The longevity project: surprising discoveries for health and long life from the eight-decade study

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Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, this work exposes what really impacts our lifespan. Gathering new information and using modern statistics to study participants across eight decades, the authors bust myths about achieving health and long life.

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Full title :The longevity project : surprising discoveries for health and long life from the eight-decade study / Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin.

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Publication Date:©2011.

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Publisher(s):Hudson Street Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 248 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781594630750, 1594630755
oclc:ocn731346746
LC Classification:RA776.75
Dewey Decimal:613.2/FRI

Personality and long life : who stays well? -- Long live the prudent and persistent -- Friendly and convivial : healthy or trivial? -- Happiness and health? A cheery conundrum -- Catastrophic thinking : the fate of Chicken Littles -- Childhood and school days : head start, early finish -- Parental divorce : some were resilient -- Running for their lives : jocks vs. nerds -- To sickness or to health? Love, marriage, and divorce -- Careers, success, and satisfaction : thriving and surviving -- Long life meets the afterlife : religion and health -- Confidants, networks, and the power of a social life -- The gender gap in long life -- The toll of war and trauma : why some thrive -- Individual paths to health and long life (and why we won't take polypills) -- Long life and public health : looking ahead to what society should do.