Longevity Magazine

Well, we did it again. The Longevity team, made up of a small group of feisty, passionate staffers, and supported by an incredible array of specialists from all over, has managed to produce yet another annual edition. Every time we send this book off

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Gisèle Wertheim Aymés - gisele@longevitylive.com ART DIRECTOR Susan Gray SECTION EDITORS Pie Mulumba - pie@longevitymag.co.za Johané du Toit - johane@longevitymag.co.za CONTRIBUTORS Katie Hart Althea van Rensburg Nompumelelo Biyela

The pandemic has changed many things in our lives. One of them is that. as we are confined to our homes. we are increasingly depending on online services for entertainment. education. and work. It’s a well-known fact that on line media has heavily in

An unintended consequence of the current health crisis has been the delay of, or lack of focus on, “normal" health screenings, as well as the lack of access to treatment for health conditions other than COVID-19. Menopause, however, and the related r

Do you feel as if you’ve aged five years in the last year-and-a-half? How many times in the past year have you felt an ache in your back or knees, or seen dark rings under your eyes that weren’t there before, or noticed your hair falling out? Whether

The past 18 months have had us waging a weaponless, faceless war, with no end in sight. We’ve experienced a whirlwind of emotions. It’s not surprising that pain has been the primary symptom I’ve witnessed among my clients. Often perceived as only phy

Teenage plastic surgery has been on the rise since 2003. While the trend was noted, the traditional medical dogma of not operating on patients younger than 18 remained the unofficial position of many surgical societies and their members. Mirroring th

When it comes to aging, research shows that, next to genetics, lifestyle habits are the biggest shapers of the human body. That means your destiny is largely in your hands, and not your DNA. This should be enough to motivate you to fine-tune your die

As the pandemic wears on, the conversation has turned to mental health. With individuals exposed to stress daily, from work, the news or the constant worry of whether we’re going to get ill, anxiety levels have grown, and it appears the effects are r

By now, everyone knows at least one person who has been diagnosed as COVID-19 positive, and, sadly, many of us have lost family or friends to The pandemic has had an impact on virtually every facet of our lives. The various levels of the national loc

Life has changed as we’d never have imagined. In some ways, our world has become small: many people work from home, travel outside South Africa has been curtailed, and we don’t socialize. This won’t go on forever. Surely, at some point, the world wil

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Social distancing. Sanitizer. Face masks. Online meetings. These have become a way of life for us over the past 24 months. As the COVID-19 pandemic has raged across the globe, we’ve all had to adapt to a new way of going about our everyday lives. Whi

Dermatologists are in agreement that one of the most common reasons for consultation during the COVID pandemic has been a loss or thinning of hair, known as alopecia. There are several types of alopecia. Androgenic alopecia is male pattern balding, w

Technology has disrupted nearly every industry, but one sector that has lagged behind is healthcare. Despite the transformation of everything from how we travel and communicate to the way we order groceries and perform banking tasks, healthcare has b

The word “immunity" stems from the Latin word immunis, which means to be free or exempt from payment or taxes. It was first used in the context of disease over 2000 years ago when being free from “disease" was considered a gift bestowed by the gods.

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