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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.

Postcards From a Pandemic, Part Two: The Case for Borders
It’s been quite a week, thanks to the Great Plague of 2020. Today marked another milestone reversal, in a week of shocking turnarounds. Canada is finally locking down its borders, in the face of COVID-19. It’s not a total closure, per se. But it’s as close as anyone can remember since 9/11. Entry to Canada will be barred for all non-citizens and non-residents of the US and Canada. Foreign flights will be restricted to just four airports, and non-essential air travel is prohibited.
By Grant Patterson6 years ago in Longevity
The Magic Bullet - Exercise
Your Brain on Running and Exercise If ever there was a magic health bullet it would be exercise. Regular exercise has been proven to provide both mental and physical benefits and that’s what I want to discuss this week.
By Charles Leon6 years ago in Longevity
COVID-19 Quarantine Activities
Safe to say with the current events, we are going to be spending more time at home with ourselves. Whether you’ll be working from home, suffering the loss of cancelled vacations, or drinking at home alone as opposed to your favorite watering hole; there’s only so much time you can spend at home alone before absolutely losing you’re fucking mind. That being said, here is a preliminary list of things to do while in quarantine for the COVID-19.
By AMD6 years ago in Longevity
The Problem With Saying Coronavirus 'Just' Kills Old People
You see it on Facebook, in the comments both on posts stressing the need for COVID-19 preparedness and also on posts making fun of the panic-buying it’s encouraged. You see it on Reddit, in threads discussing a world leader’s reaction (good or bad) to the disease. You see it especially on Twitter, where it seems like the forced brevity of responses lends itself to the rapid firing of whatever enters your mind right then and there.
By Cecil Adkins6 years ago in Longevity
Pandemics - H1N1 or swine flu COVID-19
As the world is battling Covid-19 in 2020, this is nothing new to us. For as long as we have existed, so have the microorganisms that cause these diseases in us, primarily bacteria and viruses.
By Zulqarnain Haider6 years ago in Longevity
Here's To Your Health
I love tea. Being a southerner makes this fact no big surprise. I’ve often told people that if I’m ever cut I’ll very likely bleed sweet tea. My tea palate has grown exponentially from the southern sweet standard. Now my tea chest runneth over. Tea has always been a great source of comfort and relaxation for me. Sitting in a sunny spot with a hot cuppa soothes my soul. Actually, that’s not all that tea soothes. Tea has been consumed as a healing elixir for thousands of years. Here are ten health benefits of drinking tea.
By Terry Thomas6 years ago in Longevity
Postcards From A Pandemic, Part One
I’m titling this article “Part One” in the sincere hope that I get to write Part Two. I don’t see why I won’t be able to, but you never know.
By Grant Patterson6 years ago in Longevity
This is The Real Coronavirus Threat
Often we say people should put their fears in context and tell ourselves that we shouldn't be nearly as afraid as we are. Yet we can not be as reassuring when it comes to the nation's response to the new coronavirus.
By Anton Black6 years ago in Longevity
4 Ways to Protect Yourself from the Coronavirus You Should Be Doing
1. Wash your hands This seems like an obvious thing to do to prevent the spread of diseases, including the corona virus but sadly many people either don’t do it correctly or skip this all together.
By Erika Potap6 years ago in Longevity
Coronavirus Strains Our Ability to Manage the Crisis
As the US begins to scale community testing, the number of cases will quickly rise. We are woefully behind much of the world in testing, treatment guidelines, and hospital admission criteria.
By Jeff Livingston6 years ago in Longevity
The Covid-19 Is Confining Italian People to Their Houses
These days are tough for me and my country. Personally, I feel a bit worn out. Maybe, for my two surgeries and the blood transfusion I had last January; maybe, because after that, I couldn’t do actually anything at all for a month because the surgeon ordered it; maybe, because my area, the notorious Veneto, got under the attack of the Covid-19 and we had to quickly adapt to new rules; or maybe, because my beloved dog, Elmo, my truest friend, passed away suddenly last 4th March.
By Raffaella Ferretti6 years ago in Longevity
Nature Connection as Medicine
Environmental discourse refers to the framework of ideas, concepts, language, and practices that our society relies on to relate to the world around us. For centuries human beings have held an environmental discourse that encourages division from our environment. We have validated not only a division from the natural world, but a disconnect from our relationship to place within our man-made environment, and our relationships with each other. Through a discourse of based in capitalism and economic growth we have validated practices that place marginalized communities into toxic environments, while offering respite to the more affluent. We have chosen to view the land as a resource rather than a partner, an obstacle rather than a resting place, and a fearsome wilderness rather than the source of all creation. Through generations of discourse manipulated for the benefit technological growth, we have validated a lifestyle and identity separate from nature, and have chosen to take advantage of both the land and other human beings. Our lack of connection to place within ourselves, our communities, and the natural world is perhaps one of the greatest threats to future generations.
By The Rusty Anvil6 years ago in Longevity