A large-scale study seems to confirm that a Mediterranean-style diet helps keep the elderly healthy and increases longevity. In the late 1940s, it was observed that people who live around the Mediterranean sea seem to be generally healthier, and live … Continue reading
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Looking at over 3000 skeletons dating from about 5300 BC to the 19th century AD, researchers have found much more evidence of tuberculosis, syphilis and leprosy than of cancer, but cancer is far more common today than those other diseases … Continue reading