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The top 10 most important tips that will help you grow old gracefully include (1) quit smoking, (2) keep your weight down, (3) take supplements, (4) skip a meal each day or fast 1 day per week, (5) get a pet, (6) get medical help for chronic pain, (7) walk regularly, (8) reduce arguments, (9) put live plants in your living space, and (10) do some weight training.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.