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Please share an interesting fact about living a long life.

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Dr. Scott Peters answered

Specializes in Dentistry - Pediatric

Ignore: The longer your life, the more years you will need your teeth. Keep them healthy! see your dentist!

Answered 3/22/2014

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Dr. Jan Lei Iwata answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Ignore: It's possible to live a long life if you take good care of yourself first.

Answered 3/31/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Does: Does anyone live long ; win in a culture of blame ; fault? Or does most everyone loose? Big time!

Answered 3/31/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Any: Any occurrence requiring undivided attention will be accompanied by multiple compelling distractions.

Answered 4/4/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Excuses: Excuses may make a person, some ; even most everyone feel better, but change absolutely nothing.

Answered 4/4/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Health: Health is a state of spiritual connection with mind, brain ; body used wisely for learning wisdom.

Answered 4/5/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Which: Which does medicine promote more? Wisdom ; empowerment -or- tests drugs ; surgery for symptoms? Why?

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Why: Why do people focus on symptoms, not health? Because that's what they feel ; will do something about.

Answered 4/18/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

How: How many fat molecules does a single LDL particle carry? About 3, 000 to 6, 000, of all types.

Answered 4/17/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

What: What do HDL particles do? Pick up ; remove fat molecules from cells which need to get rid of fat.

Answered 6/10/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Is: Is what people think ; feel important? Not really. Then what is? Principles choices actions wisdom.

Answered 4/17/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

What: What is the role of all cell membranes? To separate the water inside cell from water outside cell.

Answered 5/3/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

What: What happens to any cell if membrane separating water inside from outside gets a hole/tear? It dies.

Answered 4/18/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

How: How do cells create differences in solutes within water inside vs. Outside? Membrane pump proteins.

Answered 4/18/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

If: If we push to help others in ways they did not ask for, do things usually work out well? Rarely!

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Does: Does giving others money they did not work for help them? No! it just makes the monetary value go ↓↓.

Answered 4/18/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Medicine: Medicine vs. Engineering? Loose approximations vs quantitative relationships ; precision of control.

Answered 4/20/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Biggest: Biggest problem with the healthcare system? Mostly about treating symptoms ; marketing; not health!

Answered 4/23/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

What: What does treatment mean? It just means doing something; outcome may get better, worse or no change.

Answered 5/4/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Do: Do most treatments cure or just tx symptoms? Usually the latter ; further complicate the disease.

Answered 5/4/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Is: Is any treatment free of side effects? Never! the big issue is ratio/specifics benefits vs problems.

Answered 5/3/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

What: What can each person do to help best protect their health? Recognize they are primarily in charge.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

What: What can each person do to better protect health? Recognize most diseases develop over decades!

Answered 5/11/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Do: Do people pay attention to health, disease, mostly just symptoms? Clearly the latter; a huge problem.

Answered 5/4/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

The: The energy we organize predicts ; determines what we ; our life becomes ; what we mean to others.

Answered 5/5/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Is: Is science a result &always precise/accurate/honest/correct, or just a method? Only the latter!

Answered 5/6/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

As: As embodied Souls, which is more powerful? Mind or atoms collected into complex organizations; body?

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Will: Will giving earned money to unknown others, for them to control, ensure your best health interests?

Answered 5/13/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Does: Does money buy things? No!. Only human services; some involving collected rearranged shipped atoms.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Are: Are vitamins important co-factors for health? Absolutely! Best source food; Not just added to stuff.

Answered 5/16/2014

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Does: Does adding vitamins to processed foods make them healthy or just fraudulent marketing? The latter.

Answered 5/17/2014

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Dr. Sue Ferranti answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Do at least one thing you enjoy everyday! Seek the support of family and friends who love you!

Answered 7/21/2014

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Dr. William Williams answered

Specializes in Dentistry - Cosmetic

Healthy: Healthy longevity begins with what goes into the mouth and is enhanced by keeping it disease free.

Answered 7/31/2014

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Dr. Daniel Lebowitz answered

Specializes in Anti-Aging Medicine

Ignore: 70 percent of chronic diseases are preventable by a healthy lifestyle.

Answered 5/31/2014

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Dr. Felix Toro answered

Specializes in Anti-Aging Medicine

Ignore: To live a long life, walk, walk, move, don,t sit, sit, drive!

Answered 6/10/2014

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Dr. Liesa Harte answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Close: Close to 90% of lung cancer cases are a result of active smoking.

Answered 6/20/2014

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No: No one lives long without eating.

Answered 6/19/2014

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: People who eat healthy and exercise regularly will generally feel well and live longer.

Answered 6/20/2014

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Dr. Liesa Harte answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

High: High intensity interval training can improve longevity.

Answered 6/28/2014

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You: You can eat your pasta and live long, too: use lots of tomatoes and olive oil.

Answered 6/28/2014

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A: A long life is a good life if you help others.

Answered 6/28/2014

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Dr. Naveed Naeem answered

Specializes in Anti-Aging Medicine

Ignore: Low glycemic diet, 60 mins of exercise per day, minimal alcohol, no tobacco, active social lifestyle.

Answered 6/28/2014

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Every: Every day lived is another chance to make someone laugh.

Answered 6/28/2014

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Dr. Liesa Harte answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Cystatin: Cystatin C is used as a bio marker of kidney function and high levels indicate kidney function.

Answered 7/6/2014

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Ignore: Stay positive. Be thankful everyday for the health that you have. If you do more will come your way!

Answered 9/29/2016

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Dr. Dora Chizea answered

Specializes in Anti-Aging Medicine

Ignore: For living a long life, "To Yourself be True. Be Kind to Yourself and Forgive All who offend you.".

Answered 3/24/2015

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