	August 2, 2006 \| Issue 76
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Healthy Aging: 8 Medical Tests You Need This Year

Americans are living longer than ever. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, life expectancy is 77.6 years, and this figure represents life expectancy at birth. The older you are, the longer you’re likely to live. For Americans who’ve reached 65, for example, life expectancy is 81.6 for men and 84.5 for women.

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By Jeff Novick - Director of Nutrition at Pritikin

“But just as important as the years that you live are the years that you live in good health,” stresses Thomas Rice, MD, FACG, Medical Director of the Pritikin Longevity Center® & Spa in Aventura, Florida.

Since 1975, Pritikin’s doctors, dietitians, exercise physiologists, and psychologists have coached thousands worldwide on successful aging. “The Pritikin Longevity Center’s goal is increasing not only people’s life spans but their health spans,” says Dr. Rice. “You want to keep doing what you love doing – whether it’s shooting hoops or shooting across town for lunch with friends – for as long as you can.”

Individual responsibility is THE key. If we don’t take care of ourselves, we might end up with years, maybe even decades, of sluggish, sickish health. “One of the great fallacies among men is that a heart attack takes you right out…there’s no suffering,” Dr. Willam Castelli, retired director of the internationally renowned Framingham Heart Study, often contended. “But that’s just not true. Many heart patients live on for years and years with chronic, debilitating illness.”

The good news: There’s an excellent chance that through nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle factors you can protect yourself from quality-of-life-wreckers like heart disease, and, in doing so, extend your years of peak health and vitality.

To help you live better and longer, here are 8 medical/diagnostic tests you should get. All are part of the health-and-wellness programs at the Pritikin Longevity Center in Florida:..

Read About ALL 8 Medical Tests...

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Pritikin Perspective is a publication for Alumni of the Pritikin Longevity Center. It is dedicated to helping people make healthy changes in their lives. The articles in this publication should not be considered specific medical advice, as each individual circumstance is different. You are strongly encouraged to seek medical advice before beginning a program of diet and exercise.
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