Longevity & Healthy Aging Expert
How old would you be if you did not know how old you were?Almost everything we have been taught about growing older has been wrong. Frailty, heart disease, loss of an active sex life, and memory loss, are just a few problems typically associated with aging. All of these symptoms have less to do with chronology than with lack of conditioning. You can have a long, healthy life. The good news is that you can gain vitality even in advanced ages. My research has provien this over and over again, as I have reported in my articles and boooks. I invite you to DARE to be 100 and beyond! Check out out my DARE to you, browse the articles in the Longevity Library, read the Robust-Aging Q & A of many of the most-asked questions about aging, longevity, and living a long, robust life.
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• Walter Bortz Fact Sheet (PDF)
About Dr. Bortz...Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and a graduate of Williams College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Recognized as one of America's most distinguished scientific experts on aging and longevity. Dr. Walter Bortz's research has focused on the importance of physical exercise in the promotion of robust aging. More » COMING UP :::
Dr. Bortz "Dare to be 100" lectures at San Mateo County Libraries:Sat. Jan. 16, 2PM – Foster City Library Tue. Feb. 2, 7PM – Belmont Library Thu. Feb. 25, 1PM – Millbrae Library Wed. Mar. 31, 7PM – San Carlos Library  COLLEAGUE'S CORNER :::
• Speakers on Healthcare• Fifty Plus Lifelong Fitness • Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging |
New Book 'Roadmap to 100' Available Now!
 The Roadmap to 100: The Breakthrough Science of Living a Long and Healthy Life, Dr. Bortz' new book. With a baby boomer turning 60 every ten seconds, we are rapidly becoming an aging society. But cutting-edge research on the connection between age and disease shows us that many of the preconceptions we had about how to grow old need a second look. This groundbreaking book is full of take-away prescriptive advice which the nearly 75 million boomers in this nation will value. Top gerontologist and Stanford medical school professor Dr. Walter Bortz and co-author Randall Stickrod draw on new science and a 30-year longitudinal study of centenarians. More » | Order Roadmap to 100 »
Next Medicine - Now on Preorder!
 Next Medicine: The Science and Civics of Health, Dr. Bortz' new book, will be published soon by Oxford University Press.In Next Medicine, Dr. Bortz shows how the defects of American healthcare threaten the stability of the nation. He argues that the financial interests of biotech and drug companies have eroded the values of the medical profession and placed profit before human well-being. More » | Preorder Next Medicine » Books and Media: Bortz Shop
Buy Dr. Bortz's books on living longer at the Store, including Living Longer for Dummies, Dare to Be 100,and Diabetes Danger. |
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New: Dr. Bortz on Facebook!
 New: "Letters to Dr. Walter Bortz II", Active Over 50, Spring '10 (05): Dr. Bortz on his new book: read pdf »
New: "Letters to Dr. Walter Bortz II" archives, from Active Over 50 magazine: "Running, Aging, and Human Potential", Marathon & Beyond, Oct. 2009: pdf »
Understanding Frailty, Oxford Journals, Nov. 2009: Link » | read pdf »
Fall 2009: From San Francisco Village Newsletter - Profile on Dr. Bortz by Marsha Robertson: read pdf »
Fall 2009: From San Francisco Village Newsletter - Profile on Dr. Bortz by Marsha Robertson: read pdf »
Summer 2009: In Men's Health magazine, Dr. Bortz provides insight on the VO2 Max Test in the article "5 Health Tests that Could Save Your Life." Link »
4/8/09: Oxford U. Press announces Dr. Bortz' new book, Next Medicine.
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