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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: April 5, 2007

Staying Sharp

Keeping your mind active is key to good health.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: April 3, 2007

Artful Aging

Our rich economy can provide families both security and opportunity.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: April 1, 2007

Choose the Right Health and Fitness Club

Health and fitness clubs are for everyone. The right club can provide the motivation to get fit and stay healthy. AARP provides tips on choosing one right for you.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: April 1, 2007

Making a Splash with Water Workouts

AARP describes the benefits of water workouts and how to exercise safely in the water.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: March 20, 2007

Keeping Healthy By Keeping Track

Want to take charge of your health? Keep tabs on your medical records.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: March 16, 2007

Knowing No Limits

Meet Tom Lee: Retiree. Grandfather. Windsurfer.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: March 15, 2007

Wellness and Prevention

Wellness and prevention efforts, including changes in personal behavior such as diet and exercise, should be a top national priority.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: March 10, 2007

NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: Prospective Study of Adiposity [Body Fat] and Weight Change in Relation to Prostate Cancer

Does being obese or even overweight increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer and dying from it? The answer is "no" to developing the disease and "yes" to dying once it develops.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: February 26, 2007

Staying Sharp: Meditation - Not Just for Yogis

Meditation is being practiced in classrooms and boardrooms. Here's why you might want to try it yourself.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: February 9, 2007

NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: Impact of Diet and Lifestyle Factors on Risk of Cancer

The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study is the largest of its kind, focusing on the impact of diet and lifestyle factors on the risk of cancer.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: February 9, 2007

NIH-AARP Diet Health Study: Consumption of Aspartame-Containing Beverages and Incidence of Hematopoietic and Brain Malignancies

Whether or not the consumption of beverages containing the artificial sweetener, aspartame, increases the drinker’s risk of blood cell or brain cancer is tested in this NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study of 285,079 men and 188,905 women between the ages of 50 and 71.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: February 9, 2007

NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Ovarian Cancer Risk

The relationship between estrogen therapy – by itself or in combination with progestin – and the risk of developing ovarian cancer is investigated in this NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study of 97,638 women between the ages of 50 and 71.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: February 9, 2007

NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Persons 50 to 71 Years Old

Being obese can be fatal to your health. But what about being moderately overweight? This NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study of 527,265 American men and women, ranging in age from 50 to 71 at enrollment in 1995-96, finds that any excess body weight during midlife increases the risk of death.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: January 18, 2007

Join AARP for a Few Walks Around the Block

Walking program to debut in Raleigh and Charlotte.

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Subchannel: Healthy Living. Date: January 18, 2007

Join AARP for a Few Walks Around the Block

Walking program to debut at Richland Creek Greenway at McCabe Trailhead in Nashville.

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