages to become a centenarian, while only one in six men will be able to blow out 100 candles.

In Australia, there will be 60,000 new centenarians in 2050, of which 3600 will be women and 3300 men.

The current average lifespan is far lower than 100 years andanyone who passes that milestone is lauded for their rare longevity.

CO.AS.IT. Community Services in Brisbane recently celebrated two of its clients, who both reached the age of 100: Enid Athorn from Chermside and Anna Barbi from New Farm.

When asked what her secret to a long life was, Enid said it was her continual activity at home and outside and trying new things and being a little adventurous.

Meanwhile, Anna put her longevity down to a positive outlook:

When I feel a little low in spirits, I try to work up the motivation to start again. Im too busy to stop.

Both centenarians are an inspiration to not only their family and friends, but anyone whos had the pleasure of meeting them.

Enza Cristiano, a CO.AS.IT. Community Services coordinator, said Enid has a strong relationship with her son.

Theyre always laughing when theyre together and they act like best friends, she added.

Enid has a big family who support her, including her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Meanwhile, Anna lives on the top floor of a four-storey apartment block which doesnt have a lift.

She still takes the stairs to get to where she needs to go, Cristiano said.

Shedoesnt take any medicine, eats nutritious food, has a positive attitude and is very active.

Each of these factors contribute to a long and happy life.

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In the 12 years Ive been researching longevity for Blue Zones, Ive met dozens of great scientists. None, however, has a more convincing strategy to slow the agingprocess than Dr. Valter Longo. Hes an award-winning researcher, a gerontology and biological sciences professor, and director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California. Here he reveals some of his discoveries:

Yes, theres something called pasta e vaianeia, which is slang for pasta and green beans. When I was growing up in Molochio, we used to eat it about five times a week. And what it was is a little pasta and a ton of these green beans with the pod, and then other vegetablesand olive oil. So I think that was the perfect meal because it has a little bit of everything. I remember we used to always complain, Not again! Not this thing again! But thats all we ate all the time. These ingredients are fromthe foods that they had because they were poor and thats all they could afford. Back in the day, the bread used to be this very dark, whole bread that was incredible. Those are some of the things I talk about in my book, which hopefully will be published before the end of the year. I think that the centenarians may have benefited from eating like this for decades and decades.

Yes, well its healthy for people before 70. In fact, a high protein diet is bad for you. Growth hormone pathways, includingTOR and IGF-1, are controlled by proteins and they are accelerators of the aging process. So,if you have a low-protein diet you might live longer and healthier.

Actually fasting itself, which allows water only, is very difficult for people to do. What weve done is develop a fasting mimicking diet, which is abbreviated as FMD. It was really the result of years of study with animals to try to figure how much we can add to the diet of someone before we lose the effects of fasting and what kind of ingredients to include. We came up with something that is low-protein, low sugar, and relatively high fat that does exactly that. Then, we tested it on mice and later in a human clinical trial. In the mouse study, we show that with fasting done only twice a month for four days these mice lived longer and have about half of the cancers. When they do develop cancer, they develop it later in life. Cognitive performance improved, they had less inflammation, and they lost fat specifically in the abdomen. Periodical fasting we really think is the way.

It depends. Somebody that is very healthy, exercises, has a Blue Zones diet, and has a perfect weight may need it twice a year. Somebody that has high fasting glucose, high blood pressure, abdominal adiposity (so theyre overweight or obese, etc.), or they have a high risk of cancer in the family, they probably need to do it once a month. Keep in mind that water only or similar fasting should only be done in clinics. ProLon, instead, because it provides more calories and was clinically tested, can be done at home with the approval of a doctor.

The product is called ProLon for pro-longevity. This is product and has been clinically tested on over 100 people with solid results. I started the company because when we first published research on fasting for cancer patients asked the same questions: What can I eat? Our research found that almost nobody could fast with water only, even if they had cancer. They cheated; they felt that it was just too hard. So we developed this fasting mimicking diet that allowed them to eat about half of the normal calories. I committed all my shares in L-Nutra to a nonprofit organization that I started called Create Cures, so we could continue to research and learn about fasting.

It contains vegetable soups, which you eat twice a day; olives, vegetable chips, nuts, bars made of nuts (all of them are low sugar, high nourishment). There are supplements that are specially developed to maximize nourishment. We also have drinks and teas that are basically mimicking what the body produces naturally during fasting. We include those for safety, in case the body dips too deeply into their reserves .

Every indication in mice and humans, says the answer is yes. And even if it didnt add years to your life it will add healthy years to your life, so youll be healthier longer. It is pretty clear that you will have a reduction in the chance of getting a chronic disease.

I would say number one is nourishment. Make sure that you have everything your body needs, whether it is vitamin D or essential fatty acids, or iron, or zinc, or B12, etc. Those, combined with some weight training or resistance exercise so that you avoid losing muscle, are the essentials that I think will optimize somebodys ability to stay healthy and also feel well.

I think its often a bad idea. For example, a drug called rapamycin slows aging, but it also causes hyperglycemia; it increases the blood glucose. We know that in mice it also increases cataracts and it increases testicular degeneration. It may also contribute to immunosuppression. Until we are completely sure these drugs and supplements are effective, but also very safe, its probably not a good idea.

Ask most Americans where protein comes from, and theyll probably respond meat. But you can

People in the blue zones grow old and reach 100 without the chronic

Dr. Valter Longo is the Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences, and

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ALAMEDA, Calif. & DOUGLAS, Isle of Man--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (AgeX; NYSE American: AGE), a biotechnology company developing therapeutics for human aging and regeneration, and Juvenescence, a life sciences company developing therapeutics and technologies to treat diseases of aging and to increase human longevity, announce the publication of a new paper in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Regenerative Medicine. The paper is on the engineering of allogeneic cells to be hypoimmunogenic (universal), so as not to produce an immune response. The strategies reviewed in the paper include deletion of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class Ia/II proteins, expression of HLA class Ib molecules, and manipulation of immune checkpoints.

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In addition, the paper presents a previously unpublished in vivo observation on allogeneic human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) modified with AgeXs proprietary immunotolerance technology, UniverCyteTM. In humanized mice (those with a functional human immune system), UniverCyte-positive hPSCs formed larger and heavier tissue compared to controls. This observation provides support for the premise that UniverCyte-expressing tissue was potentially hypoimmunogenic and might have escaped recognition by a functional human immune system and continued to grow. Further work is required to substantiate this preliminary in vivo finding.

Hypoimmunogenic allogeneic cells are the Holy Grail in regenerative medicine, and a number of accomplished researchers have made great strides toward engineering them over the last few years, commented Dr. Nafees Malik, Chief Operating Officer at AgeX, Head of Cell & Gene Therapy at Juvenescence (a major investor in AgeX), and lead author on the paper. This is a huge area of focus for us at AgeX, via our UniverCyte technology platform. In support of our own research and as a service to the overall field, we decided to put together this paper, analyzing all the leading strategies to engineer universal cells and encapsulating them in one paper.

Dr. Maliks co-authors on the paper are Gregory Bailey, MD, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AgeX and CEO of Juvenescence; Annalisa Jenkins, MBBS, FRCP, who serves on the Board of Directors of AgeX; and Jim Mellon, Chairman of Juvenescence.

Mr. Mellon added, AgeXs UniverCyte technology platform will not only be important to the company in developing in-house therapies, it may also be transformative for the wider cell therapy industry via collaborations and licensing deals. It is quite conceivable that in the near future, allogeneic cell therapies may potentially need to be universal to be clinically and commercially competitive.

AgeX is developing its UniverCyte technology platform at its new 15,700-square-feet R&D facility, in the San Francisco Bay Area, which has current good manufacturing practices (cGMP)-capable manufacturing capacity.

Universal cells would help us and others to fulfill the original vision of cell therapy, said Dr. Bailey. Thus, I am pleased that my colleagues at AgeX and Juvenescence have put together this paper, as it should be of considerable benefit to researchers, possibly enabling them to accelerate their progress. He added, AgeXs UniverCyte technology uses a novel, modified form of the tolerogenic molecule HLA-G, which in nature plays a key role in preventing a mother from rejecting her semi-allogeneic baby.

The paper is being published online ahead of print on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. It may be found here.

About AgeX Therapeutics

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: AGE) is focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics for human aging. Its PureStem and UniverCyte manufacturing and immunotolerance technologies are designed to work together to generate highly-defined, universal, allogeneic, off-the-shelf pluripotent stem cell-derived young cells of any type for application in a whole host of diseases with a high unmet medical need. AgeX has two preclinical cell therapy programs: AGEX-VASC1 (vascular progenitor cells) for tissue ischemia and AGEX-BAT1 (brown fat cells) for Type II diabetes. AgeXs revolutionary longevity platform named induced Tissue Regeneration (iTR) aims to unlock cellular immortality and regenerative capacity to reverse age-related changes within tissues. AGEX-iTR1547 is an iTR-based formulation in preclinical development. HyStem is AgeXs delivery technology to stably engraft PureStem cell therapies and slowly release iTR molecules in the body. AgeX is developing its core product pipeline for use in the clinic to extend human healthspan and is seeking opportunities to form licensing and partnership agreements around its broad IP estate and proprietary technology platforms for non-core clinical applications.

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Juvenescence is a life sciences company developing therapies to increase healthy human longevity. It was founded by Jim Mellon, Dr. Greg Bailey and Dr. Declan Doogan. The Juvenescence team are highly experienced drug developers, entrepreneurs and investors with a significant history of success in the life sciences sector. Juvenescence will create, partner with or invest in new companies with longevity-related therapeutics, by in-licensing compounds from academia and industry, or forming joint ventures to develop therapeutics for longevity. Juvenescence believes that recent advances in science have greatly improved our understanding of the biology of aging and seeks to develop therapeutics with the possibility of slowing, halting or potentially reversing elements of aging.

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BANGKOK, Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Mr. NoppadonPakprot, Deputy Governorfor Tourism Products and Business,Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) presided over the Amazing Thailand Health and Wellness Tourism Showcase 2017 yesterday, which unveiled the latest "Functional & Regenerative Medicine" innovation in Thailand.

Mr. NoppadonPakprot, Deputy Governorfor Tourism Products and Business at TAT said, "Thailand has long been recognized as a world destination for medical tourism. According to a report by VISA and Oxford Economics, Thailand has once more been confirmed as one of Asia's top medical tourism destinations. Thailand now has 58 JCI-accredited hospitals, more than any other Southeast Asian country."

The Amazing Thailand Health and Wellness Tourism Showcase 2017, under the concept "Thailand: a Paradise for Longevity", showcased Thailand as a destination for longevity products and services.

Thailand has adopted the latest innovative medicine of the century: "Functional & Regenerative Medicine," the most popular health trend in the world. In fact, Thailand is the first and only country in Asia that has specialized Functional & Regenerative Medicine hospitals, namely Better Being Hospital and MALI hospital

Moreover, Thailand has become an anti-aging center in Asia with the largest number of American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine-certified medical professionals in Asia with 500 doctors.

"Recently, the government implemented new medical tourism policies extending the visitor stay period to 90 days for members of CLMV countries andTaiwan in order to accommodate medical tourists traveling to Thailand. In addition, the long-stay visa has also been extended to 10 years for 14 countries as follow: Japan, Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Canada and the U.S. These two recent policies should further enhance the positioning of Thailand to be a world-class medical tourism hub recognized the world over."

Mr. Noppadonnoted: "This is the 4th such event that TAT has organized, and this year we proudly present the top 44 Health and Wellness providers in Thailand. This event will display the potential of Thailand along with its plethora of health and wellness products to international awareness. It will also provide a marketing platform for Thai health and wellness providers to discuss prospective business deals with medical tourism facilitators and travel agencies from across the globe."

The one-day event highlighted why Thailand is a "Paradise for Longevity", along with holding an informative presentation on the concept of "Functional & Regenerative Medicine. In the afternoon, buyers had the chance to discuss business deals with the top 44 health and wellness providers in Thailand, including: General Hospital, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Regenerative Functional Medicine Hospital, Anti-Aging Clinic, Cosmetic & Aesthetic Clinic, Dental Clinic, Cell Therapy Clinic, and Lab Check Up, all of whom were ready to discuss prospective business deals with international buyers.

Mr. NoppadonPakprot concluded as follows: "We hope that this event will further strengthen the awareness of Thailand as the premier destination for health and wellness tourism, and that the trade event would help generate more than 500 million Baht to the Thai economy."

Ms. Jittima Udayachalerm, Director, Royal Orchid Plus Business Unit said, "Royal Orchid Plus is delighted to be part of this global medical tourism event at this time. We've created exciting marketing activities to support this project. "We've organized a special event, inviting Royal Orchid Plus Platinum and Gold members to come and get health check-ups for free, and also given them the chance to meet and buy special packages from the hospitals and clinics at the event. Additionally, we will promote an exclusive health and wellness deal to Royal Orchid Plus members through our online channels, including email, social media, and our website."

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Allure Magazine announces it's intention to ban the term "anti-aging," and wipe it from the internet. Another veiled political attack against the successes of anti-aging sciences, but longevity medicine cannot be stopped.

First of all let us applaud the 29 celebrities in the Allure Magazine online article on August 15, 2017 (https://www.allure.com/gallery/celebrities-against-anti-aging) for what appears to be living and eating healthy, adhering to Anti-aging Medical Principles (preventative medicine), getting the proper amount of exercise, possibly buying all natural, Non-GMO foods, and being blessed with great genetics.

Unfortunately, being blessed with great genetics alone does not always help someone stay beautiful as they circle the sun more than 40 times. You have to believe that, all though age is inevitable, it is not the only factor that causes your body to deteriorate and grow older.

WorldHealth.net thinks its horrible that some people misuse terms, or that in many cases the wrong message gets attached to good philosophies. WHN doesnt believe in unnecessary plastic surgery, hormonal therapies that are not physician supervised and medically legal, stem cell therapies at the beauty shop, overzealous and sometimes completely fake claims by advertisers such as anti-aging miracle skin creams, nor does WHN or any of its affiliates believe a buzz word or coined term should be used to influence potential consumers. WHN believes that credible non-commercial information should be used as a tool to combat ignorance and protect consumers.

If you are truly interested in the mission of anti-aging medicine, subscribe to the Longevity Now newsletter here at WorldHealth.net and go to A4M.com and read about this 25-year-old revolution. Anti-aging medicine, said Dr. Ronald Klatz, President of the A4M, who is accredited with coining the Term anti-aging more than 25 years ago, for the most part is all about inner beauty, it isnt about cosmetic surgery, solely enhancing your appearance, or even living forever. Its about living healthy, growing older with a better quality of life, and slowing down or defeating diseases such as Macular Degeneration, Alzheimer's, Diabetes, disease associated with hormone inadequacies, and a host of other ailments that affect our bodies from gravity to normal wear and tear. No matter how new or old your car is you have to change the oil at regular intervals or your car simply wont last. I know this is a simple analogy, but our bodies are basically the same. anti-aging is basically preventative medicine that looks and takes advantage of natural remedies mixed with scientific gains to help the 100,000 plus doctors the A4M has trained, help their patients live happier and healthier lives.

Dr. Ronald Klatz went on further to point out, magazines such as Allure hardly focus on or promote inner beauty. They focus on outward appearance, pushing cosmetic goods, promote unbelievably attractive celebrities and models, and then they have the gall to take shots at Botox for helping many millions of people try to look and feel a little better. Unfortunately, Allure type magazines give young women unrealistic expectations on a daily basis that you need to look like Hale Berry, or Jennifer Anniston to be beautiful. Thats simply not true, but you do need to live the anti-aging lifestyle so as you advance in years youdont suffer, and decay as old folks, but rather enjoy life to your last breath. Thats the true anti-aging message.

WHN would like to recognize bias, and WHN is a proponent of anti-aging medicine so therefore WHN is slightly biased. WHN is an opponent of the abuse of the term anti-aging by advertisers, product peddlers, and financially motivated journalists. For example, WHN can only make guesses as to the intentions of Allure Magazines position on the term anti-aging. Allure could be talking about skin cream. However, WHN can use the quotes actually published by Allure titled 29 Celebrities That Are Against The Term Anti-Aging to let WHNs readers draw their own conclusions as to the intentions of Allure. If you read the quotes exactly as they appear at https://www.allure.com/gallery/celebrities-against-anti-aging, you will notice that only 3 of 29 beautiful celebrities even mentioned anti-aging.

WHN prefers to be honest and avoid Fake News. WHN would like you to know that Jamie Lee-Curtis almost mentioned the term anti-aging. Instead Jamie refers to anti-aging as anti referencing aging in the same sentence before the term anti which is the word that ends the sentence. Jamie starts the next sentence with aging with the sentence before ending in anti. This is simply journalistic dishonesty by a publications editor. This example of lack of journalistic integrity can be seen underlined below in Jamies quote:

I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti' (end of sentence). Aging (Start of new sentence to create anti-aging) is as natural as a baby's softness and scent. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes, and aging." fromThe Huffington Post

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A large percentage of our country doesn't know of, or care about Normandy. A few weekends ago, British artist Jamie, accompanied by numerous volunteers, took t...o the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes into the sand, representing fallen soldiers. Titled The Fallen 9000, the piece is meant as a stark visual reminder of those who died during the D-Day beach landings at Arromanches on June 6th, 1944 during WWII. The original team consisted of 60 volunteers, but as word spread nearly 500 additional local residents arrived to help with the temporary installation that lasted only a few hours before being washed away by the tide. 9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched into the Sand on Normandy Beach to Commemorate Peace Day. What is surprising is that nothing about this was seen here in the U.S. Someone from overseas had a friend who sent it with a note of gratitude for what the U.S. started there. Please share with others who understand "freedom is not free -- nor has it ever been"

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CALGARY Canadians can begin collecting Canada Pension Plan payments as early as age 60, but financial advisers warn it rarely makes sense to do so.

And there are even fewer reasons to start drawingretirement funds early whenyoure still working.

Contributors to Canadas national pension plan can elect tostart receiving benefits as early as age 60.If they are still working, they must continue to contribute to CPP until age 65, at which timethey have the option to stop or to keep paying in until age 70.

CPP beneficiaries who continue to work and chip into the pension fund earnwhats called apost-retirement benefit.

I dont advise taking CPP until youre actually retired, said Willis Langford, retirement income and investment planner at Langford Financial in Calgary.

I think the government benefits like CPP and Old Age Supplement form the very base of a retirement income plan and you shouldnttap into it until youre ready to start accessing all of your sources of income in retirement.

Even so, in 2018, there were 658,000 CPP beneficiaries who worked and contributed to a post-retirement benefit, which they received the following year. Thats about 12.6 per cent of the 5.2 millionCPP beneficiaries.

The math, according to figures supplied by Employment and Social Development Canada,favours waiting.

If you start collecting CPP at age 60, instead of the usual 65, your monthly benefit will be reduced by 36 per cent (0.6 per cent for each month for each month before you turn 65). If you wait until 70, your benefit will increase by 42 per cent compared with age 65 (0.7 per cent for each month).

A long-term contributorwho earns $50,000 per year could bein line to receive about $897 per month or $10,760 per year if he waits until age 65. Hewould get just $551 per month about $6,600 per year if he starts at age 60.

If he continues to work, he would have to pay about $2,300 a year in CPP contributions.

Five years of accumulated post-retirement benefits will boost his CPP income butit willonly rise to about $658 a monthstarting at age 65 (ignoring increases due to inflation and enhancements).

On the other hand,if the same person works until age 70 while contributing to CPP and doesnt start benefits until then, hewould earn $1,422 per month.

So why do some people start their CPP as soon as possible?

If you knew you were going to live for a very, very long time, generally you would wait. The longer you wait, the more you would get, said Brad Goldhar, senior vice-president, senior investment adviser and portfolio manager for BMO Private Wealth.

But if you knew at age 60 that your family history suggested not many years of longevity, you might take it early.

In other words, taking a smaller amount of CPP after years of contributions is better than not living long enough to get any payback at all. Some people would rather have the money while theyre young and healthy enough to enjoy it.

Some start collecting their CPP early because they have no choice, Goldhar said. Theyve been laid off or are working part-time or have big debts to pay down and theres no other source of income.

Some retirees grab CPP as early as possible because of worries that the plan might not be around in later years, although the analysts saysuch fears are unfounded.

Those who are concerned about their longevity may start CPPearlyto provide neededincome without having to touch their other savings, thus leaving an estate for their heirs, Langford said.

There are tax considerations to taking CPP early because it is taxable incomethat could boost your tax rate. Alternatively, as a pension, it can beshared between spouses to reduce tax rates.

TakingCPP too sooncould increase net income and lead to a greater clawback of Old Age Security, which you can begin receiving at 65.

The situation is complex enough thatdecisions on CPPshould be part of a comprehensive retirement income strategy, arrived at after careful planning and with proper professional advice, analysts say.

Eventually, if you live long enough, waiting will bear fruit.

If you take three people aged 60, 65 and 70, all taking their CPP at that time, the break-even points are between age 74 and age 76, said Langford.

The person who waited until age 70 is going to get far more if they all live to be 90.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 12, 2020.

Dan Healing, The Canadian Press

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Once an orphan with an uncertain future, Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West transformed herself into a person willing to do whatever she could do a model of confidence that made her one of the faces of black excellence.

A trailblazer, West overcame the excruciating barriers she faced as an orphan to become the first female African-American three-star general in US Army history, the first black Army Surgeon General, and the highest-ranking woman to graduate from West Point.

West was two when she was adopted by a military family with 11 other adopted children in Washington, DC. She was the youngest of 12 children adopted by her father who joined the military in 1935 and served for more than 30 years.

I went from an orphan with an uncertain future to be able to be leading an incredible organization of men and women in Army medicine. Its very humbling, Westsaid.

My mom decided that she couldnt take care of me or didnt want to take care of me, West said. Im just very thankful that she decided to give me a chance at life because you could have had other options.

The Washington DC area native went ahead to receive a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Doctorate of Medicine from George Washington University School of Medicine.

She then completed her internship and residency in Family Medicine at Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning, GA, where she was deployed to Operation Desert Shield with the 197th Infantry BDE, 24th ID, and was attached to the 2/69th Armor BN during Desert Storm.

West then served at Blanchfield Army Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY as a staff family physician and then Officer in Charge of the Aviation Medicine Clinic. She also participated in a medical mission with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne).

After she completed a second residency in dermatology at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center and University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, CO, West then served as Chief, Dermatology Service at Heidelberg Army Hospital, Germany.

West further served as Division Surgeon of the 1st AD, Bad Kreuznach, Germany; deploying to the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo as Deputy Task Force Surgeon.

West retired last year as the head of Army Medical Command, after becoming the 44th Army Surgeon General in December 2015.

Were part of a family business whose longevity isnt measured in decades, but in centuries. Were part of a noble tradition that has been caring for wounded, relieving suffering, healing ailments, protecting health, developing new cures, and preventing disease, West said during her retiring ceremony. It is really mind-boggling to me that I had the opportunity to be a leader of it for just a small sliver of our timeline.

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Your partners mindset might prevent your own cognitive decline.

A new study released by Michigan State University this week suggests that theres some truth to the old saying happy wife, happy life.

Researchers followed almost 4,500 heterosexual couples (average age 67) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Healths Health and Retirement Study for eight years. The subjects optimism was assessed at the beginning of the study, and their brain function was measured every two years.

And the experiment found a possible link between having a partner who is optimistic, and delaying the onset of dementia or Alzheimers disease, as people with happier and healthier partners often lived longer and staved off cognitive decline.

We spend a lot of time with our partners. They might encourage us to exercise, eat healthier or remind us to take our medicine, suggested William Chopik, assistant professor of psychology and co-author of the study, in a statement. Theres a sense where optimists lead by example, and their partners follow their lead.

He noted that lifestyle changes such as maintaining a healthy weight and getting plenty of physical activity have been shown to help prevent cognitive decline. When your partner is optimistic and healthy, it can translate to similar outcomes in your own life, he wrote. It looks like people who are married to optimists tend to score better on all of those [physical and mental health] metrics.

Whats more, the study found that when couples remembered a shared experience together like in Googles GOOG, +0.63% tear-jerking Loretta commercial during the Super Bowl richer details emerged from those memories. In the sentimental Google spot, which features a real couple, an elderly man uses his Google Assistant to help him remember things about his late wife, Loretta, who loved going to Alaska and eating scallops.

There is science behind the Google ad, said Chopik. Part of the types of memories being recalled were positive aspects of their relationship and personalities.

Theres other research to suggest that youre better off, physically and financially, if you look on the bright side more often. Pessimists are 35% more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke than optimists, according to a recent meta-analysis of data from 230,000 men and women in the U.S., Europe, Israel and Australia over 14 years.

People with greater optimism are also more likely to achieve exceptional longevity and live to age 85 or older,according to a recent studyfrom the Boston University School of Medicine.

Optimists are far more likely than pessimists to make smart money moves, according to a survey of more than 2,000 people released last year. It found 75% of optimists have gotten creative with ways to save money versus just 60% of pessimists; and 61% of optimists have started an emergency fund, compared with just 43% of pessimists.

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A2015 studyalso found that optimists earned about $3,000 more than cynics over nine years, whileanother reportsuggested that people who wear rose-tinted glasses are promoted more, in part because they work so well with others.

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Increasing the number of years we have on this earth is a dream of many, with numerous studies and research on the topic. Respecting our bodies for the miracles they are is key to a longer and healthier life. Advanced research is unravelling the mystery of how to add years to ones life and the results may surprise many. When it comes to snacking, one particular food item has come up tops for being delicious, healthy and help a person reduce their risk of heart disease and cancers.

Nuts are not only delicious but they should be added into everyday life for a proven anti-ageing diet which helps ward off chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers.

Nuts have been a regular component of the human diet for thousands of years.

A growing body of evidence has found that nuts are healthy and through scientific data its been found that eating nuts each day may reduce the risk of heart disease.

More recent research has found that eating nuts is linked to a lower risk of colon cancer, gallbladder disease and diverticulitis, along with lower rates of some disease markers like inflammation, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and even visceral fat.

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A study which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2013 found strong evidence that nuts of all kinds can help one to live longer.

The research noted that eating just an ounce of nuts daily was linked to a 20 percent lower risk of death over a 30-year period.

Additionally, a 2015 paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine involved more than 200,000 people in the US and China and also found that eating nuts can improve life longevity.

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Dr Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health said: We found that people who ate nuts every day lived longer, healthier lives than people who didnt eat nuts.

Dr Penny Kris-Etherton, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania added: Eating nuts lowers LDL cholesterol and raises HDL cholesterol and also lowers blood pressure and blood pressure responses to stress.

"Nut consumption helps boost a process called reverse cholesterol transport, by which HDL particles in the blood sweep away fatty plaque from clogged arteries.

In a study with the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, frequent nut eaters and how it affects their mortality rate was investigated.

The study involved 7,216 men and women aged 55 to 80.

Nut consumption was assessed at baseline and mortality was ascertained by medical records.

The study concluded that increased frequency of nut consumption was associated with a significantly reduced risk of mortality in a Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk.

Some people worry they will gain weight if they eat nuts, but surprisingly, the bodyweight of people who regularly eat nuts has not been shown to be higher than that of non-nut eaters, according to a 2008 article in The Journal of Nutrition.

This is true despite the fact that calories consumed by regular nut eaters total an average of 250 more calories per day than that of people who don't eat any nuts.

Nuts are rich in protein, antioxidants and beneficial plant compounds.

Whats more, theyre a great source of vitamins and minerals such as copper, magnesium, potassium, folate, niacin and vitamin B6 and E.

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Drinking a certain type of beverage has been linked to longer life. What is this drink and how much of it should you consume?

Research published in the European Journal of Epidemiology collated data from 40 studies, including 3,852,651 subjects and 450,256 causes of death, and found coffee had an inverse association with mortality (death).

The researchers found this to be true irrespective of age, overweight status, alcohol drinking, smoking status, and caffeine content of coffee.

They went on to say that between two to four cups of coffee every day was associated with reduced all-cause and cause-specific mortality, compared to no coffee consumption.

In The New Journal of Medicine, a 13-year study observed 229,119 men and 173,141 women who were 50 to 71 years of age at baseline, and their consumption of coffee.

The researchers found there was a significant inverse association between coffee consumption and mortality.

Adding to this body of work, PubMed Central published a research paper detailing how drinking coffee is linked to lower mortality irregardless of which country participants were from.

The Journal of Nutrition has a study that reveals coffee is full of antioxidants.

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Harvard Universitys School of Public Health report antioxidants donate electrons to free radicals within the body.

A large amount of free radicals a byproduct of turning food into energy, exercising, or caused by exposure to cigarette smoke, air pollution and sunlight are capable of damaging cells and genetic material.

Free radicals steal electrons from nearby substances that yield them, altering the affected substances structure.

An excessive, chronic amount of free radicals in the body causes oxidative stress, thereby damaging cells which can lead to chronic diseases.

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Antioxidants work by donating electrons to free radicals without turning into electron-hungry scavenges themselves.

Antioxidants are also involved in mechanisms to help repair DNA and maintain the health of cells.

The NHS add: Drinking coffee can be part of a healthy, balanced diet. Current guidelines recommend drinking no more than around four cups a day.

Do you simply add a teaspoonful of granules, pour over some milk and add hot water?

Or do you enjoy sipping on a cappuccino, maybe a latte, or flat white?

For chocolate lovers, theres mocha, and for those who enjoy a stronger hit of caffeine, theres the classic espresso.

Depending on the coffee bean, types of roast from light to dark and serving size, each cup can have different levels of caffeine.

The Alcohol and Drug Foundation defines caffeine as a stimulant drug

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Workers aged 65 and older will be responsible for more than half of all UK employment growth over the next 10 years and almost two-thirds of employment growth by 2060, according to new figures.

Analysis of findings from the 2019 seasonally adjusted labour force survey by the Office for National Statistics suggests that by 2030 people aged 65 and over will account for 282,000 new UK employees out of a total 546,000.

By 2060 there will be around 746,000 new employees aged 65 and over out of a total employment growth of 1,193,000 due in part to baby boomers entering this age group and a greater number of women in work.

Our population is growing and people are living longer, healthier lives. Todays over-65s are healthier and more active than previous generations and many who are fit and able to work tell us that they have no intention of fully retiring any time soon, said Stuart Lewis, the founder of Rest Less, a jobs, volunteering and advice site for the over-50s.

Peoples reasons for continuing to work post state pension age vary wildly. From those who are choosing to top up their pension pots while they still can, to those who want to keep working for the love of the job or for the health and wellbeing benefits.

Sue Cutler, 73, from Hollesley, Suffolk, has worked for an animal medicine trade association since 2001. She now works flexibly for them: she is contracted to do 144 days a year but often works extra days, covering for holidays and other staff absence.

I work for financial reasons and want to continue to work while Im physically able to, in order to top up my retirement savings, she said. Its almost an hours commute each way to work but I definitely have no plans to give up work any time soon.

The number of over-65s who are employed has increased by 188% in the last 20 years, from 455,000 to 1.31 million, and the proportion has grown from just over 5% to just under 11%. In the past 10 years the number has increased from 763,000 to 1.3 million a 71% increase.

Population projections for the UK point to large increases in the number of over-65s in the decades to come, and Lewis said this longevity dividend had the potential to be one of the biggest societal opportunities in modern times.

But with around one in four people aged between 50 and the state pension age currently out of work, and older workers who fall out of work remaining out of work for longer than people of other ages, employers need to address their prejudices around older workers, Lewis said.

Increasing numbers of over-65s in the workplace unlocks enormous potential for employers to embrace a talented, flexible and highly skilled workforce but it also requires many employers to change their outdated stereotypes of age in the workplace and reconsider how they engage with and attract talented older employees, he said.

Age is the final frontier in the battle for a diverse, inclusive working environment and we have been encouraged by the growing number of pioneering companies coming forward to embrace the opportunity this presents. For employers who value real diversity of thought, the benefits of having 25-year-olds working in multigenerational teams alongside 65-year-olds can be hugely powerful.

Patrick Thomson, a senior programme manager at the Centre for Ageing Better, said: Its clear that the older workforce is the workforce of the future. Employers urgently need to tackle ageism within their organisations if they and their workers are to make the most of these longer working lives.

At the same time, its crucial that people arent forced to work in their late 60s and 70s because of financial insecurity, and that the kinds of work people are doing later in life is fulfilling and suitable. Few of us can expect to reach 65 without a disability or health condition, so employers must do more to support health in the workplace.

And as recent figures showed, by the age of 56 more than one in five of us can expect to be caring for a loved one. So better rights are needed for carers at work, including measures such as flexible working and paid carers leave.

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Next Generation Technology Includes Features that Automatically Adjust to Patient Needs, and Offers Physicians Heart Failure Diagnostic Insights

DUBLIN, Jan. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (MDT) today announced it has received CE (Conformit Europenne) Mark for its Cobalt and Crome portfolio of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-D). ICDs monitor heart rhythms and deliver therapy to correct heart rates that are too fast and can lead to sudden cardiac arrest. CRT-Ds, a treatment option for some individuals with heart failure, send small electrical impulses to the lower chambers of the heart to help them beat in more synchronized patterns and reduce patient symptoms.

Cobalt and Crome heart devices deliver the opportunity of a personalized approach to defibrillator therapy, demonstrating how far we have come in this field, said Klaus Witte, M.D., of the School of Medicine, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Moreover, these devices offer seamless patient care through their ability to transmit device and patient data via smartphone or tablet.

With the launch of the Cobalt and Crome platform, Medtronic also is making TriageHF technology available. This techology assesses patients heart failure risk through a simplified, integrated, automatic tool that identifies patient status changes that may lead to worsening heart failure and hospitalization. TriageHF stratifies patients into three risk categories (high, medium or low) by evaluating factors such as heart rate variability, atrial fibrillation and fluid status. The TriageHF assessment tool is compatible with all Medtronic ICDs and CRT-Ds with the Medtronic OptiVol fluid status monitoring feature, including those currently implanted in patients.

This newest generation of implantable heart devices also includes several smart features:

The Cobalt and Crome devices demonstrate our commitment to enhancing device connectivity and personalized patient care, said Rob Kowal, M.D., Ph.D., chief medical officer of the Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure division, which is part of the Cardiac and Vascular Group at Medtronic. These advancements will help physicians respond to patients individual needs through informed clinical decision making, potentially improving the outcomes of patients around the world.

The Medtronic portfolio of therapies, diagnostic tools and services for patients suffering from heart failure includes ICD and CRT devices, including MR-conditional ICDs, CRT-Ds and CRT-pacemakers; mechanical circulatory support therapy for advanced heart failure patients; and heart failure diagnostics.

In collaboration with leading clinicians, researchers and scientists worldwide, Medtronic offers the broadest range of innovative medical technology for the interventional and surgical treatment of cardiovascular disease and cardiac arrhythmias. The company strives to offer products and services of the highest quality that deliver clinical and economic value to healthcare consumers and providers around the world.

About MedtronicMedtronic plc (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is among the world's largest medical technology, services and solutions companies - alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic employs more than 90,000 people worldwide, serving physicians, hospitals and patients in more than 150 countries. The company is focused on collaborating with stakeholders around the world to take healthcare Further, Together.

Any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties such as those described in Medtronic's periodic reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results.

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Searching for meaning in your life? It may take longer than you think to find it.

A newstudy, published in theJournal of Clinical Psychiatry, looked at more than 1,000 adults ages 21 to more than 100 years old, who live in San Diego, Calif. They were given whats called theMeaning in Life Questionnaire, which assesses both the presence of meaning and the search for meaning.

The researchers found a U-shaped curve, showing that people at age 60 reported the highest presence of meaning and lowest in searching for meaning in other words, they had found their purpose. The most common pattern is that as our levels of meaning in life are higher, we tend to search for meaning less,Michael F. Steger, PhD, director of the Center for Meaning and Purpose and professor of counseling psychology and applied social and health psychology at Colorado State University, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. Steger, who was not involved with this study, researches meaning and developed the Meaning in Life Questionnaire.

Trying to find meaning in your life isnt just some deep philosophical quest its something that can affect both your physical and mental health.

"Many think about the meaning and purpose in life from a philosophical perspective, but meaning in life is associated with better health, wellness and perhaps longevity," senior author of the study, Dilip V. Jeste, MD, senior associate dean for the Center of Healthy Aging and distinguished professor of psychiatry and neurosciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine, toldScienceDaily. "Those with meaning in life are happier and healthier than those without it."

So what exactly does it mean to find meaning in your life? Understandably, Steger says it can be hard to quantify since there are many things that contribute to a meaningful life and they are so personal and specific. But he notes there are common themes that researchers see over and over again namely, three aspects in peoples lives that are going well.

One, they can make sense of themselves, the world around them, and life as it happens, explains Steger. We call this coherence. Two, they feel that their lives have inherent value and are worth living, and they feel that they matter somehow. We call this significance. And third, they feel that their lives have one or more deeply valued, personally important aspirations or dreams they intend to pursue over large parts of their lives. We call this purpose.

Steger adds: Things that help us achieve coherence, evaluate our lives as significant, and help us strive towards purpose make life feel meaningful to us.

"When you are young, like in your twenties, you are unsure about your career, a life partner and who you are as a person,saidstudy author Jeste. You are searching for meaning in life. As you start to get into your thirties, forties and fifties, you have more established relationships, maybe you are married and have a family and you're settled in a career. The search decreases and the meaning in life increases."

Jeste continued: "After age 60, things begin to change. People retire from their job and start to lose their identity. They start to develop health issues and some of their friends and family begin to pass away. They start searching for the meaning in life again because the meaning they once had has changed."

Age 60 appears to be the sweet spot in between.

That said, Steger disagrees that people only find meaning once they are 60 years old and thats good news if you havent hit (or have surpassed) that milestone. Rather, its that our capability to build meaningful lives and to experience our existence as meaningful continues to grow across the lifespan, he says. This is an important difference. Theres quite a lot of research out there showing that the average person across the globe thinks life is at least a little bit meaningful, whether they are 16 or 60.

However, Steger notes that, as this latest study found, the meaning in life seems to peak at age 60. I published a similar study in 2009 and found that meaning in life cratered a bit for people in their mid-30s-40s, but continued to rise right through the oldest group of 65+ people we sampled, Steger says. It goes to show that there is certainly no reason to give up on having a meaningful life, and in fact its not uncommon for our later chapters to be among our most meaningful.

The tricky part is that searching for meaning can actually backfire for some. In fact, the study found a negative correlation between the search for meaning andmental health. My simplest advice is the same advice the incredibleViktor Frankl[Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor] gave decades ago, says Steger. You cant find meaning by looking for it, no matter how intently.

Steger says that the typical person finds meaning in life through important jobs, relationships, beliefs, traditions, and habits, adding, So we dont need to go looking for it its in the very way we live, ideally.

But he also found two other types of people in his research, who search for meaning with very different results: One type actually does deeply embrace life as a continual process of ever-deepening meaning, in which searching for meaning is itself a path to meaning, Steger says, noting this viewpoint is more common in East Asian cultures and those influenced by Taoism and Buddhism.

The other type are those folks who are searching for meaning out of deep despair or desperation, he continues. For them, whether in the aftermath of a trauma, in the context of psychological disorder, or rooted in long-lasting self-doubt or derogation by others, or some other reason, life seems to have no meaning, and yet the need for meaning is still very strong. Folks in these circumstances are searching for meaning, and may have been searching for years, but cannot find it.

This fruitless searching can lead to a higher degree of psychological disorder and a lasting sense that life is not what they hoped it would be, creating a drain on wellbeing, happiness, and zest for life, explains Steger.

The good news is that there are ways to cultivate more meaning in your life without actively chasing after it. Steger says there are little boosts people can do. Taking time to explore for yourself what does, or at least what used to, make life feel meaningful is a great place to start, he says.

Steger adds, I recommend dedicating a week to taking 8-12 photos of whatever it is that makes life feel meaningful. Try to stretch the photography out over the whole week dont just take 12 photos of your pets and call it a day.

When you have your photos, he recommends showing them to someone youre close to and sharing why its meaningful to you. In pilot research, Ive found that a very similar approach boosts meaning and happiness, he says.

But if you want to make a bigger impact on your life, that will require more effort and time. Set goals to be more authentic, caring, helpful, suggests Steger. Use your strengths more frequently, and find ways to fill your life with more activities and people that are truly good and important and less with junk thats shallow, unimportant, done for the wrong reasons, or just plain pointless.

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