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Longevity Decoded: The 7 Keys to Healthy Aging

Longevity Decoded: The 7 Keys to Healthy Aging

You can live a long and healthy life with these 7 simple lifestyle modifications. It is best to start early in life.

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Stephen C. Schimpff

Stephen C. Schimpff

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Jun 12

Diabetes Is a Major Risk Factor for Dementia. 115 Million Americans Have Prediabetes.

Reverse it and decrease your dementia risk

A chart illustrating the frequency of prediabetes and its risk factors

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May 27

There Is a Myth That You Are Too Old or Fragile To Do Resistance Exercises

This is not true and is harmful advice.

Older man doing resistance exercises with heavy dumbbells.

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May 1

You Lose 40% of Muscle Strength by Your 60s and Then It Accelerates

But you can slow or even reverse this loss at no cost

Image of a healthy leg muscle compared to a shrinking muscle of sarcopenia

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Apr 20

Normal Aging — A Steady Decline in Organ Size and Functions

You can slow the progress with lifestyle modifications

Normal Aging — A Steady Decline in Organ Size and Functions

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Mar 31

Simple Steps Anyone Can Take to Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk

Lifestyle modifications are the key to risk reduction

A stressed man looking over an unsettling landscape.

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Feb 23

Sedentary Death Syndrome: A Very Real Condition

Being sedentary sets you up for many chronic diseases

Sedentary Death Syndrome: A Very Real Condition

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Jan 30

More Evidence the Shingles Vaccine Guards Against Dementia

It may reduce the occurrence by about 20% for about 7 or more years

A severe case of shingles across the lift side of the upper chest running in a belt like patteern.

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Jan 14

As Flu Cases Surge, a Doctor Explains What You Need to Know

How to protect yourself from all the respiratory infections you don’t want to catch

Graphic of USA showing the states with inflenza surging

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Dec 19, 2025

Addressing the Rising Cost of Medical Care with ‘Direct Primary Care’ and Lifestyle Modifications

What’s really needed to maintain wellness, improve health, and reduce costs

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Dec 1, 2025

Good Health is No Good Without Wellness

You can be perfectly healthy, but not at all well, if you’re not strong enough to handle routine life tasks

Older woman doing bicep curls in the Fitness Center

Stephen Schimpff MD, MACP

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Quasi-retired physician, academic medical center CEO, professor & researcher. Author of 6 health & wellness books. https://megamedicaltrends.com/

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