How Long Will I Live?

I’m Wondering How Long Will I Live?

How long will I live?

How long will I live?   I am constantly reading that life expectancy is increasing and that we will all live longer. Wikipedia shows the current average life expectancy at birth in the United States as being over just 78 years old. Previous generations of Americans would have had much lower life expectancy, with no realistic expectation of living into their late seventies and beyound. Perhaps because life expectancy seems to be such a hot news item I find myself pondering my longevity.

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Toxic Bachelors Die Younger

A friend of mine has just split up with her boyfriend because he wanted complete freedom as well as the relationship. He sounded like a toxic bachelor to me, but I was surprised to hear my friend had never heard the term.

It’s been in use for a few years to mean a man who thinks he’s living the good life but will end up in an early grave and I thought it might be time to recap.

According to an article in The Sunday Times, lots of men don’t become mature adults because they don’t have to. They earn good money, live alone or with friends, own the latest gadgets and take exotic holidays out of season. Although they are 58% more likely to die before they reach 50 than men who settle down with a partner, many continue to enjoy their lifestyle until middle age without seeing the drawbacks.

It catches up with them though. Numerous studies show that single men suffer more heart disease, Alzheimer’s, cancer and even flu. They spend more time in hospital and take longer to recover than married men and have shorter life expectancies.

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How to Give Up Smoking

Have You Tried to Give Up Smoking?

You probably need to be over 70 to appreciate Sherwin B Nuland’s book, The Art of Aging but it does contain a novel tactic to help people give up smoking. (The Art of Aging: A Doctor’s Prescription for Well-Being)

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Loving What Is Review

Clear communication skills are worth learning at any age but as we get older they could be vital. When we let go of our work commitments or child care responsibilities we will still want to focus on our deep connection with those we love. We don’t want to be all alone with only the television for company.

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How To Change Our Lives By Changing Our Attitudes

In ‘Calculating Your Life Expectancy’ I said my mom thinks she’s living on borrowed time. I couldn’t get her to understand that life expectancy increases as we get older and that her life expectancy is 91.5 years.

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How to Reduce Stress

Stress is the body’s reaction to any situation that seems to be an emergency. We automatically shut down digestion and increase our heart rate. Pumping extra blood to our muscles helps us act more effectively during the flight, fight or freeze response.

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Are Elderly People Missing Out on Treatment to Prolong Life?

In an ideal world we would all get the treatment we need to live as healthily and as long as possible. But in the real world we have limited resources and people are being denied treatments that would prolong their life.

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Will You Be Dead Before 65?

I’d like to share an email with you that my brother sent to me. He met a woman who has taken charge of her life and it reminded him to do something about his health before it’s too late.

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Check Your Smoke Alarm

Smoke Alarm

When Did You Check Your Smoke Alarm??

Your home may have a smoke alarm, but how often do you test it? If it is battery operated it might be time to make sure it still works. When I was looking at national statistics last week I couldn’t find much useful information, but I did find out that 400 people die in fires in homes in the UK every year and you are twice as likely to die in a fire if there isn’t a working smoke alarm.

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Don’t Become an Unfortunate Statistic

Because of their ability to analyse vast amounts of data, computers are changing many aspects of life, including how we do First Aid. I took a course to refresh my knowledge and had to throw away most of what I had already learned because new statistics show that the old techniques cost lives.

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