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    How to Live a Long Life with Poor Genes
    How to Live a Long Life with Poor Genes
    How to Live a Long Life with Poor Genes
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    How to Live a Long Life with Poor Genes

    By Jules Baum M.D.

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    I am a retired academic Ophthalmologist, age 82. After attending high school at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, New York, Dartmouth College, and Tufts University Medical School, in Boston, followed by a residency at N.Y.U.-Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, I was a Fellow at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard. Most of my career was spent at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, with one third of my time seeing patients and performing corneal and cataract surgery, one third teaching, and one third research. My research was supported over the next 25 consecutive years by The National Institutes of Health (NIH). I have authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. I retired in June, 2011.

    After a short prologue that recounts my early life, education, and training, I review those hereditary and environmental factors that influence longevity. These include genes, stem cells, smoking, alcohol, diet, carcinogens, water, salt, exercise, and other ways to lengthen life, such as social relationships and pets. I also list those medicines I take and my laboratory values.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJules Baum M.D.
    Release dateApr 29, 2013
    ISBN9781301843381
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      How to Live a Long Life with Poor Genes - Jules Baum M.D.

      HOW TO LIVE A LONG LIFE WITH POOR GENES

      JULES L. BAUM, M.D.

      Published by Jules L. Baum, M.D. at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 Jules L. Baum, M.D.

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      Table of Contents

      Author Page

      Chapter 1 - Prologue

      Chapter 2 – Genes

      Chapter 3 - Smoking

      Chapter 4 – Alcohol

      Chapter 5 – Diet

      Chapter 6 – Other Carcinogens

      Chapter 7 – Water

      Chapter 8 - Salt

      Chapter 9 – Exercise

      Chapter 10 – My Medicines

      Chapter 11 – My Laboratory Values

      Chapter 12 – Other Ways to Lengthen

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