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Charles Tetsal on Dec 22nd, 2011
We are all trying to find a way to stay young for as long as we can. It's just a natural part of our thinking. However; it is always a very good idea if we try to learn a little bit about aging and what are the different factors that influence it as well as the different body systems that change during this process.
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Charles Tetsal on Nov 29th, 2011
Just like everything else pertaining to your body and aging, the heart can undergo a variety of changes as well. These changes can be different depending upon the individual. For instance you probably have a hard time figuring out why one person who is older can take on running marathons when someone the same age can barely get up out of a chair.
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Charles Tetsal on Nov 4th, 2011
There are a couple of different things that help the skin age. These would be intrinsic aging and extrinsic aging. Intrinsic aging has to do with the genes that we have inherited and how they handle the stress of aging. Extrinsic aging however; are factors that we can control such as the environment in which we expose our skin to over a lifetime.
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Charles Tetsal on Oct 3rd, 2011
If you have a family member that is elderly and has been diagnosed with Parkinson's or you are working with someone that has this disease, being able to help them eat and get the nutrition that they need to sustain them can be quite a task. The disease will cause slow movement so you will need to be patient and give them a lot more time to eat.
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Charles Tetsal on Sep 24th, 2011
No matter how much we try to wish it away, no matter what we try to do to stay young, growing older is simply not going to go away. There's nothing we can do about it and we can't run away from it because in the end it will catch up to us, so there's no sense in even wasting the time and energy to do so. This scares people, but it shouldn't be this way.
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Charles Tetsal on Sep 16th, 2011
Alzheimer's is a terrible and frightening disease and as of today there is yet a cure or a sure fire treatment for this debilitating disease. Most people know what it is and most of them simply don't want to even approach the topic, act as if it is something that if ignored long enough will simply disappear.
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Charles Tetsal on Sep 9th, 2011
As we mature not only do we gain more knowledge and wisdom but our body will begin to show outward signs of the aging process and the affects of the environment on our skin, especially the skin of our face. Over time and through abuse our skin begins to lose it's ability to remain flexible, loses some of it's ability to be elastic and it begins to lose it's moisture.
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Charles Tetsal on Sep 2nd, 2011
When you were growing up, you always relied upon your parents for every single thing that you needed in life. Your parents probably more often than not made sure that you did receive everything that was necessary for you to have a good life growing up. As adults, you probably still look to them for love and advice on a lot of things that come up in your life.