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Welcome to the Next Decade
The Nardella Clinic welcomes everyone to 2010 with great anticipation of a very positive year. The last year presented the world with many challenges due to the credit crisis. Now this seems to be behind us. The main benefits of a crisis come from an increased focus on those aspects of our lives, careers and businesses that are fundamental in sustaining our ambitions. How people look and feel are the pillars supporting long term health and happiness. We have provided leading health services for over ten years.
The next decade appears to be another one of substantial growth in supporting the needs of patients. We focus each day on what is important in delivering our services to patients. In this decade, as in the last, we focus on offering patients the highest standards of care and competence in what we do. Please be proactive and take care of yourself.
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Dr. Jennifer Nardella
Health Bulletin
Youthful Appearance A Key to Living Longer
Originally Posted on 2009-12-23 06:00:00 in Longevity | Mechanisms of Aging |
Kaare Christensen, from the University of Southern Denmark, and colleagues studied 1826 twins, ages 70+, conducting a battery of physical and cognitive tests as well as blood tests for telomere length. Death records were used to track the survival of the twins over a seven-year period. A group of assessors evaluated the twins for their perceived ages via photographs of the subjects' faces. The team found that perceived age was significantly associated with survival and lifespan. They also found that perceived age also corresponded to physical and cognitive functioning, as well as length of the telomeres of leucocytes (white blood cells). Further, the researchers found that the greater the difference in perceived age within a twin pair, the more likely it was that the twin who looked older died first. The group concludes that: “Perceived age … is a robust biomarker of ageing that predicts survival among those aged 70 [and over] and correlates with important functional and molecular ageing phenotypes.”
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This document does not convey medical advice. It is for informational purposes only. Persons wanting to learn more about the topics discussed in this document or to pursue treatments need to contact the Nardella Clinic. Assessment by a clinic doctor or qualified staff member is required prior to starting any treatment.
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