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These at-home exercises can help older people boost their immune system and overall health in the age of COVID-19

  • Written by Mark A. Gluck, Professor, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University - Newark
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Older adults, especially those over 65, have five times the risk of hospitalization and 90 times the risk of death from COVID-19 compared with younger adults.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

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