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Health Flash – Ageing

February 20, 2016 by Julie Zimmer

People who have a positive attitude towards their own ageing live, on average, 7.6 years longer than people with more negative views. They eat a healthier diet, exercise more and recover more quickly from illnesses. – Yale University

Julie Zimmer

Julie has extensive experience in nursing practice and education in a wide range of fields from intensive/coronary care, to medical-surgical to community and public health. Julie has Bachelor Degrees in Psychology and Nursing, and a Master’s Degree in Community Health Nursing Education. She has taught in faculties of nursing and in various communities in Toronto, Canada and in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a consultant to the International Council of Nurses (ICN). Julie also has years of experience teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in addition to coordinating an English department in a Swiss private school.