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Do you often feel tired?
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+1
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Do you feel happy most of the time?
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-2
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Do you often go through mood swings?
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+2
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Do you anger easily?
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+2
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Are you depressed often?
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+1
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Do you often feel anxious or stressed out?
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+1
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Do you feel you work too hard?
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+2
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Do you look forward to retirement (not to pursue an activity but to do less)?
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+2
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Do you keep in touch with friends?
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-1
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Do you maintain an interest in sex?
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-1
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Is your sex life declining?
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+2
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Do you have trouble falling or staying asleep?
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+2
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Do you fell well rested after sleep?
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-1
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Do you find yourself forgetting things?
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+2
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Do you find it harder to think clearly?
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+2
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Do you use memory aids (e.g. lists)?
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+2
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Do you have problems concentrating?
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+2
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Are you in poor physical shape?
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+2
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Are you more than 20 percent above your ideal weight?
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+2
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Is it very difficult for you to lose weight?
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+1
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Have you developed a spare tire or love handles?
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+1
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Does your musculature look youthful?
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-2
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Do you feel your overall health is good?
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-2
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Do you often get colds or feel sick?
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+2
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Do you commonly feel aches or pains?
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+1
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Is your blood cholesterol over 200?
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+1
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Is your blood cholesterol over 240?
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+2
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Men - is your HDL less than 45?
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+2
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Women - is your HDL less than 55?
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+2
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Is your blood pressure normal?
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-2
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Has your vision noticeably deteriorated?
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+1
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Do you have frequent urination?
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+1
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Do you have digestive problems?
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+1
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Does the skin on your face, neck, upper arms, and abdomen appear to hang?
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+2
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Do you think you look older than your age mates?
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+1
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Do you have cellulite on your thighs?
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+1
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Do you need haircuts less frequently?
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+1
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Does it seem to take a long time for cuts and bruises to heal or for wounds to close?
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+1
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Is it getting harder to exercise?
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+2
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Do you seem to have less strength for gripping or lifting?
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+2
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Is your endurance less?
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+2
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Is your breathing more labored when you exercise hard?
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+3
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Do you find the longer you live, the better you feel about life?
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-2
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Ages 45 to 54
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+1
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Ages 55 to 64
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+2
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Ages 65 and above
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+3
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Total Score:
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Evaluate your score:
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14 and below: You are doing well and your complaints are well within normal range of daily living.
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15-22: The Growth Hormone Enhancement Program may help forestall some of the problems of aging.
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23-30: Hormonal replacement therapy with HGH or the Growth Hormone Enhancement Program may reverse the problems of aging you are already encountering. Schedule a visit to your doctor and have your IGF-1 levels checked.
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31and above: Run, do not walk, to an anti-aging physician (but not so fast that you fall and break a hip or get a heart attack). Chances are your levels of growth hormone are severely deficient. Hormonal replacement therapy including HGH may be of great benefit.
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