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The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
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The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study

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For years we have been told to make lists and obsessively monitor when we're angry, what we eat, how much we worry, and how often we go to the gym. So why isn't everyone healthy? Now based on the most extensive study of long life ever conducted The Longevity Project reveals what really matters across the long run-the personality traits, relationships, experiences, and career paths that naturally keep you vital.

Gathering key new information and using modern research methods to study 1,500 Californians across eight decades, health scientists Dr. Howard S. Friedman and Dr. Leslie R. Martin bust many old dead-end myths. For instance,



• People do not die from working long hours at a challenging job-many who worked hardest lived the longest
• Getting and staying married is not the magic ticket to long life, especially if you're a woman
• It's not the happy-go-lucky who thrive-it's the prudent and persistent who flourish through the years. See why.

With self-tests that illuminate your own best paths to longer life, and a deeper scientific understanding than we have seen before of the true causes of long-term health, this audio book will change the conversation about what it really takes to optimize your chances for a long, healthy life.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAscent Audio
Release dateJan 13, 2011
ISBN9781596597341
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
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Howard S. Friedman

Howard S. Friedman, Editor-in-Chief, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. For his work on “changing how we think about the nature of health,” he received the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the top award for applied scientific research in psychology. His research on disease-prone and self-healing personalities (terms he coined) led to his receipt of the Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology senior award from the American Psychological Association (APA Division 38). Dr. Friedman attended Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with Honors in psychology. He was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. Professor Friedman is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an elected Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and a thrice-elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. In 2015, he was selected as the Faculty Research Lecturer at the University of California, Riverside, which is “the highest honor that the Academic Senate bestows.” Dr. Friedman’s research centers around the relations of mental and physical health. He has received research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute on Aging. His wide-ranging interests and integrative orientation served him well in editing this Encyclopedia. Devoted also to teaching, Professor Friedman has received many teaching awards, including the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, for “inspiring students to make a difference in the community.” He has also received UC Riverside’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research mentoring.

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    Dr Terman interviewed over 1,500 bright children and their parents and teachers in the early 1920s. He was hoping to find what determines success, so he followed them throughout their lives. He didn't manage to find an answer for what makes you successful (see Malcolm Gladwell's very good "Outliers" for that), but in one of those serendipitous things that happen in science, instead he left and enormous amount of data regarding these people's lives.The authors, Friedman and Martin, along with various other collaborators, have trawled through Terman's data for 20 years, trying to answer questions about what determines longevity.I found it utterly fascinating. It is one of the best written books about science, and particularly, statistics, that I've read in ages.It has enormous implications for health policy. All GPs and health professionals should read it. You should read it to see what really affects your health and longevity.