Loneliness linked to heart disease

Latest News from Britain: The social pain of loneliness produces changes in the body that mimic the aging process and increase the risk of heart disease, a new study has found. As people get older, their cardiovascular functions diminish - but loneliness appears to accelerate the process, explained researchers at Cornell.

For the study researchers investigated 182 men - split between 18-30-year-olds and 65-80-year-olds, who were asked to perform a speech and complete some mental arithmetic in a laboratory.

The men were given blood pressure readings before, during and after the test, and assessed about their social bonds. As expected, older adults had higher resting blood pressure, greater cardiovascular stress reactivity and longer cardiovascular recovery times compared with younger adults...Read more

Cosmetic Surgery for a Better Career

Lifestyle news :- Increasing number of middle-aged Kiwis are lining up for cosmetic surgery to compete with their younger colleagues in the workplace, plastic surgeons say.

Real estate and media professionals are at the head of the queue for nose jobs, facelifts and botox treatment. Plastic surgeons report a rise in the number of procedures among people working in areas where appearance might be deemed important.

They say their clients are increasingly seeking "office" facelifts to look young in competitive workplaces. Association of Plastic Surgeons president, Christchurch's Howard Klein, said there had been a general increase in non-surgical treatments such as Botox and fillers, and an "increasing acceptance of cosmetic procedures in general as a social phenomenon"...Click here for read more