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Artistic expression aims to do one of three things: normalize, distract or inform.Landscape with the Fall of Icaruspreaches the ubiquity of failure,The Persistence Of Memory arrests its audience with color and distortion, and The Wounded Deer explores the pleasure and poison of theology withpedagogicalstrangeness.

The value of pretty things goes beyond ontology, however. According to new research published Wednesday in the BMJ journal,those who frequent galleries, museums, and operas a few times a month or more decrease their risk of dying early by 31%, compared to those that do not.

While other health behaviors like smoking, alcohol, and exercise are undoubtedly bigger predictors of mortality, these leisure and pleasure activities that people dont think as a health-related activity do support good health and longevity,said Daisy Fancourt, an associate professor at UCLs Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health, and an author of the new study.If this (study) is added to the larger body of evidence, we are getting an increasingly rich picture on how arts can benefit health and its not about one single outcome. It can have wide-ranging benefits and support healthier lives lived longer.

The researchers began stitching their thesis together after reviewing a previously published study on aging comprised of over 6,000 English adults, 50 years of age or older.

Over the course of the first leg of the study, participants were polled on how often they attended artistic institutions. After all of the responses were submitted,the researchers from University College London conducted a follow-up study 14 years later, using The National Health Service of the United Kingdom in order to determine how many participants had died since the completion of the first analysis.Not only did engaging in artistic activities every few months or more yield a 31% risk decrease for early mortality, those that visited a gallery, museum or theater once or twice a year were additionally 14% less likely to die at an early age. From the report:

Part of the association is attributable to differences in socioeconomic status among those who do and do not engage in the arts, which aligns with research that suggests engagement in cultural activities is socially patterned.Receptive arts engagement could have a protective association with longevity in older adults. This association might be partly explained by differences in cognition, mental health, and physical activity among those who do and do not engage in the arts, but remains even when the model is adjusted for these factors.

Ultimately, socioeconomic factors accounted for 9% of the mortality correlation. Although mental health, mobility, and civic engagement had small roles to play in surging statistics, no independent component proved to be quite as material as the culture correlate that inspired the paper.

Art seemed to set off a therapeutic chain reaction. Those that reveled in it with any sort of regularity evidenced lower levels of stress, higher levels of ingenuity, adaptability and tended to report enjoying a robust social life. The authors also observed a greater sense of purpose within this demographic:He who has a why to live for can bear almost anyhow.

Which brings us back to the trinity of expression established in the introduction. I for one am exceedingly grateful for those who bore the minds to preserve bones and antiquities, but I wont try to articulate my gratitude more eloquently than the art historian, Georges Didi-Huberman. He wrote, In each historical object all times encounter one another, bifurcate, or even become entangled with one another.

Whatever the form, things made by human hands cant help but project values and solace. We can all relate to the agony of being, and we can all benefit when its finely expressed.

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WOODBRIDGE, Va. When Alma Coleman walked into the community room at Potomac Woods Senior Apartments, she thought she was arriving for her regular Wednesday bingo night.

"I hate surprises," Alma said smiling at the friend who tricked her into attending her 100th birthday celebration. "Am I not playing bingo?"

The Woodbridge centenarian is appeased when she's told it's her party and she can do whatever she wants. Although, Alma has pretty much spent her 100 years living by that motto already.

"I got this far by doing anything I wanted to do," Alma said. "My phone's been ringing since 7 a.m. with friends asking me what I'm eating and drinking today -- I just say 'anything I want.'"

And what does Alma want to be filling her plate and cup with on her milestone birthday? Alma said all she wanted for her birthday was flowers and candy. And maybe her favorite drink -- a Long Island iced tea.

While Alma said she got so many flowers, her house looked like a funeral home, she didn't get any candy.

Tough-as-nails Alma -- she has a black belt in Judo, so don't try her -- lights up when she spots her "grandbabies" coming to wish her a happy birthday. Her grandson, Josiah Coleman, said one of the reasons everyone loves Alma is that she can relate to anyone she meets.

"She's been through mostly every aspect of life, so she has a story for everything," Josiah said. "Do your thing granny, happy hundred."

Born in Baton Rogue, Louisiana, Alma has always been a wandering spirit.

"We started out this life together in Dayton, Ohio," Alma's 63-year-old son, Clarence James Coleman, said. "She raised me as a military brat and we traveled everywhere."

Alma's late husband's military career took the family from Japan to Germany, Florida, Maine, Texas, Massachusetts and Hawaii.

"We spent four years in Japan, and I learned to play baseball there, while my mom learned golf," Clarence said. "She gave it up to learn how to make ceramics and dolls, but she was good.

Clarence said Alma also played on a semi-pro women's softball team while they were stationed in Japan. But when the family moved again to Germany, she opened a ceramics studio, where she sold pottery and taught others to make pieces as well. Clarence remembers the whole family pitching in to make it work.

"Wherever we moved, people seemed to be attracted to her kindness," Clarence said. "Throughout the world, there was always bigotry and racism, but her personality and love seemed to erase that."

The travels and exploration didn't stop when Alma moved her family back to the states. She promptly bought the family a Pontiac Tempest, and weekends and holidays were spent traveling to every state in the U.S.

"From Sequoia trees to the Grand Canyon and the Mohawk Trail, Alma was determined we would see it all," Clarence said. "Every day with her and my dad was an adventure. She always said 'the exciting thing about living is having a little fun,' and if anybody knows how to have fun, it's Alma."

Clarence said Alma never prescribed to any one religion, choosing to focus on being the best version of herself she could be.

"Rather than choosing to be a Christian, a Muslim or a Buddhist, she's just a good person," Clarence said. "She's got very few things she won't do."

Alma wasn't too keen on setting goals for what she hoped to accomplish before her next birthday. Instead, she simply said she just wants to be living where she is now, surrounded by friends and family.

"The longer I live, the more beautiful I become," Alma said laughing and ending her interview to greet more family and neighbors itching to hug her. "We are going to play bingo!"

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One of the best players in Milwaukee Bucks history has a chance to be included in the hallowed halls in Springfield, Massachusetts next fall.

We learned Thursday afternoon that Bucks legend and current Fox Sports Wisconsin color analyst Marques Johnson has been nominated for next years Naismith Hall of Fame class.

Johnson is among the nominees of an incredibly loaded Hall of Fame class that is headlined by first-time nominees such as Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Chris Bosh.

In addition to that, Johnson is among fellow nominees and previous finalists such as Chauncey Bullups, Chris Webber and Ben Wallace on the players side of things.

Of course, this all comes a year after Johnson was a finalist for last years Hall of Fame class that eventually saw fellow Bucks legend Sidney Moncrief and former Bucks player Jack Sikma get inducted into the Hall this fall.

With that said, were not that far removed from seeing Johnsons Bucks legacy come full circle as the organization retired his famed No. 8 jersey in March during the teams magical run last season. Along with that, Johnson was also inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame last January that preceded his number being retired by the Bucks a couple of months later.

It goes without saying that Johnson will face stiff competition in hoping to hear his name be included in this go-around as the triumvirate of Bryant, Duncan and Garnett all appear to be shoo-ins to headline next years Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The same could easily apply to Bosh as well, even as some skeptics may dock his chances based on longevity purposes due to his career-ending blood clot ailments a few years ago.

Unfortunately, longevity has been among the biggest reasons why Johnson has yet to have his own name be included in the hall, given his playing career was derailed by a career-ending neck injury, which he suffered during his time with the LA Clippers during the 1986-87 season. Johnson did end up making a brief comeback with the Golden State Warriors a couple of seasons later where he reunited with his longest NBA coach in Don Nelson for a 10-game stint.

Well find out whether Johnson sticks throughout the nomination process when the finalists for next years class will be announced February 14 as part of this season NBA All-Star festivities in Chicago. And from there, the class of inductees will be announced on April 4 during this seasons NCAA Final Four in Atlanta.

Also worth noting is that former Bucks head coach George Karl is among the nominations from the crop of coaches that are looking to grace the halls in Springfield.

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Maybelline Eyestudio Master Precise Skinny Gel PencilOverall Score: 3.6

Ease Of Application: 4If Im going to use a pencil formula, I generally prefer gel ones since they tend to be more saturated and long-wear than a traditional crayon. Maybellines under-$7 Master Precise is a longtime go-to for me, and in my opinion, the best drugstore eyeliner pencil you can buy. It glides on pretty easily without any skipping, and the twist-up design makes it easy to get a fresh tip every time.

Precision: 3.5For a pencil, its as precise as I imagine you can possibly get. (Precise is literally in the product name, after all.) However, I cant grant it a full 4.0 rating since its not as precise as a liquid, which I understand is splitting hairs at this point. I will say, though, I was able to create a pretty good, smudged-in-a-sexy-way cat-eye shape with this one, and would definitely reach for it again.

Pigmentation: 4Its pretty inky and black as far as pencils go, and didnt pull a disappearing act by mid-day. Not bad at all.Longevity: 3While the pigmentation lasted for a solid eight hours (which at that point, I removed it), the shape tended to feather out and migrate a bit as my day went on. Again, this tends to happen with creamy pencil formulas, and as I mentioned, a little smudging isnt necessarily a bad thing, as long as thats the look youre going for.

Ease Of Removal: 3.5It came off pretty well with micellar water, but I did have to sort of rub in between my upper lashes to ensure that I got every morsel (?) of eyeliner off.

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150 financial institutions advancing the Longevity financial industry

There are over 1 billion people currently in retirement. New types of financial institutions are evolving to satisfy the needs of this aging population. Investment banks, pension funds, and insurance companies are developing new business models, and are using AI to improve the quality of the analytics used to formulate them. In the near future, the synergy between innovative AI and wealth management will lead to the creation of a new financial institutions optimized for the aging population. Age-friendly Longevity banks will make banking services easier and safer for seniors.

Over 150 financial companies are already developing innovative WealthTech and AgeTech products and services and AI is central to the process. AI drives Longevity, Longevity enables AgeTech, AgeTech enables WealthTech, and WealthTech supports interest in Longevity as an industry. This makes the ongoing growth of AgeTech and WealthTech inevitable.Many innovative financial institutions are in development such as Longevity-focused venture funds, Longevity-AgeTech banks, Longevity index funds and hedge funds, and even a specialized stock exchange for Longevity-focused companies and financial products.

The 7th Continent - 1 billion people in retirement globally.

AgeTech

AgeTech refers to technologies and services optimized for people over 60. AgeTech services enable older people to conduct banking with less difficulty and also helps protect them from financial fraud. AgeTech products for seniors include tablets, smartphones, computers, banking interfaces, medical alert systems, and phone amplifiers. AgeTech is not limited to the financial industry. For instance, theres a growing demand for smart homes for older people. Age friendly smart homes provide AI products and services that make it possible for people to stay in their own homes even if they require special care. The AgeTech segments potential is forecasted to reach $2.7 trillion by 2025, showing 21% annual market growth.

WealthTech

WealthTech companies produce products and services that simplify and enhance the creation and maintenance of wealth. WealthTech companies, which offer advice based on AI and big data, are adapting existing products and services to enhance the financial situation of people over 60. These companies are implementing innovations to address the financial challenges that many seniors face. The following are four examples of WealthTech.

Top 150 pension funds, banks, insurance companies, reinsurance companies, and asset management firms ... [+] advancing Longevity, AgeTech, WealthTech

Longevity Stock Exchange

There are hundreds of Longevity startups in the UK, EU, US and Asia and 99% of them are not publicly traded. This means that they are limited to seeking funding from angel investors and venture investors, which represents a very small fraction of available global wealth. This situation creates an extreme funding deficit and a major illiquidity problem.Almost all DeepTech sectors are facing this situation, but the negative repercussions are particularly bad for the Longevity industry, as it leads to reduced quality of life and unnecessary suffering for many older people. It also threatens to inflict crippling economic effects on national healthcare systems, pensions, social security systems, and national economies. Furthermore, in many cases investors exploit the gross illiquidity for their own financial advantage, to the detriment of Longevity and DeepTech startups.

In the future a Longevity Stock Exchange will be developed to deal with specialized derivatives. This will be a means by which investors can provide increased liquidity to the Longevity industry, and will lead to a self-sustaining cycle of growth in the Financial Longevity Industry whereby the effect of aging on GDP is repeatedly offset and the wealth created is reinvested into technologically reinvigorated human capital. The increased liquidity will enable greater flexibility and growth for companies listed on the exchange, and will help advance the Longevity industry as a whole. Setting up a Longevity Stock Exchange will require the public listing of at least 100 Longevity focused companies to create enough diversity and potential volume for trading.

Novel Financial Institutions for the Longevity Economy

AgeTech Longevity Banks

The growth of the aging population will be accompanied by a proliferation of other products including new types of savings accounts, specialized retirement plans, and specialized financial advising. As a consequence, new types of financial products, new asset classes, new investment strategies, and longer-dated bonds and securities will be developed. Traditional banks, as opposed to challenger banks, are taking the first steps in AgeTech and adapting their infrastructure for people over 60. For example, HSBC has partnered with the Alzheimers Society to create dementia-friendly products, and Barclays is actively developing software for seniors to make their customer experience more comfortable.

Over the next few years, it is likely that WealthTech and AgeTech will come to be regarded as complementary functions and AgeTech Longevity Banks reconfigured specially for seniors will emerge. Rising life expectancy is creating new opportunities for the financial sector and as the proportion of people in retirement continues to grow, an increasing number of products and services will be offered. New financial institutions optimized for people 60+ will help transform the growing aging population from a global threat into a global opportunity and will spawn a whole new industry the capitalization of which could exceed anything ever conceived of by financial markets.

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According to a popular quip, age is down to mind over matter: If you dont mind, then it doesnt matter. But enough people do mind that the anti-aging industry is worth some $100 billionand countingevery year.

Sadly for those people, and the rest of us, attempts to halt the clock seem as futile now as when our ancestors searched for the Fountain of Youth. The modern but ghastly practice of so-called vampire infusions of young bloodcosting $8,000 a literbecame the latest age-defeating bunk consigned to the trash, following a warning last year from the Food and Drug Administration that they dont work.

No great surprise therenor that people were willing to try it. As I move through my 40s, conventional anti-aging advice from scientists and doctors has remained much the same: Eat your greens, exercise, dont drink and get plenty of sleep. Thanks for nothing. Cant science in 2020 do better?

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Actually it can. After centuries of snake oil and false promises, work on anti-aging is moving from untested quackery to the lab.

For starters, scientists now have a more accurate way to measure aging than simply counting birthdays. Its called an epigenetic clock. In exchange for $300 and a small vial of my blood,a company called myDNAge measured mine last year. I did this out of both professional and personal curiosityand because I was secretly convinced that beneath my middle-aged exterior lies a much younger man, and I wanted science to confirm that.

Developed by Steve Horvath of UCLA, the test analyzed more than 2,000 locations on my DNAfor signs of biochemical changes called methylation. These changes, the addition of tiny chemical tags, accumulate over time, depending on our lifestyles, and affect how genes work. Ive never smoked, dont drink as much as I used to and no longer receive birthday cards from local takeout restaurants, so I thought my DNA would be in good shape.

I was wrong. In a short and unemotional report, the company told me that sample BL745677 showed my DNA age was 48: 12 months older than my calendar age. It got worse. Of all the other 47-year-olds who took the test, some two-thirds of them have younger genes than I do. Id like to say my first reaction was shock and humility. Instead I assumed the test was wrong. And then I read Horvaths take on that: Its really more likely that planet Earth will be hit by an asteroid tomorrow than that this predictor doesnt work. Ive never heard a scientist talk like that, with no comforting caveats to soften the blow (or counteract lawsuits and peer objections) and no margin for error offered to console my bruised vanity.

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Still, what can be measured can be managed, and epigenetic clocks could finally offer a robust way for science to extend our life spans. It gives us a chance to see what worksand the motivation to use it. I got my results in June, and spurred into action, Ive started to run again. Ive lost 10 pounds and now drink alcohol only on weekends. Next year I plan to get my DNA age checked again, and I hope to have lost that extra year and then some.

If that sounds too much like hard work, youll be pleased to learn that shortcuts are being developed. Several anti-aging scientists have told me they take a common diabetes drug called metformin. And test results published last year suggest why: Metformin can help wind back the epigenetic clock. Blood tests taken before and after showed that the subjectsall men in their 50s and 60s who took the drugs for 12 months in a small trialshed an average of 2.5 years.

Scientists arent sure yet how metformin does this, but bigger trials exploring epigenetic clocks are planned to confirm its so. Only then would it be widely available. At the moment, however, many committed users must buy the drug online. Thats not for me: Its impossible to know for sure what youre getting. Countering the earlier motto, I do mind about my age, but it doesnt matter so much that Id take that risk. Its unlikely that either exercise or metformin will take me to 120 years, but that we can measure progress at alland shave a few years off our agetells me future interventions should indeed get us to an extended, healthy life span. Until then, Ill continue to run against the clock.

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Serena Williams revealed how she managed to keep her winning ways and gave her sister Venus a piece of advice.

In her stellar career, Williams has ultimately become one of the greatest tennis players of all time. However, the five-time WTA Tour winner doesnt really believe she is womens Tennis GOAT.

In a recent interview with Tennis World USA, Williams said that she never thought that her name will be included in GOAT talks. In fact, even to this day, Williams doesnt think about it too much.

When my career started I never thought that I would be even in the conversation of the greatest. Now I don't think of a number too much. Obviously I would like if get to a certain number, but I don't think about it too much because I don't want to be. I just want to enjoy every moment that I have, Williams said.

Williams then revealed her simple secret to longevity. According to legendary tennis player, she doesnt put the pressure of winning more Grand Slams on herself and just want to enjoy every moment.

You know, every time I win Grand Slams, if I continue and I will try my best to win more I just want to have fun with it, so... I think what enables me to win more is the fact that I don't put that pressure on myself, Williams revealed.

The Olympic gold medalist also spoke about her sister Venus, who, despite dealing with Sjogren syndrome, has kept competing at the highest level.

According to Serena, if she werein Venus shoes, she would have opted to play doubles.

If I were Venus, I probably would have been like, Well, I might just play doubles, Serena said.

But Serena admires her sisters eagerness to still compete despite the fact that Venus might never be the same player she once was.

But her spirit and her, like, it's just amazing because I know what she goes through more than anyone else here, and sometimes she's doing great and sometimes it's different and it's difficult. She might lose matches that she would normally win 10 times out of 10, but to accept that and keep going is really amazing, Serena of her sister Venus.

Serena Williams hugs Venus Williams after her loss to her sister during Day 8 of BNP Paribas Open on March 12, 2018, in Indian Wells, California. Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Just recently, Serena posted a touching message about Venus on social media. Serena wrote the caption next to an Instagram photo of Venus standing on a beach showering the older Williams some sisterly love.

Doubles partner sister soulmate one of my fav sisters@venuswilliams, Serena wrote.

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By now, most people know they should have a financial plan, even though many do not. But what about an income distribution plan? For decades, the benefits of financial plans have been discussed but only for the last few years have we begun to hear about income plans. The reason for the recent discussion is due to our aging population. According to a 2017 AARP study, 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day, and this is expected to continue into the 2030s!

Investors have been taught well how to save and invest for their retirements, but they havent had nearly enough education on how to spend what they have taken most of their lives to accumulate.

Spending down your assets is one of the biggest issues facing retirees today. To be honest, saving for retirement isnt all that hard. By buying a well-diversified, low-cost, mostly equity portfolio, the market is going to do most of the work. Where the real challenge lies is in unsaving or spending down these same assets in retirement. But how do we go about doing that? You have to be aware of things like income and capital gains taxes and their effects on your returns as well as on your spendable income. As the old saying goes, its not what you earn, its what you take home. What about the make-up of your portfolio? Become more conservative is an all too familiar mantra of advisors. But what does that mean? Does it mean having fewer equities? More bonds? What risk are investors avoiding, and more importantly, what risk is it creating for them? In particular, longevity risk the risk of outliving your savings!

In a traditional portfolio, retiring at the wrong time, which can impact sequence of return risk, can have a disastrous effect on whether or not you have enough money to maintain your standard of living in retirement. Losing money in the first few years of retirement, combined with retirees tending to living longer, or longevity risk, can create a perfect storm for those nearing or in retirement. You must have a plan to mitigate that risk.

By having a formal income distribution plan in place, retirees can address the primary issues surrounding them today such as:

1. What assets to spend in which order

2. Integrating Social Security claiming strategies into an income plan

3. Risk control in a portfolio, including longevity, sequence of return and volatility

4. Low interest rates

5. Taxes

Having a formal income distribution plan in place can potentially help retirees have a more enjoyable retirement.

T. Eric Reich, CIMA, CFP, CLU, ChFC is president and founder of Reich Asset Management and can be reached at 609-486-5073 or eric@reichassetmanagement.com.

Securities offered through Kestra Investment Services, LLC (Kestra IS), member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through Kestra Advisory Services, LLC (Kestra AS), an affiliate of Kestra IS. Reich Asset Management, LLC is not affiliated with Kestra IS or Kestra AS. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and may not necessarily reflect those held by Kestra Investment Services, LLC or Kestra Advisory Services, LLC. This is for general information only and is not intended to provide specific investment advice or recommendations for any individual. It is suggested that you consult your financial professional, attorney, or tax advisor with regard to your individual situation.

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"I know I'm mad about you, and all but lost without you, and great affection for you I proclaim.... But baby, there's an issue I just can't remember your name."

So goes the chorus of "I Just Can't Remember Your Name," on the 10-track album, "Senior Song Book" released in November. The lyrics are a humorous nod to a common pain point about aging. After all, the song's writer, Alan R. Tripp, is 102.

What's more, it's Tripp's first album.

"People ask me how did I live so long and have my mind clicking away," he told NPR's "All Things Considered." "The answer is you do not retire from something. You retire to something," said Tripp. "And your life will continue with any luck."

That's exactly what Tripp who has had multiple careers, including as a radio news broadcaster, an advertising executive and a businessman has been doing. Though, for the record, he considers himself "semi-retired," according to a promotional interview he did with his publicist.

Still, Tripp's lastest foray into music production wasn't entirely planned.

When Tripp was 99, he wrote a poem called "Best Old Friends" about the new friendships he had made at Beaumont at Bryn Mawr, the Pennsylvania retirement community where he lives. Marvin Weisbord, 88, who lives at Beaumont too, turned the poem into a song for Tripp's 100th birthday.

That song catalyzed the album. Weisbord plays piano on the album, and the two produced it at a local recording studio.

Marvin Weisbord (L) set a poem his friend, Alan Tripp, wrote to music for Tripp's 100th birthday. That catalyzed the album.

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Now that the CD has dropped (and is on back-order at CDBaby as of Friday), the centenarian is planning his next move.

"I was writing a book when this thing came up," Tripp told NPR. So that will be his next endeavor.

"It's a mystery book. I've written several other books, but never a mystery. So when I'm done with this, back to the computer and write that mystery book," Tripp told NPR. (Tripp published one book in 1992, one in 2006 and a third in 2015.)

Japanese longevity expert, Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, who lived to be 105, also said the key to a long, happy life was to stay active.

"There is no need to ever retire, but if one must, it should be a lot later than 65," Hinohara told The Japan Times in 2009.

From the age of 65, Hinohara worked 18-hour days, seven days a week as a volunteer and "love[d] every minute of it," he said. In fact, he volunteered until the last few months before his death on July 18, 2017, according to The New York Times.

Fashion icon, Iris Apfel, 98, is also still working. She released the book "Accidental Icon" in 2018 and still juggles any number of fashion collaborations, including a line with The Home Shopping Network.

"For me, retirement is a fate worse than death," she told Money in 2018 after her book release. "I've seen so many people, especially in a place like Palm Beach, who worked so hard in their lives, and they come down here cold turkey, and then one day wake up and they realize how vacuous their lives are now. I mean it isn't funny, I've seen it with my own eyes!"

Tripp seems to agree: "If you retire to slothfulness, believe me you'll be a slob," he said in a promotional interview he did with his publicist. "That's all that will happen to you."

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A novel protein signature may have the potential to serve as a biomarker for resistance to Alzheimers disease and cognitive decline, according to a new study with a group of centenarians and their offspring. The researchers found a correlation between 16 proteins found in blood and the 2 form of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. The study, led by investigators at Boston University in collaboration with the NIA Intramural Research Program and Novartis, was reported in Aging Cell.

Having the 2 form of the APOE gene is thought to be neuroprotective, whereas having the 4 form is associated with increased risk of late-onset Alzheimers disease and poor cognitive function. The 2 form, which is much rarer than 4, is more commonly detected among those over 100 years old and their children than in the general population. APOE 2 also seems to promote longevity, but the precise biological mechanisms for it being neuroprotective and promoting long life are not known.

Because recent studies showed that APOE-associated protein products can be found in blood serum samples, the researchers analyzed serum to find the biological products of APOE 2. Serum was collected from 222 people in the NIA-supported New England Centenarian Study, including 51 with APOE 2.

Using a protein profiling platform to analyze several thousand proteins in serum that corresponded to more than 4,000 genes, the researchers found that 16 proteins were associated with different APOE genotypes. They explored the different gene expression profiles of 16 proteins in brains of people with late-onset Alzheimer's disease and healthy controls and showed that the signatures were significantly different between the two groups.

Next, they confirmed their findings by repeating the analysis with serum and plasma samples from other cohort studies. Finally, they examined the association between the 16 proteins and changes in cognitive function in the centenarians and found that seven of these proteins correlate with patterns of cognitive function.

If future studies show that the signature proteins are driving cognitive health, rather than merely being associated with it, these proteins could serve as biomarkers in intervention studies targeting APOE 2. In addition, the protein signature identified in this study could be developed into an early detection test of resistance to developing Alzheimers.

This research was supported in part by the NIA Intramural Research Program; NIA grants U19AG023122, R21AG056630 and R01AG061844; and NIH contracts 263 MD 9164 and 263 MD 821336.

Reference: Sebastiani P, et al. A serum protein signature of APOE genotypes in centenarians. Aging Cell. 2019;18(6):e13023. doi: 10.1111/acel.13023.

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Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt says he is more interested in the longevity of his films than by their debut grosses. Mahesh on Wednesday took to Twitter, where he shared a poster of his film Zakhm, which was released 21 years.

He wrote: I am more interested in the longevity of my films than by their debut grosses. I ask does it have anything to say in 10 years or 20 years? Could it still have legs? Could it still be around? History is rife with films that we love today that were bombs on their opening weekend.

Zakhm is considered of Bhatts finest directorial efforts and is said to bear autobiographical shades. The film won Ajay Devgn a National Award as Best actor, and also featured Pooja Bhatt, Sonali Bendre, Nagarjuna, and Kunal Kemmu as a child artist. The film won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.

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Being a planner can set you up for success in every phase of life. For example, students who set goals are more likely to see improvements in academic performance, and older people aiming to adopt healthier lifestyles can reduce the effects of dementia. According to a new study, planning for the futureeven in the face of terminal illnesscan prolong life for up to one year.

The study, published in the journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, found that patients who are terminally ill might live longer if they discuss advance care options with doctors.

Planning for advance care is a process between patients and health professionals, in which possible treatments, priorities, and desires for impending care are discussed. This is especially useful for doctors who have to choose whether or not to continue treatment when patients lose the ability to communicate.

In this particular study, researchers looked at the death dates of 205 patients with terminal illnesses, including advanced cancers, as well as heart and lung diseases. Of the patients, 102 had disclosed their advance care preferences while 103 did not.

Of the group who engaged in these conversations, 90% with lung and heart diseases lived beyond the next year. This was compared to 67% who did not talk to their doctors about the future. The outcomes of patients with cancer were not affected.

Until now, the connection between advance care discussions and longevity were unexplored. This research can provide hope for people who are diagnosed with progressive, terminal diseases and their families, who might get more time with loved ones.

The analysis was explorative, and more research needs to be done to find conclusive evidence, but researchers did suggest a possible reason for the increase in survival rates. "This type of conversation helps these patients better understand the life-limiting nature of their illness," a news release said. Recognizing the severity of these illnesses could make patients more willing to accept treatment.

The underlying message of these findings could be helpful for anyone, regardless of health. Finding a purpose has been known to improve mental and physical well-being, and that fact now holds true in the face of death.Perhaps discussing the future, in any capacity, can make it feel less out of reach.

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Global star and widely loved country music artist, actress, and humanitarian Reba McEntire celebrates her 16th Grammy Award nomination this year for her album, Stronger Than The Truth, which has resonated deeply within the country music community. One of the greatest selling country artists of all time, McEntire has previously won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Vocal Collaboration, and Best Roots Gospel Album, and she has also been nominated for a Golden Globe award and more.

We sat down with the reigning Queen of Country Music to talk her Best Country Album nomination, how she turned her passion into a hugely successful career that has spanned over four decades, and advice for other female artists. You can tune into the 62nd Grammy Awards on January 26, 2020.

Where were you when you received the news of your 16th Grammy Award nomination?

I was at home in Nashville and my phone started blowing up around 7:30 a.m., right as the nominations were announced. My entire team texted me to let me know the news! There were a lot of excited emojis!

How does this years Best Country Album nomination compare to the one you received in 1994 for Read My Mind?

Im incredibly proud of both albums. I still love music now just as much as I did then, and I still follow the same formula I did then pick great songs that touch my heart and hopefully theyll touch yours, too.

How does this nomination stand out amongst the other 15 you have previously received?

I wanted to go back to my roots on this album and make a stone-cold country album with great story songs. To be recognized for that some 30 years after my very first nomination is pretty special. Its just icing on the already really wonderful cake.

What about Stronger Than The Truth do you think resonated with the Recording Academy?

Its honest and authentic. Its full of songs that tell stories that I think anyone can relate to.

From your first nomination (and win) in 1986 to now, the 2020 Grammys, how has your outlook on awards and accolades changed?

Im still as competitive as Ive always been, but the pressure is less now. Of course I love to win awards, who doesnt? But now I take pride in knowing that Ive made the best album that I possibly could and that is my reward, whether I take home a trophy or not.

Many of the songs on your album have been on your radar for years. How does it feel to see these songs officially having their moment of recognition?

Im just thrilled to see great songs being recognized, and Im thankful for all the writers letting me be the conduit for their work.

How does it feel to have your music consistently recognized for over three decades?

Well it feels great! I, and my entire team, work very hard to put out music that means something and connects with the listener. Im beyond grateful to still have the platform that I do and I take it very seriously.

Thats why I do this I want the music and the songs to reach out and touch people and make them feel like theyre not alone and that someone else understands.

You most recently took home the award for Best Roots Gospel Album in 2017. How have you incorporated your faith into your country records, and what similarities do you see between the genres?

My faith is part of everything I do. I pray every day that the Lord will use me and guide me in my all my decisions. I may not be singing directly about God and Jesus, but that doesnt mean the ideas arent there. Songs like You Never Gave Up On Me on this record could be about someones relationship with the Lord. Theres always been an overlap between Christian and country, and I think there always will be.

Stronger Than The Truth is your 33rd studio album a tribute to your success and fame. What has allowed you to remain grounded? How do you not let the pressures of success change you?

My family and my friends keep me grounded. No ones going to let my head get too big and they bring me back down to Earth real quick if I get to floating off too far. My sister, Alice, gave me a toilet seat cover one time for Christmas that on the top said, The Twinkle! So Im still working on being that star.

What has been the most unexpected joy you have received from creating this album?

Hearing how the songs have touched peoples hearts. Ive had people tell me they couldnt listen to the entire album through at one time because it was just too emotional for them. Thats why I do this I want the music and the songs to reach out and touch people and make them feel like theyre not alone and that someone else understands.

What things have industry peers shared with you about how they feel about this album that have surprised you? Is there anything that you didnt expect?

Ive had people come to me in tears with how much the songs have impacted them. I was just trying to make a great country record, and if people cry, that means we have touched their hearts. Making that connection is sweet.

What do you think sets you and this album apart from the other nominees?

I think weve all made really great albums, but were all very different and in different stages of our careers. I think its really great to see such diversity represented in the category with all types of country music.

Are there any moments from your past Grammy experiences that stand out to you? If so, what are they?

Winning the Grammy for Sing It Now is something Ill never forget. I made that record as a way to heal my own heart, and to see it connect with so many other people and then be recognized in that way meant the world to me.

What does it mean to you to be nominated for Best Country Album this year?

I dont take it for granted. There are a lot of great artists making incredible music out there every day, and I feel very honored to have my work recognized as standing out among the crowd.

If you could share one piece of advice with female artists getting their start, what would it be?

Stay true to your gut instincts. Ive always felt that is Gods way of directing me. Stay with the type of music you want to be making and what type of artist you want to be. Stand your ground and make music that youre proud of. Everything else will work itself out. Work hard, show up on time, be prepared and have fun!

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Dmitry Kaminskiy speaks as though he were trying to unload everything he knows about the science and economics of longevityfrom senolytics research that seeks to stop aging cells from spewing inflammatory proteins and other molecules to the trillion-dollar life extension industry that he and his colleagues are trying to fosterin one sitting.

At the heart of the discussion with Singularity Hub is the idea that artificial intelligence will be the engine that drives breakthroughs in how we approach healthcare and healthy aginga concept with little traction even just five years ago.

At that time, it was considered too futuristic that artificial intelligence and data science might be more accurate compared to any hypothesis of human doctors, said Kaminskiy, co-founder and managing partner at Deep Knowledge Ventures, an investment firm that is betting big on AI and longevity.

How times have changed. Artificial intelligence in healthcare is attracting more investments and deals than just about any sector of the economy, according to data research firm CB Insights. In the most recent third quarter, AI healthcare startups raised nearly $1.6 billion, buoyed by a $550 million mega-round from London-based Babylon Health, which uses AI to collect data from patients, analyze the information, find comparable matches, then make recommendations.

Even without the big bump from Babylon Health, AI healthcare startups raised more than $1 billion last quarter, including two companies focused on longevity therapeutics: Juvenescence and Insilico Medicine.

The latter has risen to prominence for its novel use of reinforcement learning and general adversarial networks (GANs) to accelerate the drug discovery process. Insilico Medicine recently published a seminal paper that demonstrated how such an AI system could generate a drug candidate in just 46 days. Co-founder and CEO Alex Zhavoronkov said he believes there is no greater goal in healthcare todayor, really, any venturethan extending the healthy years of the human lifespan.

I dont think that there is anything more important than that, he told Singularity Hub, explaining that an unhealthy society is detrimental to a healthy economy. I think that its very, very important to extend healthy, productive lifespan just to fix the economy.

The surge of interest in longevity is coming at a time when life expectancy in the US is actually dropping, despite the fact that we spend more money on healthcare than any other nation.

A new paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that after six decades of gains, life expectancy for Americans has decreased since 2014, particularly among young and middle-aged adults. While some of the causes are societal, such as drug overdoses and suicide, others are health-related.

While average life expectancy in the US is 78, Kaminskiy noted that healthy life expectancy is about ten years less.

To Zhavoronkovs point about the economy (a topic of great interest to Kaminskiy as well), the US spent $1.1 trillion on chronic diseases in 2016, according to a report from the Milken Institute, with diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, and Alzheimers among the most costly expenses to the healthcare system. When the indirect costs of lost economic productivity are included, the total price tag of chronic diseases in the US is $3.7 trillion, nearly 20 percent of GDP.

So this is the major negative feedback on the national economy and creating a lot of negative social [and] financial issues, Kaminskiy said.

That has convinced Kaminskiy that an economy focused on extending healthy human lifespansincluding the financial instruments and institutions required to support a long-lived populationis the best way forward.

He has co-authored a book on the topic with Margaretta Colangelo, another managing partner at Deep Knowledge Ventures, which has launched a specialized investment fund, Longevity.Capital, focused on the longevity industry. Kaminskiy estimates that there are now about 20 such investment funds dedicated to funding life extension companies.

In November at the inaugural AI for Longevity Summit in London, he and his collaborators also introduced the Longevity AI Consortium, an academic-industry initiative at Kings College London. Eventually, the research center will include an AI Longevity Accelerator program to serve as a bridge between startups and UK investors.

Deep Knowledge Ventures has committed about 7 million ($9 million) over the next three years to the accelerator program, as well as establishing similar consortiums in other regions of the world, according to Franco Cortese, a partner at Longevity.Capital and director of the Aging Analytics Agency, which has produced a series of reports on longevity.

One of the most recent is an overview of Biomarkers for Longevity. A biomarker, in the case of longevity, is a measurable component of health that can indicate a disease state or a more general decline in health associated with aging. Examples range from something as simple as BMI as an indicator of obesity, which is associated with a number of chronic diseases, to sophisticated measurements of telomeres, the protective ends of chromosomes that shorten as we age.

While some researchers are working on moonshot therapies to reverse or slow agingwith a few even arguing we could expand human life on the order of centuriesKaminskiy said he believes understanding biomarkers of aging could make more radical interventions unnecessary.

In this vision of healthcare, people would be able to monitor their health 24-7, with sensors attuned to various biomarkers that could indicate the onset of everything from the flu to diabetes. AI would be instrumental in not just ingesting the billions of data points required to develop such a system, but also what therapies, treatments, or micro-doses of a drug or supplement would be required to maintain homeostasis.

Consider it like Tesla with many, many detectors, analyzing the behavior of the car in real time, and a cloud computing system monitoring those signals in real time with high frequency, Kaminskiy explained. So the same shall be applied for humans.

And only sophisticated algorithms, Kaminskiy argued, can make longevity healthcare work on a mass scale but at the individual level. Precision medicine becomes preventive medicine. Healthcare truly becomes a system to support health rather than a way to fight disease.

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Product Leverages Fortetropin's Impact on Increasing the Rate of Muscle Protein Synthesis to Increase Muscle Mass and Strength for Improved Longevity

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J., Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --MYOS RENS Technology, Inc. ("MYOS" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: MYOS), an advanced nutrition company and the owner of Fortetropin, a proprietary bioactive composition made from fertilized egg yolk that helps build lean muscle, announced today that it will launch its longevity business with the introduction of its Physician Muscle Health Formula at the 27thWorld Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (https://www.a4m.com/las-vegas-december-2019.html) in Las Vegas, Nevada from December 13-15, 2019; MYOS will be in Booth #2090. Considered the largest event in anti-aging medicine, the World Congress is expected to draw approximately 4,000 Medical Professionals and 300 Exhibitors from around the world.

Earlier this year, MYOS announced that in a clinical trial involving 60-75-year-old men and women, subjects who consumed Fortetropin on a daily basis experienced an increase of approximately 15% in the rate of muscle protein synthesis when compared with subjects who received a macronutrient-matched placebo. The results from this clinical trial will be presented by its principal investigator, William J. Evans, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley at the International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research on March 11, 2020 in Toulouse, France.

Encouraged by positive results from this clinical study and previous studies showing that Fortetropin increases muscle mass and strength, MYOS decided to formally launch its longevity business by introducing its branded product, Physician Muscle Health Formula. This product will be distributed through medical practices focused on anti-aging medicine across the United States. In addition, the Company will also debut a private labeling service. This service will enable physicians to develop their own Fortetropin-based nutrition products in consultation with the Company's scientists and engineers, leveraging our portfolio of scientific research and clinical trials. Members of MYOS' scientific and business development staff will be at the Company's booth (#2090) to meet with medical professionals and discuss opportunities for collaboration.

"Fortetropin has remarkable potential to improve human longevity and we are pleased to share our advancements on improving muscle health at the upcoming World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine later this week," commented Joseph Mannello, CEO of MYOS. "Maintaining muscle mass and health plays a vital role in supporting an excellent quality of life as we get older and has been shown in numerous respected publications to be associated with improved longevity. Muscle plays a central role in movement, energy metabolism and bone health. The beauty of MYOS' approach to addressing muscle health is that our products are all-natural nutrition products that capitalize on a patented manufacturing process and are backed by a large body of preclinical and human clinical research," added Mr. Mannello.

About MYOS RENS Technology Inc. MYOS RENS Technology Inc. (MYOS), "The Muscle Company", is a Cedar Knolls, NJ-based advanced nutrition company that develops and markets products that improve muscle health and performance. MYOS is the owner of Fortetropin, a fertilized egg yolk-based product manufactured via a proprietary process to retain and optimize its biological activity. Fortetropin has been clinically shown to increase muscle size, lean body mass and reduce muscle atrophy. MYOS believes Fortetropin has the potential to redefine existing standards of physical health and wellness. For more information, please visit http://www.myosrens.com.

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About Fortetropin Fortetropin works in conjunction with your protein of choice to help your body utilize that protein more efficiently. Fortetropin is made through a patented process that maintains the vital nutrients of fertilized egg yolks to help build more lean muscle and decrease muscle loss. For more information, please visit http://www.myosrens.com.

Forward-Looking Statements Any statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking statements. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those relating to product and customer demand, market acceptance of our products, the ability to create new products through research and development, the successful results of strategic initiatives, the success of our products, includingQurr, Yolked, MYOS Canine Muscle Formula, Physician Muscle Health Formulaand MYOS Enteral NutritionFormula, the success of our research and development, the results of the clinical evaluation ofFortetropinand its effects, the ability to enter into new partnership opportunities and the success of our existing partnerships, the ability to generate revenue and cash flow from sales of our products, the ability to increase our revenue and gross profit margins, the ability to achieve a sustainable, profitable business, the effect of economic conditions, the ability to protect our intellectual property rights, competition from other providers and products, the continued listing of our securities on the Nasdaq Stock Market, risks in product development, our ability to raise capital to fund continuing operations, and other factors discussed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement for events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made except as required by law.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Innovation in Longevity Summit (WIN) happening here December 9-10 at the National Press Club and produced by Mary Furlong & Associates, is the only conference that brings together a highly curated audience focused on solutions, partnerships, best practices and trends driving the $7.6 trillion U.S. longevity economy. The event is unique in that it selects the top innovators in aging technology backed by leading longevity market investors to share insights, learn from and connect with the federal agencies, private companies,nonprofits and media as well as potential global partners seeking impactful and sustainable innovation to support longer lifespans worldwide.

"The longevity economy offers vast domestic and global potential for investors and entrepreneurs but there are challenges for entrants to the space," said Mary Furlong, executive producer of WIN and CEO of Mary Furlong & Associates. "Our summit is carefully curated to help attendees navigate regulatory, privacy and reimbursement issues and remain at the forefront of trends in aging while also helping innovators scale their solutions with the right U.S. and international partners."

Furlong added, "The private companies, federal agencies and nonprofits who attend also benefit by connecting with this curated collection of innovators. Since technology moves fast and so many players enter the space on a daily basis, it is a resource drain for organizations to meet with every start-up company so attending this conference cuts through the clutter to identify best of breed and pursue quicker yet quality partnerships."

Joining the notable keynote speakers Nancy LeaMond of AARP and George Vradenburg of UsAgainstAlzheimer's, will be an impressive line-up of panel speakers from the federal government: James Parker, senior advisor to the Secretary for Health Reform and director of the Office of Health Reform at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; Melanie Egorin, deputy health staff director, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means; Todd Haim, chief of the Office of Small Business Research, National Institute on Aging and Vijeth Iyengar, brain health lead and technical advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Aging at the Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services. They join lead investors in the longevity market, Dan Hermann, president and CEO, head of Investment Banking forZiegler Link-Age Longevity Fund and Jake Nice, principal,Nationwide Ventures; along with top aging technology entrepreneurs such as CareLinx, Posit Science, Ageless Innovation, PS Salon & Spa and 12 global companies from countries including Japan, Israel and Sweden.

"Through its small business programs, the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health provided more than $100 million in funding to start up organizations in FY 2019 alone," said Todd Haim, Ph.D., chief, NIA Office of Small Business Research. "For successful applicants, our programs are an excellent source of seed funding for the further development of innovations geared toward older adult health and well-being."

The full agenda and summit details are here. Summit registration is available here. Key sponsors for the Summit include: AARP, Ageless Innovation, CareLinx, Center for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, Sodexo, Thrive Alliance, Posit Science, Audio Cardio, LivPact, CarePredict, Stay Smart Care, LLC., AloeCare, Embodied Labs, Nationwide, It's Never Too Late, VitalTech and Home Instead.

About Mary Furlong & Associates For 17 years, Mary Furlong & Associates (MFA), headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area, has developed strategies for marketing and business development for companies focused on opportunities with the senior and baby boomer markets and the longevity economy. Dr. Furlong is the executive producer of three conferences annually: What's Next Boomer Business Summit, Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit, and Washington Innovation in Longevity Summit. She also co-produces What's Next Canada and is scheduled to add a fourth conference in Paris, France, focused on international aging.

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The age-old secret to a longer life really comes down to a healthy lifestyle including regular exercise, limiting alcohol intake, not smoking and eating a healthy balanced diet. Good nutrition is key to leading a healthy lifestyle. The foods a person eats gives the body information and materials they need to function properly. If a person eats too much food, or food that gives the body the wrong instructions, their risk of potentially life-threatening diseases increases and lifespan shortens. What is the best diet to help a person live a long, healthy life and reduce their risk of deadly diseases?

A study has been published in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal and reignites debate around increasingly popular vegan diets amid conflicting medical advice and evidence over the impact of ones health.

The study found every three percent in calories form plant protein was found to reduce risk of death by 10 percent.

The figure rises to 12 percent for risk of dying from heart disease. By contrast, raising the share of animal protein in ones diet by 10 percent led to a two percent higher risk of death from all causes.

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Experts recommend eating more plant-based foods, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Lean protein and low-fat dairy products are also recommended.

Numerous research suggests eating at least seven portions of fresh fruits and vegetables per day may lower the risk of dying from cancer by up to 15 percent.

Dr Mingyang Song said: Overall, studies have supported the importance of the sources of dietary protein for long-term health outcomes.

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Todays regional roundup: Turkey in a tizzy over NATO plans; Albania opens probe into deadly earthquake; Kazakhs and China; long-lived Azeris; and the Putin-Zelenskiy summit.10 December 2019

Ankara Threatens to Block NATOs Eastern Defense Plan

Poland will not stand for Turkey walking back its support for NATOs defense plan for Poland and the Baltics, an aide to President Andrzej Duda said yesterday. There is no going back from the decision made at the NATO summit last week, Krzysztof Szczerski told Reuters. After the summit, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Turkey had withdrawn its objections to the plan, although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey expected support from the alliance in its fight against Syrian Kurdish forces it considers to be terrorists. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu then escalated the rhetoric, saying, Ankara will block the plan until it receives a proposal for a defense plan for Turkey, which must be in line with the Turkish viewpoint on YPG, Euractiv quotes him as saying. The Syrian Kurdish YPG force is a main fighting arm of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, Reuters writes. Duda and Baltic defense ministers appeared to be more optimistic for a solution on the matter during the London summit, although Eastern European officials were cautious about the prospects for compromise, Euractiv writes.

Albania Counts the Toll of Deadly November Quake

The earthquake that hit Albania last month totally destroyed at least 261 buildings, Prime Minister Edi Rama said yesterday. Durres, the countrys second city, was worst hit by the 6.4-magnitude quake that struck in the early morning of 26 November. In Durres, 438 buildings are so badly damaged they must be demolished, Rama said. The quake claimed 51 lives, Xinhua reports. Some 500 engineers, along with experts from 11 countries, are inspecting the affected areas, Rama said. Last week, newly appointed Albanian Prosecutor General Olsian Cela said prosecutors in Durres had opened an investigation into who should be held responsible for the damage, Radio Tirana International reported. There are people who have violated the law and many have lost their lives. Responsibility will fall either [on] the builder or [on] the official. There will be no hesitation in any case, Cela said. The minister of state for relations with parliament, Elisa Spiropali, who is also the governments spokeswoman, said new neighborhoods will be built to replace damaged housing, RTI reports today. She also chided the media for spreading the lie that the state has no money for civil emergencies.

Two Ethnic Kazakhs Fight Deportation to China

Two ethnic Kazakhs from Chinas Xinjiang region are facing deportation from Kazakhstan in spite of warnings they could be tortured if returned to China. The men, Murager Alimuly and Qaster Musakhanuly, crossed into Kazakhstan illegally on 1 October and were given asylum seeker status at the end of the month, The Diplomat reported. But as RFE/RL writes, the deputy chief of Kazakhstans National Security Committee said last week that the pair, currently being held in pre-trial detention, will be deported. Three Kazakh opposition activists, Zhanbolat Mamai, Yrysbek Toqtasyn, and Tolegen Zhukeev, told the media yesterday the men will definitely face torture and possible death back in China. China is holding, by some estimates, a million or more Muslims in re-education camps in the predominantly Muslim Xinjiang region. Beijing has long accused the majority Uighur community in Xinjiang of Islamist and separatist tendencies. The few officials who have acknowledged the existence of the camp system say they are aimed at instilling loyalty to the regime, and deny reports that Muslims in the region are subject to persecution. Kazakhs are the second-largest Turkic-speaking community in Xinjiang, RFE writes.

Ukraine Summit Brings Scant Progress

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rammed home his no-compromise position on autonomy for Russian-backed separatists in the aftermath of yesterdays meeting with the Russian, French, and German leaders. There were no new ideas on resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine, although Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed another ceasefire in the contested Donbas region, the Financial Times writes. They made no progress on the question that has dogged peacemaking efforts throughout the nearly six years of conflict that of a special dispensation for separatist areas in the Donbas. Before elections can be held in those regions, Kyiv must regain control of their borders, Zelenskiy said at a briefing after yesterdays Paris summit, Ukraines broadcaster 112 reports. "For Ukraine, the border is a security issue; for Russia, it is a policy, he said, adding that he and Putin finally agreed on the need to talk further. The four leaders also agreed on removing all minefields, further exchanges of prisoners, and military disengagement from three areas by next March, according to the FT.

Visit Lerik, Where the Living is Easy

Azerbaijani researchers recently conducted a study of the countrys centenarians, hoping to shed light on the legendary longevity of people in some isolated areas. There are certain generations of long-living people, Sevinj Huseynova, lead researcher at the Azerbaijani Institute of Physiologys longevity laboratory, told Trend last spring, as cited by Baku-based Caspian News. If the ecological environment is good, the gene is not lost and is inherited. Inhabitants of three districts in the south, along with Nagorno-Karabakh, are longer-lived than those in and around Baku, the study found. People living in the Talysh Mountains in the southern Lerik district are famous for exceptionally long lives and Lerik town boasts the worlds only Museum of Longevity, according to CNN. This two-room exhibition was built in 1991 and renovated in 2010. Some exhibits claim to document the incredible 168-year life of shepherd Shirali Muslumov. His 95-year-old daughter, Halima Qambarova, said while she might not match his record, she at least hopes to live to the age of 150, like her grandfather, or 130, like her aunt, CNN writes. Lifespans also run long among indigenous groups in Russias North Caucasus republics, where the Ingush often live to 80, Russia Beyond has reported. On the western flank of the region, the Abkhaz are also famed for their healthful diet and long lives.

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Longer life expectancy is found among those who do a certain activity. Scientists say it not only boosts life expectancy but reduces the risk of obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, disability, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. It also improves aerobic endurance, heart function, balance and metabolism. Best of all it requires no equipment, free of charge and promises some stunning scenery along the way.

Numerous studies have proven that running has a lot of health benefits. In fact, running once a week could help a person live longer, according to a November 2019 study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

The study examined and analysed available data about the health benefits of running and found that running, even just 50 minutes per week, was associated with a 27 percent lower risk of death from all causes, a 30 percent reduced risk of death from heart disease and a 23 percent lower risk of death from cancer.

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Researchers of the study noted: Increased rates of participation in running, regardless of its dose, would probably lead to substantial improvements in population health and longevity.

Fourteen studies were analysed with more than 232,000 people whose health was tracked between 5.5 and 35 years.

The collective data showed that any amount of running was associated with a reduce risk of death from heart disease or cancer.

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The reason behind how running helps reduce risk of deadly diseases and premature death is unclear and the study doesnt establish cause and effect.

Even so, the study proves that any amount of running has major benefits to the body and overall health.

Previous studies have found that fast walking also has a myriad of physical and cognitive health benefits.

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Purdue is looking for dogs to participate in a national study on the health and wellness of dogs.(Photo: provided by Purdue)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue is looking for dogs. More specifically, your dog to volunteer as a participant in a national study that will be looking at the general health and wellness of dogs.

The Dog Aging Project is a collaboration between more than 40 scientists and researchers across the U.S. and will be looking at dogs of all breeds, mixes and ages. At Purdue, Audrey Ruple, an assistant professor of One Health Epidemiology in the College of Health and Human Sciences, is one the researchers leading the study and is hoping to recruit dogs from across Indiana.

Ruple, who is a veterinary epidemiologist specializing in dogs as a model of human health, said the goal of the study is to examine factors that maximize the health and longevity of dogs, which can be linked to the health and longevity of humans.

Humans and dogs have more in common than we might think sharing 650 million base pairs of genetic information with the canines which Ruple said makes the animals useful to study human disease processes. Dogs also have a sophisticated health care system, comparable to the human health care system.

Dogs are unique because they share our environment, Ruple said. They live in our homes, drink our water and sometimes eat our human food. We both have similarities, and we see a lot of similar diseases and health issues.

The Dog Aging Project will follow participating dogs to watch how different environmental and biological factors can affect longevity for the next 10 years, although the schedule could extend beyond that time. The research hopes to look at specifics that could affect longevity, including an individuals genome, proteome, microbiome, demographics and environmental factors.

Owners who nominate their dogs to participate in the study will complete a 200-question health and lifestyle survey as well as submit electronic medial records, likely through the dogs veterinarian. The study isnt limiting the types of dogs participating eitherdogs of all breeds, mixes and sizes are encouraged to participate.

Neither the dogs nor owners will be compensated for the research, butthere is no cost to participate. Researchers will be working closely with the primary care veterinarians of the dogs, who will be expected to visit for their regular annual examination.

Ruple said the study is a citizen scientist project, meaning the owners of participating dogs are considered to be research partners in the study.

The study is funded by a five-year grant from the National Institute of Aging, which is part of the National Institute of Health, as well as private donations.

The Dog Aging Project hopes to enroll tens of thousands of dogs to research by the end of 2020.

People can take a part in the scientific process, whether its for human health or dog health, Ruple said. Through this study, we can learn to not only be better stewards of their existence, but also for our own.

TO APPLY:For more information on the Dog Aging Project or to nominate your dog, visithttps://dogagingproject.org/

Emily DeLetter is a news reporter for the Journal & Courier. Contact her at (765) 420-5205 or via email at edeletter@jconline.com. Follow her on Twitter at @EmilyDeLetter.

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