Healthy Ageing Articles
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A Hormone to Stop the Clock DHEA - DHEA comes from cholesterol, and once it is secreted the body can convert it into the hormones that it needs. These include estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, and cortisone.
Women Turn Back the Clock with Vitamins - If what you are eating is not providing your body with what it needs, the cells start to produce higher amounts of free radicals. Free radicals are highly reactive oxygen molecules that attack your good cells, speeding up aging.
When Driving Is a Risk - You cannot put an exact age on when you should stop driving, since everyone ages at different rates. However, persons over 65 years in age are more likely to be seriously hurt in a car accident and need to be hospitalized than younger persons in the same crash, and mortality rates in car crashes rise steeply after the age of 70.
What the Mayo Clinic Says to Expect About Aging - Your heart becomes less efficient at pumping and your blood vessels lose their flexibility. Eventually this can turn into high blood pressure or heart disease.
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