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Researchers faced with trying to explain findings that showed wearing hearing aids may help increase longevity
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2024 Source:Wearing Hearing Aids May Help You Live Longer Reference:Association between hearing aid use and mortality in adults with hearing loss in the USA: a mortality follow-up study of a cross-sectional cohort
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Still no evidence we can live past 130 years of age despite study’s extrapolation of data. — ICU doctor provides firsthand account of the needless suffering endured by people with COVID, their loved ones, and by those caring for them. #VaccinesWork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 1, 2021 Source:Want to Live Forever? There’s No Theoretical Limit to Human Lifespan, New Study Says Reference:Human mortality at extreme age Thread from Darren Markland MD
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Yes of course consumption of fish and potatoes is the only reason this man is 109 years-old.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 4, 2020 Source:Canada’s oldest known man turns 109, swears by a diet of fish and potatoes
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Study shows association between having an optimistic outlook and living a longer life but study group and confounding factors abound.
Health Headlines Commentary for August 27, 2019 Source:This news article does not clearly indicate that this was an observational study and thus cannot show cause and effect whereas this one hits the mark. Reference:Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women
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Sunday House Call, #706, August 25, 2019: Just keep walking.
Sunday House Call, #706, August 25, 2019: Just keep walking. Topics today include: A study published in the British Medical Journal adds to the overwhelming evidence of the benefits of staying active and how even a little bit helps reduce the risk of early mortality.You can read the editorial and commentary. Andre Picard’s review of…
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Most multivitamins and supplements are unnecessary, will not prevent heart attack or increase longevity in otherwise healthy people, but certainly enrich the supplement manufacturers.
Health Headlines Commentary for May 29, 2018 Source: Vitamins won’t prevent a heart attack or make you live longer: study Reference: Supplemental Vitamins and Minerals for CVD Prevention and Treatment Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Published online May 28 2018 Analysis: Most multivitamins and supplements are a ‘waste of money’
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These two spicy and picky studies are #LOSER (Limited Observational Study Exercise Restraint)
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August , 2015 Source: Spicy food linked to longer life in new study Picky eating usually harmless but can signal children’s emotional worries, says study Reference: Consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific mortality: population based cohort study Could eating spicy food help you live longer? Psychological and…
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Genetics of longevity to be studied
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 13, 2015 Source: ‘Super seniors’ study hopes to identify genes that resist cancer
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Living longer but with more morbidity
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 13, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: People Living Longer but Not Healthier Lives