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Aging with Grace
Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives | David Snowdon
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In 1986 Dr. David Snowdon, one of the world�s leading experts on Alzheimer�s disease, embarked on a revolutionary scientific study that would forever change the way we view aging�and ultimately living. Dubbed the �Nun Study� because (…more)
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When someone gives you a book called ‘Aging with Grace‘ to you for your birthday it‘s a little jarring! But, contrary to what the title initially suggested to me, this is an amazing ethnography written by an epidemiologist who was trying to discover what risk factors may contribute to dementia, Alzheimer‘s disease, and other degenerative neurological disorders associated with aging. It is a simply fascinating read! Excellent birthday gift!!!

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Studies done in the 1990s on US communities of Sisters of Notre Dame revealed some surprising results.

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