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PUMPING IRONY: A Numbers Game
By Craig CoxThe guidelines defining a healthy blood pressure are a lot like my daily BP readings: all over the place.
Aging
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Gut Check: How an Aging Digestive System Can Affect Your Health
By Craig CoxA new study finds that the older your gut, the more inflammation you may have.
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Users of Proton Pump Inhibitors More Likely to Suffer Heart Attacks
By Craig CoxA new study finds a greater risk of heart attacks in patients using the gastrointestinal drugs.
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PUMPING IRONY: The Big Reset
By Craig CoxHave I been duped by my doctor or is time to shake up my routine to see if I can get even healthier than I am now?
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PUMPING IRONY: The Lighter Side of Fitness
By Craig CoxA lighter brand of exercise — for a longer period of time — is said to be just as helpful to the elderly as shorter stints of moderate workouts, but I think I’ll stick with my current program. I like to sweat.
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PUMPING IRONY: Allergic to Doctors?
By Craig CoxThe results of my recent lab tests are in, and it appears I’m much healthier when I avoid the doctor’s office.
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Strengthen Your Memory (Lift Some Weights)
By Grace LabattNew studies show that strength training boosts memory.
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PUMPING IRONY: Upwardly Mobile
By Craig CoxOlder Americans are relying more and more on canes, walkers, and scooters to get around. But there are other ways to stay upright as you age.
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PUMPING IRONY: Ignoring Doctor’s Orders
By Craig CoxA visit to a new doctor reminds me how much western medicine relies upon numbers, which makes me nervous — and not very compliant.
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PUMPING IRONY: Centenarian Strategies
By Craig CoxA new study out of Sweden offers a prescription for aspiring centenarians, but I doubt we have that much control over how long we’re going to stay vertical.
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PUMPING IRONY: Stand Up For Yourself
By Craig CoxStanding desks have become all the rage in my office and, as usual, I’m a late adapter.
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PUMPING IRONY: Live Long and Pedal
By Craig CoxNew research suggests that more exercise will add more years to your life — but who’s counting?
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PUMPING IRONY: How to Make Time Stand Still
By Craig CoxWhile tech billionaires throw millions at research aimed at delaying death, an aging couple shows us all how easy it is to embrace a moment that will last forever.
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PUMPING IRONY: Can a Doctor Cure Your Loneliness?
By Craig CoxA new study suggests that older folks go to the doctor more often not because they’re sick, but because they’re lonely.
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PUMPING IRONY: For Pain Relief, Cross Your Fingers
By Craig CoxAs we approach our golden years, pain is a constant companion, unless we cross our fingers. Maybe.
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PUMPING IRONY: Cynical Presumptions
By Craig CoxIs it just my age that make some folks think I’m a curmudgeon? A new study suggests that the elderly are less cynical than most.
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PUMPING IRONY: To Live Longer, Drop the Late-Night Noshing
By Craig CoxA new study vindicates the (temporary) weight-loss success of a former college hoops star: When you eat may be more important than what you eat.
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PUMPING IRONY: Stressed About Stress Tests
By Craig CoxA new study from Johns Hopkins uses treadmill stress tests to determine mortality rates, an approach that, to me at least, seems unnecessarily stress-inducing.
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Dying With Dignity
By Experience Life StaffIn a new study by the Stanford University School of Medicine, 88 percent of the 1,081 doctors surveyed say they would choose a do-not-resuscitate status if they had a terminal diagnosis rather than be hooked up to machines and feeding tubes in their final days.
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PUMPING IRONY: Courting Disaster?
By Craig CoxAm I tempting fate to be out on the basketball court at my age?
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PUMPING IRONY: Faulty Connections
By Craig CoxI know how important it is to stay connected with friends as we get older, but some connections are better than others.