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Getting your hearing tested

Getting your hearing tested

As we all unfortunately know, our hearing capacity can become compromised as we age. The trick is to do something about this sooner rather than later

Am I at risk for cardiac disease or stroke?

Am I at risk for cardiac disease or stroke?

A key area to assess is your risk for cardiac disease and stroke.There are a couple of key things you can do to address your risk, which are outlined in this post

How do we select the best health tests?

How do we select the best health tests?

Tests can play a useful role in maintaining our health by identifying modifiable risks for disease and enabling us to detect problems early.

Measuring stress levels as we age

Measuring stress levels as we age

A stress response that is inadequate leads to problems – in fact, stress can be a killer. Learn how to measure stress and slow aging as a result

What anti-aging tests should I do?

What anti-aging tests should I do?

Why should we test? Aging affects all parts of the body, albeit at different rates in different areas for different people. Trying to get a handle on our age can be a protracted and expensive process. No single test can confirm we are on the right track.  Tests must include markers of health, as well

Assessing your biological age – part 1

Assessing your biological age – part 1

Why don’t people believe us when we say we’re only 30? How do they know we’re not? And why can two people the same age look and feel totally different? Some people reach 80 with a similar health status to the average 50-year-old. Others experience extensive physical decline by the age of 60.  The number

Slow solutions and the 7 principles

Slow solutions and the 7 principles

Slow solutions need support A central theme to slow is that the individual must be at the core of the process, controlling key decisions. But even while we sit in the driver’s seat, it helps to have a navigator. This is one reason we have written this book – to provide our experiences of the

Using biomarkers to test your age

Using biomarkers to test your age

A great way to start the new year is to set some health objectives around slowing aging that are measurable and can be actually achieved. To get the ball rolling it is essential to get your personal testing data in order and what better way than to start with your aging biomarkers. This is more