Successful aging is a psychological feat. Fear for __1__
death, for example, may sometimes oppress you.
even when this is successfully overcome, there is still
something for you to deal with-loneliness. Loneliness
can speed your demise no matter conscientiously __2__
you care for your body. “We go through life surrounded
by protective convoys of others,” says Robert
Kahn, a psychologist of the University of Michigan
who studied the health effects of companionship. “People __3__
who manage to maintain a network of social support do
best.” One study of elderly heart-attack patients
found that those with two or more close associations __4__
enjoyed twice the one-year survival rate of those who
were completely alone.
Companionship aside, healthy oldsters seem to
share a knack for managing stress, poison that contributes __5__
measurably to heart disease, cancer and accidents.
Researchers have also been kinked successful aging __6__
to mental stimulation. An idle brain will deteriorate
just as sure as an unused leg, notes Dr. Gene Cohen, __7__
Head of the gerontology center at George Washington
University. But just as exercise can prevent muscle __8__
atrophy, mental challenges seem to preserve both
the mind and the immune system. But what most
impresses researchers who study the oldest old is
his simple drive and resilience. “People who reach 100 __9__
are not quitters,” says Adler of the National Centenarian
Awareness Project. “They share a remarkable ability to
renegotiate life in every turn, to accept the inevitable losses __10__
And move on.”
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