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Posted 05.22.2013
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SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com We polled our Facebook friends to find the secrets to longevity -- and found some surprising answers! Keys to Long...
By Amanda Schupak An extraordinary 80-year study has led to some unexpected discoveries about long life. In 1921, a Stanford University psyc...
It's a familiar construct that some of us have heard way too often: [Insert Age] is the new [Insert Age]! But a 2012 study of Japanese and Swedish ...
The truth is that you are both: aging because we all are, one breath and one wrinkle at a time and ageless because the real you has no age and doesn't change no matter how old your body gets.
Where longevity is continually affirmed, one expects to find the unexpected. Hence, "Reversible Destiny Lofts" in Toyko, Japan offer a marvelously innovative and functionally foolish way to live your days.
Colorado may not have made U.S. News' list of states where Americans are likely to live the longest, but 103-year-old Denver resident Mekey Yetashawor...
Gwen Weiss-Numeroff's fear of illness and loss began when she was only 8, after the person closest to her in the world -- her big brother Steven -- di...
The retreat of my hairline and the arrival of my AARP card led me to examine the most fundamental human connection of all -- life itself. I decided to indulge my life-long fascination with health by making a documentary, How To Live Forever*.
The latest longevity superfood is none other than the North American cranberry. We already knew they were good for you -- they contain antioxidants an...
The Olympics generate a lot of buzz about gold medals and perfect 10s. But in the Olympics of life, you only need seven for the gold.
We've long known that exercising and eating fruits and veggies can, over the long-term, help improve both the quality and quantity of our years. But t...
Young or old, you can promote lasting health by incorporating yoga and the Mediterranean diet into your lifestyle. Here are two ways to live a longer, healthier life.
By Miriam Weiner for U.S. News Health In the Broadway musical "Fame", Carmen sings about wanting to live forever. Unfortunately, that's not possibl...
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.
By Deborah Kotz for U.S. News Health One of the biggest factors that determines how well you age is not your genes but how well you live. Not convi...
These foods were selected for their general health, low toxicity and nutritional value (in terms of protein, fats, carbohydrates, antioxidants, enzymes, vitamins and minerals).
Researchers found that personality and social relations in childhood significantly predicted risk of mortality many years later. The findings were not what you may expect, though.
Is a long, healthy life a roll of the genetic dice? Genes play a part, but many studies suggests that we can extend lifespan by our choices.
TOKYO — Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government ...
Swedish scientists have discovered that long life and good health have nothing to do with a man's education and everything to do with his wife's. Men ...
LONDON — Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say ...
Increased longevity is wonderful as long as our quality of life is good and we can have the ability to move and enjoy these additional years. Unfortunately many people are not enjoying their lives to the fullest because they are restricted by pain and an inability to move.
People's reaction times are a far better indicator of their chances of living a long life than their blood pressure, exercise levels or weight, resear...
