Early this spring, I came to my ancient great-aunt with news. She was perched in her chair, sitting cross-legged like a yogi, sipping Coca-Cola, and listening to her books on tape when I opened her screen door.

Since we all get older every year, it raises an important question: "What should I be doing if I want to continue my annual renewal and stay healthy so I can continue to enjoy the journey?"

My great-aunt's life proves that going with the flow doesn't mean being passive; it means pursuing what makes you happy and having the courage to adapt when things don't go as planned.

One of us is a 100-year-old physician who has been in an ongoing research study since 1917, and the other is a baby-boomer health researcher who has been heavily involved in conducting that remarkable study.

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Don't be caught up by the myth that elderly folks don't get depressed, and being "slow" or "sad" is a natural part of aging. It isn't!

A century of life was once a rare thing, but that is changing. Science is slowly unraveling the secrets of the centenarians....

A study in the Journal Nature Genetics showed some people are genetically predisposed to age more rapidly than others. Age-associated diseases are more related to biological rather than chronological age.

This week I decided to explore the "centenarians" - people living to be over 100 years old, for clues to resiliency and joie de vive.