7 Ways to Improve Your Heart Health

7 Ways to Improve Your Heart Health

If you’re among the millions of Americans who made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight, exercise or eat better, here’s one more reason to stick with it: Doing so can protect your heart. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. And habits like smoking, poor diet and a sedentary…

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What Matters More for Longevity: Genes or Lifestyle?

What Matters More for Longevity: Genes or Lifestyle?

When Dr. Nir Barzilai met the 100-year-old Helen Reichert, she was smoking a cigarette. Dr. Barzilai, the director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, recalled Mrs. Reichert saying that doctors had repeatedly told her to quit. But those doctors had all died, Mrs. Reichert noted, and she hadn’t….

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Healthy ready meals: tried and tested

Healthy ready meals: tried and tested

If you’ve made a commitment to yourself to eat healthier in January – but are lacking in motivation or time to prep, then a few healthy ready meals in the freezer can really help keep your resolution. “January is a time for fresh starts,” Lily Simpson, founder of the London-based meal delivery service Detox Kitchen,…

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