Winter 1999

Feature Article

One Serving of Youth, Please! Or, How to Eat Your Way to Healthy Aging
Did you know you can eat your way to healthy aging? Living Longer and Loving It! recently consulted leading nutritionist Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg to develop a list of foods you can start eating now to put yourself on the road to healthy aging. Below, Dr. Blumberg answers questions you may be asking yourself about how to improve your chances for longevity and health.

Living Legend

Ruth Ittner: Blazing Trials for 80 Years
Ruth Ittner was six weeks old when she went on her first hike. It must have made an impression.

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Science in the Spotlight

Take a Gene Tweak And Call Me In The Morning
You want cutting edge? Try this: in the health care world of tomorrow, simple blood tests accurately forecast a person's life long predisposition to disease. Doctors are able to custom fit medicines to a person's genes, eliminating the chances that drug treatments will prove dangerous or ineffective. It will also be possible to substitute healthy genes for defective ones, a procedure that spares people the horrible suffering and devastating expense of catastrophic illness.

Get Mad Before You Get Old!

Talking Aging (Or Not) On the Campaign Trail
The positions of Presidential candidates on improving health care runs from the disappointing to the downright scary.

Alliance View

From 'Come On, Baby, Light My Fire,' To 'Come On, Baby, Go To Sleep'
It doesn't seem possible that a guy who knows most of the lyrics of Jim Morrison and The Doors can wake up one day to find he is someone's grandfather. It may be jarring, but grandparenthood is the next happening thing for Baby Boomers. Trust me on this.