February 26, 2015

Watch CNN program highlighting Loma Linda University Health

A CNN cameraman films as President Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, is interviewed by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent.

CNN’s “Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” is currently airing a show devoted to healthy aging and greater longevity that features the Loma Linda University Health community and its long-running and leading research and programs.

To view the program, visit www.cnn.com/specials/health/vital-signs. It is broken into three clips: “the art of aging,” “the secrets of centenarians” and “the principles of living longer.”

The 30-minute program, which is also being broadcast on the CNN International channel worldwide during February, addresses the universal question, “What can one do to live a healthier, happier and longer life?”

Loma Linda University Health has a long tradition of focusing on that question and earnestly seeking answers. The interviewees include Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, president of Loma Linda University Health.

In the show, Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, focuses on the commonalities within the world’s five “Blue Zones,” which author and explorer Dan Buettner has identified as areas where residents live the longest.

Loma Linda is the only Blue Zone in the United States. Loma Linda University Health also has the distinction of engaging in the world’s longest-running research studies on aging and longevity. The studies are collectively called the Adventist Health Studies, which are cited in the show. Here is a link with more information on the studies: www.llu.edu/public-health/health/index.page.

The setting for the opening portion of the show is Loma Linda, and interviewees mention the key factors of healthy living, such as maintaining a plant-based diet, regular exercise, rest and relaxation, and close social connections. The importance of a sense of mission is also mentioned.

Hart says in the program that one of the key factors is “having a purpose in what you are doing.”

As a Seventh-day Adventist Christian health sciences institution, Loma Linda University Health has a long history embracing a lifestyle of wholeness, and it has led the way for over a century in educating others about the benefits of healthy eating and an active lifestyle. Loma Linda University Health’s motto is “to make man whole.” 

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