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Health: A Product of Learning

Health is not something that happens to us or escapes us. Much of the health we enjoy results from what we learn as the days go by.


Jan 12, 2012

Posted by: Douwe Rienstra, MD

Health is not, in its wholeness, something that happens to us or escapes us. Much of the health we enjoy results from what we learn and do as the days go by.

How does a 40 year old doctor give advice to someone with 40 extra years of life experience? The Legacy Project at Cornell University seeks to answer that question with the help of those who know. They collect this wisdom from people across the US aged 70 and older.

Check out The Legacy Project for prescriptions for successful living.