GB Items Related to Tag - disease
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GB Radio: Dr. Dean Ornish
Guru of Good Living
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Love in the Face of Alzheimer's Disease
We'll show you how the ravages of Alzheimer's disease robbed a man of his true love over time, but not his dedication to her.
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Vehicle of Change
Get on board -- or get the heck out of the way! The American Cancer Society just rolled out a campaign aimed at educating the country's top politicians about the need for funding to put an end to the disease.
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Dr. Aubrey de Grey
A geneticist from the University of Cambridge in England thinks the first person to live to 1,000 is alive today.
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A Jolt of Java for Longer Life
Want to live longer? Drink up! A study just released by the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, finds that drinking up to six cups of coffee every day may actually cut your risk of dying from heart disease.
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What Is Lung Cancer?
In this country, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths. Dr. John Langdon says it's usually a lifestyle disease. Get the facts before it's too late.
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What Is Cancer?
In this episode of Cancer Courage Stories, Dr. John Langdon explains how cancer is actually your own body losing control. Find out what role biology, genetics and the environment play in this disease.
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Ardell Lien
Two years after receiving a heart and kidney transplant, a 70-year-old man sets out to sail around the world to highlight the importance of organ donation. Hear his story.
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Fabulous Fish Fat
OMEGA-3's are called 'essential fatty acids,' essential to men because the body can't manufacture them, so they must be derived from one's diet. Unfortunately, many men aren't getting adequate amounts. What are they? According to the Mayo Clinic,...
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Alex and Nicole Nilsson
To promote health and fitness for seniors and to educate people about the preventable disease of Type II diabetes, one 70-year-old decided to rollerski his way across Canada.
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Snack Your Way To Being Healthy
Get rid of the pills and pack on the snacks. Research shows that eating more, smaller meals a day will do you more good than the normal three big meals. More so, if you eat these five foods on a regular basis you'll be fighting aging the right way!
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Jimmy Carter
Born: Oct. 1, 1924
Best known as the boy from a rural farming town in Georgia who went on to become the 39th President of the United States. -
O'Connor Goes Public With Private Ordeal
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday about her husband's Alzheimer's. O'Connor told senators that the disease takes a "staggering toll" on families and more research dollars and treatment options.
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The Older You Get, The Healthier You've Been
Dr. Thomas Perls is head of The New England Centenarian Study (NECS), the largest comprehensive study of centenarians in the world. The NECS believes that centenarians are a select group of people who have either markedly delayed or entirely escaped dis
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Healthy Tradition for Labor Day
I recall the Labor Day weekend when I was about 12. My family (Dad, Mom and sis) had gone to a barbeque at a friend’s house. They had 5 children and their house was always bustling with friends and family. It was a healthy,...
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World's Oldest Woman Had Normal Brain
A Dutch woman who reached 115 years of age and remained mentally sharp throughout life had a healthy brain when she died. The new study suggests Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are not inevitable, as had been suspected.
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Calendars for a Cause
One word seems to unify us all in dread: cancer. The disease doesn't discriminate based on race, gender, age, income, attitude or resume. It can strike at any time, and most often leaves the patient with physical, emotional and financial...
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Bob Lee
When Bob Lee survived colon cancer, he put his pedals to the metal to raise money for the disease.
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Popping a Pill to Ward Off Alzheimer's?
If warding off Alzheimer's was as easy as taking a pill – wouldn't we all grab a glass of water and get medicated? The pills are called statins, but not everyone is on board with the idea of prescribing them to people as prevention.
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You Can Shut Down Cancer Genes in 3 Months!
Major lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise not only helps you lose weight and lower your blood pressure - it actually results in dramatic changes at a genetic level.
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Cancer Risk
In our last chat we discussed a variety of issues related to disease disposition. While the environment plays a big role and one that we will want to dwell on at some length we have to recognize up front our own internal risk. Where does...
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A Mother's Day Heartbreak
My mother-in-law has Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer's is a disease that destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s...
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Want to Add 14 Years to Your Life?
Researchers just released a list of some easy things you can do to live a longer, happier life.
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One Gift You Must Get
Have you read through the Thought Leaders column on the GB Home Page? The number of responses to our question was overwhelming. The answers are as diverse as the backgrounds of the people themselves. Be sure to read through them. But don’t forget about...
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The Eyes Have It
Are you squinting a bit more than you used to? Find out how you can get a free eye exam and treatment this month. It just might save your vision!
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You Survived
You are a cancer survivor from the day you are diagnosed. We are on track to see nearly 11 million cancer survivors emerging from their treatment in the not too distant future. It could not be a more exciting and hopeful time for cancer...
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A Hernia of the Heart
It hurt. It always did. I just got used to it. After all, isn't that easier than doing something about it? Anyway, who has time in their lives for distractions like medical ailments. But it wouldn't go away. In fact, it kept getting worse. I couldn't bend...
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60-Year-Old Locks of Love
A health scare led one woman to help children suffering from an incurable disease. See how Peggy Hartzog's own childhood influenced her inspirational choice.
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Most Troubling Example of Ageism?
Each week, Growing Bolder will ask top leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting your life.
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The roots of cancer
Cancer does not "just happen". Cancer along with many other common diseases is not just a chance occurrence. There is a growing and unequivocal body of evidence supporting the concept that most common diseases are the result of complex...
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What Is Your Dream?
Growing Bolder asks leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting our lives.
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What Moment Changed Your Life Forever?
Growing Bolder asks leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting our lives.
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What is the best gift you've ever received and what made it so special?
Each week, Growing Bolder asks top leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting our lives.
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Give the Gift of Life
A 17-year-old California girl died last week awaiting a liver transplant. Growing Bolder introduces you to a man who was one of the lucky ones to receive his transplant and is now spreading the message of organ donation.
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The Fight Against Cancer Rolls On
The American Cancer Society is fighting cancer with a 25,000 mile bus trip across the United States. Read on to see how this bus is encouraging politicians to make cancer a national priority.
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Red Wine = Fountain of Youth?
New research shows a substance in red wine may be the answer to all our aging problems. Experts say they're on track to develop medicine to add years on to life and take away some diseases along the way.
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A Second Chance at Life
At age 68, Larry Pontius had a life expectancy counted in single-digit days. He was struggling to find hope and then he got a phone call.
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Bernie Sher
Cancer survivor Bernie Sher isn't letting a little thing like retirement keep him from competing in the toughest triathlon competition in the world.





























