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"Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new guidebook that demonstrates the importance of muscle for health and longevity from the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine®. After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon noticed a pattern. While her patients struggled with a wide range of conditions, they all suffered from the same core problem: they...
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A geriatrician, Leipzig provides readers with inside information about the aging process. She details what to expect, what's normal, what's not--and what options there are when adapting to getting older. By recognizing age-related changes in your body and mind, you will gain the knowledge to optimize aging and make the best decisions about your life. --Adapted from back cover.
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"In today's world, the acceleration of megatrends - increasing longevity and the explosion of technology among many others - are transforming life as we now know it. In The Perennials, bestselling author of 2030 Mauro Guillén unpacks a sweeping societal shift triggered by demographic and technological transformation. Guillén argues that outmoded terms like Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z have long been used to pigeonhole us into rigid categories...
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"Milena Michiko Flašar's Mr Katō Plays Family is an eccentric second-lease-on-life novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Mr Katō-a curmudgeon and recent retiree-finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he wonders how his life went wrong and daydreams about getting a dog (which his wife won't allow). During one of these walks, he is approached by a young woman. She calls herself Mie, and invites him...
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An aging woman is given the chance to become young again with a secret formula. She sees this as an opportunity to right her past, but her husband declines because he has no regrets and wouldn't change a thing about the life they've shared. Now she must decide if she will take this journey without him and what the consequences would be if she does.
7) End of life
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"In our culture, almost everyone fears death," says Ram Dass, the noted spiritual guru and author, and one of the subjects in this extraordinary documentary. Directed by John Bruce and Pawe? Wojtasik, who underwent training as doulas to accompany people nearing death, End of Life is a deeply moving, revelatory work that captures the last years of five individuals in the process of dying.
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"This book gives practical steps to take action with personal examples and helpful resources. Reading it inspired me to be a better friend, gave me new energy for new habits, and grew my desire for a stronger prayer life." -Jill Renken, MPH, CHES, Aging Professional
"How's a person to thrive late in life, given gravitational pull, increasing fatigue and culture's age biases? 'With intentionality!' says author Margie Hackbarth. With personally crafted...
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"A long-awaited memoir from an award-winning novelist--a candid, riveting account of her complicated, bohemian childhood and her return home to care for her ailing mother. In March 2020, Martha McPhee, her husband, and their two almost-grown children set out for her childhood home in New Jersey, where she finds herself grappling simultaneously with a mother slipping into severe dementia and a house that's been neglected of late. As Martha works to...
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "The End of Illness" comes an ingenious guide to what our fellow animals can teach us about living longer, healthier, happier lives. Mother nature has a lot to teach us, if only we open our eyes. Pigeons and dolphins offer creative strategies for preserving our memories and warding off dementia, while squirrels and pigs harbor secrets for managing chronic pain. Rhinoceroses demonstrate the subtle power...
12) Midlife Crisis
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Learn what to do in a midlife crisis!
Are you curious about whether or not you're in a midlife crisis? And if you are, are you wondering what to do about it? Is it normal? Is it wholesome? Is it lasting? Briefly take a look at this book, and get the answers you deserve!
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"An elder justice expert uncovers the failures in the systems that are supposed to protect us as we age, and provides a battle plan for families and policy-makers to counter the greed and incompetence. Between 1900 and 2000, Americans gained, on average, thirty years of life. That dazzling feat allowed tens of millions of Americans to reach the once-rare age of 85, now the fastest-growing age group. The bad news: For millions of Americans, the Golden...
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YES, truly yes! In many studies, CBT has been proven to be as effective as, or more effective than, other forms of psychological therapy or psychiatric medications, treating a wide range of problems.
Mental health is just as important as physical health, yet many of us are afraid to admit we need help. People still judge those who struggle with depression, anxiety, and other such problems. Mental health problems are real. Mental health problems can...
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What do you do when your mother can't remember who you are? You catch the first flight from your adopted home of London to your original hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she's hospitalized, injured, and struggling with the swirling disorientation of dementia. You take responsibility for finding her new (and, perhaps, final) home--although insurance is running out and you might have to finally patch up your bitter relationship with your sister....
16) SuperAging
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Get older without getting old! Welcome to the dazzling new world of SuperAging, where everything you've been taught about aging is challenged. Getting older does not need to mean the end of accomplishment and growth. For SuperAgers, the period after age sixty-five can be one of the most productive and fulfilling times of life. SuperAging is already a reality for millions. But the science, business, and culture of aging have changed at such a rapid...
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Are you feeling tired and stressed out? Still taking care of everyone else and neglecting your own self-care?
Let's face it, there is never enough time for self-care. And on the off-chance that there is, you lack the motivation.
But now with a guide like It's All About Me Time, you will not only learn how to make time for self-care, but also understand that your self-care is a necessity, not an indulgence.
If you are over 50 and looking to create...
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"Disfruta mejorando y conviértete en (casi) top model!! Un día de carnaval, me perdí por la calle y pedí indicaciones a una «cebra». La «cebra», una chica disfrazada de este animal, de unos 15 años, al ver que no me enteraba, decidió acompañarme un trecho... Mientras tanto, la llamó su madre extrañada, pues se estaba retrasando. Y la chica, que tan bien me había caído, le respondió: «Es que estoy acompañando a una señora...
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"Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestselling author of the How Not to Die series When Dr. Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts.org, dove into the top peer-reviewed anti-aging medical research, he realized that diet could regulate every one of the most promising strategies for combating the effects of aging. We don't need Big Pharma to keep us feeling young-we already have the tools....
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Do you often think about your old age in fear over what your physical and emotional abilities may be like?
Wondering what you can do to prevent or even delay the onset of chronic or life-threatening diseases?
Or, perhaps, you are simply after a highly-effective, medicine-free approach to living a long, healthy, and joyful life.
If your answer to any of these is "yes," good news is just a click away. With Dr. Peter Attia's Medicine 3.0, you can increase...
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