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Over 200 people gathered recently on a hot day at a shrine in downtown Tokyo. Many in the crowd were older adults. Some chewed gum and lifted dumbbells. The weight lifting was meant to increase their strength and balance. The elderly Japanese had gat

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Senior Citizens Day is on August the 21st. It is a day to celebrate the worlds older people. Their number is increasing rapidly every year. In 1950 there were 200 million people over 60 years old. That number nearly tripled to 600 million in 2000. Ex

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Over 200 people gathered recently on a hot day at a shrine in downtown Tokyo. Many in the crowd were older adults. Some chewed gum and lifted dumbbells. The weight lifting was meant to increase their strength and balance. The elderly Japanese had gat

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New research on vegetables and aging gives mothers another reason to say I told you so. It found that eating vegetables appears to help keep the brain young and may slow the mental decline sometimes associated with growing old. On measures of mental

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A new poll has revealed that wearing glasses ages people by at least three years. On average, glasses-wearers were put at 3.3 years older than they actually were in the survey of 4,000 people commissioned by the London Vision Clinic。 Those who wear

创新高! 上海人均预期寿命超83岁!

The average life expectancy in Shanghai reached more than 83 years in 2016, far higher than the national average of 76.1 in 2015 and close to the world's highest of 83.7 in Japan and 83.4 in Switzerland. 2016年上海人均预期寿命超过83岁，遥

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The modern man is capable of turning a womans head up to the age of 55, while 30 years ago few women would have looked twice at a man over 45, the research showed. 一项研究表明，在当今社会，直到55岁，男性依然能够吸引女性的目

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Study after study 一个又一个的研究 is coming to the same conclusion. 证实了相同的结论 The CDC recently conducted a survey 疾病防治中心(CDC)最近进行了一次调查 where they asked respondents simply to tell them 他们简单地

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My first pet was bought for me when I was still a baby, so I think, I think I was, I think I was less than six weeks old when my granddad bought me a little terrier pup. So as far, as long as I can remember from being very very young, I could always

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Life begins at forty - and don't you forget it

Life begins at forty - and don't you forget it THE belief that life begins at 40 is a myth. Research has found that the fourth decade heralds the beginning of the end. A study of 2,282 people aged 18 to 87 found that hitting 40 was synonymous with fo

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有些人追求时尚，橱窗里推荐什么就买什么，结果满街的人都穿同样的衣服。有些人追求个性，只在潮流大军中挑选适合自己风格的物件，所以被指千年不变。还有些人，只要是主流的东西，

World Health Day Focuses on Older People

The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to make sure all people reach old age in the best possible health. To mark this years World Health Day, WHO says good health is essential for maintaining a good quality of life as people get