New Medical Awareness Very interesting article! "People on Ikaria - TopicsExpress



          

New Medical Awareness Very interesting article! "People on Ikaria were, in fact, reaching the age of 90 at two and a half times the rate Americans do. (Ikarian men in particular are nearly four times as likely as their American counterparts to reach 90, often in better health.) But more than that, they were also living about 8 to 10 years longer before succumbing to cancers and cardiovascular disease, and they suffered less depression and about a quarter the rate of dementia. Almost half of Americans 85 and older show signs of Alzheimer’s. (The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that dementia cost Americans some $200 billion in 2012.) On Ikaria, however, people have been managing to stay sharp to the end." nytimes/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forget-to-die.html?pagewanted=2&_r=3
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:58:13 +0000

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