Immortality Medicine

Coffee is my favorite superfood — not only is it nutritious and “uplifting” it also has tons of antioxidants and other goodness to help your body. Now we get to add “might help prevent strokes” to the list of the health benefits of coffee. Researchers in Europe have found that, in examining a passive public database of more than 20,000 people over a 12 year period.

These researchers found that people who avoided coffee had an increased risk of stroke after considering other risk factors such as blood pressure. The reduced risk (71%) of the coffee drinkers is small and the researchers didn’t notice that the effect depended on the number of cups of coffee drunk. So there could be another reason that the coffee drinkers were doing better (such as a personality trait that also led them to other healthy behaviors).

For me, this study just reinforces that coffee doesn’t seem like it is bad for you and that’s enough for me. I think I’ll go have another cup right now.

More Health Benefits of Coffee originally appeared on About.com Longevity on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 09:50:55.

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Nearly everyone knows by now that state government is running at least a half billion dollars in the red in the current year and projected to be billions in the hole in the future. Yet thousands of state employees are in line to get millions of dollars in what are called longevity bonuses on April 1st.

Nearly two-thirds of all nonschool municipal employees are poised to collect bonuses this year rewarding them for their longevity on the job, part of an array of concessions that town negotiators say that they will re-examine as union contracts come up for renewal.

As DelGobbo was filling out the paperwork to transition from the General Assembly to his new state job, he discovered one of the perks of having held elected office beforehand — he was qualified for “longevity” pay.

Talking about smoking and its health effects feels like beating a dead horse — but I also feel obligated to do so since smoking is the number one preventable cause of loss of longevity in the world.

The link below has a great graphic that tells about all the wonderful benefits your body will experience if you quit smoking now. Hopefully, this will click with someone out there . . .

Benefits Now for Quitting

Benefits Now for Quitting Smoking originally appeared on About.com Longevity on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 09:50:22.

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Gilbert Arenas sguard told Esquire magazine that he wasn’t using “longevity thinking” when he took out four guns in what he says was an attempt to play a prank on teammate Javaris Crittenton in December.

Gilbert Arenas says he deserves to be punished for bringing guns to the locker room. The suspended Washington Wizards guard told Esquire magazine that he wasn’t using “longevity thinking” when he took out four guns in what he says was an attempt to play a prank on teammate Javaris Crittenton in December.

Suspended Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas told Esquire magazine that he wasn’t using “longevity thinking” when he took out four guns in what he says was an attempt to play a prank on teammate Javaris Crittenton.

Gilbert Arenas says he deserves to be punished for bringing guns to the locker room. The suspended Washington Wizards guard tells Esquire magazine he wasn’t using “longevity thinking” when he took out four guns in what he says was an attempt to play a prank on teammate Javaris Crittenton in December.

Almost one dozen candidates for governor pledged Thursday that, if elected, they would take a hard look at — if not eliminate — the so-called “longevity” bonuses paid around 35,000 public employees who have served the state for 10 years or more.

ANDERSON — City workers who are members of United Auto Workers Local 1963 will get an extra $25 a year in longevity pay thanks to a “me too” clause in the union’s contract with the city.

Nearly two-thirds of all nonschool municipal employees are poised to collect bonuses this year rewarding them for their longevity on the job, part of an array of concessions that town negotiators say that they will re-examine as union contracts come up for renewal.

Almost one dozen candidates for governor pledged Thursday that, if elected, they would take a hard look at — if not eliminate — the so-called “longevity” bonuses paid to about 35,000 public employees who have served the state for 10 years or more.

OLDWICK, N.J.—-Emmanuel Modu, managing director and global head of insurance-linked securities, of A.M. Best Co. is participating in the International Quality & Productivity Center’s 3RD Life Settlements & Longevity Summit being held on March 24 – 25 at the Sentry Conference Center, New York City, New York.

Almost one dozen candidates for governor pledged Thursday that, if elected, they would take a hard look at — if not eliminate — the so-called “longevity” bonuses paid around 35,000 public employees who have served the state for 10 years or more.

Connecticut Republicans say longevity payments due to thousands of state employees next month should be delayed, given the state’s budget deficit.

Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio and City Councilmen John Britton and Mark Pierzchala serve the birthday cake at Rockville’s sesquicentennial celebration in Town Square on Wednesday night.

A Purdue University veterinarian this week will embark on a long, strange trip to study human longevity. He’ll spend three weeks on the road visiting 15 of the nation’s oldest living Rottweilers, a type of large dog.

Has Gloria Arroyo given up her quest for political longevity? Going by her, and the Commission on Elections (Comelec)’s moves, she has far from given up her quest to remain in power and position.

Join over 12 Longevity, Superfoods and Natural Health Experts including Dr. Mercola, Donna Gates, Joe Sugarman and Paul Stamets in Costa Mesa, California on March 26-28, 2010

Monday, March 08, 2010 — Scosche Industries celebrates 30 years of innovation in 2010. The company is family-owned and operated, and it stated that it’s proud of this significant milestone and attributes product innovation and a loyal customer base for its success and longevity.

Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. Accountants, nurses, chemists, surveyors, cooks, clerks and janitors are among the wide range of jobs that get paid more on average in the federal government than in the private sector.

The practice of Supreme Court justices emphasizing their unhappiness by reading a dissent from the bench is on the rise, suggesting an increasingly polarized court.

Maybe it’s the effect of recession, maybe it’s simply a case of Hollywood fatigue — whatever the reason, buyers and designers at Paris fashion week are declaring the end of the celebrity cult.

The effects of la Viola’s result against the Bavarian giants could be felt across the Peninsula should they fall.