Ask the doctor. I am generally healthy, but I had a heart attack last year. At my age, 78 years old, I find it hard to take it seriously when my doctor and my children tell me that I should be lowering my cholesterol and exercising. It seems to me that the idea of trying to prevent "premature" death is silly in someone my age. It's not like I feel ready to die, but it's hard for me to believe that prevention works in someone who has already gone beyond his "three score ten" years.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control*