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Can we stay young?

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Research into the aging process has led to the development of techniques, products and lifestyle modification to retard the aging process. The use of antioxidants, the 'starvation' diet and products that attenuate the action of glycosylation and telomerase may hold the key to retard aging.

Author: Kluger, Jeffrey
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
Aging, Research, Telomeres, Nutrition, Glycosylation

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Does smoking hurt your eyes?

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Smokers have a higher risk of forming cataracts than do non-smokers. Studies show that people who smoke 20 or more sticks of cigarettes daily are 100% more susceptible to develop cataracts, which cause blindness.

Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1993
Health aspects, Causes of, Cataract, Smokers, Smoking, Cataracts

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Protecting young eyes

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There is evidence that cataracts and damage to the retinas is due to exposure to the sun, begining in childhood. It is recommended that children use sunglasses that absob the ultra-violet rays in light.

Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1992
Usage, Protection and preservation, Ultraviolet radiation, Eye, Sunglasses

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