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If we are as young as we feel are we as old as we think?

By Health, Notes from Bob Cummings, , , , , , , ,

You’ve probably heard the saying, “you’re as young as you feel“. Research suggests that this is truer than we might realize; our thoughts about aging can affect how we age. The benefits of positive perceptions of aging include the following: a higher level of physical functioning over time¹ 44% more likely to fully recover from

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How does one measure the transcendent?

By Health, Notes from Bob Cummings, , ,

How does one measure the transcendent beauty of music, poetry, and paintings? Last month Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, Vice-chair of the Radiology Department at Indiana University, wrote a very thoughtful piece in The Atlantic entitled, “Sensing God and the Limits of Neuroscience”, At issue: are the details of life-altering religious experiences associated with neurologic abnormalities? When one says

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