An Unlikely Combo Increases Lifespan by 36 Per Cent
One of the hallmarks of aging is cellular senescence. Cells lose the ability to divide, differentiate, and replicate -- yet stubbornly refuse to die. These senescent cells not only lose function, but interfere with processes that create new cells when old ones die. They also [...]
New Blood Test Reveals How Long You’ll Live
To calculate someone's life expectancy, scientists look for molecular changes that take place in cells. This approach determines mortality risk by focusing on a person's rate of aging (biological age) as distinct from their chronological age. But a novel approach has emerged that takes information [...]
Can Some People Stop Aging Completely? “Yes,” Italian Researchers Say
When Italian researchers analyzed the health and mortality of Italian seniors, they came to a startling conclusion: As far as longevity and life expectancy goes, quite a few of the people in their study had stopped aging. They had reached what the researchers call a [...]
New Breakthrough May Dramatically Slow Aging
"We believe we've found the holy grail." That's not the kind of statement you normally expect to hear from a well-respected scientist. His colleague didn't hold back either: "We may be able to take a 60-year-old’s cells and make them 40." That sure got my [...]
Put Your Hands Together and Live Almost Four Years Longer
The late Dr. Cyril Clarke was a renowned British physician, geneticist and professor of medicine. After 1984, with the explosive increase in the number of people living beyond 100, he began to take a great interest in human longevity. He wondered whether extended lifespans were [...]
Previously Overlooked Part of the Cell May be Key to Aging
Researchers who examine the aging process believe they may have found the cellular structure that holds the key to aging And their investigations indicate that size matters. Because they’ve found evidence that when this microscopic part of the cell is relatively compact and small, your [...]
Fights Cavities, Fends Off Alzheimer’s, and More
Imagine there was an amazing natural ingredient that could help with all kinds of health problems… insomnia, pain and cavities. Imagine this same ingredient could also help reduce anxiety and inflammation, and even keep your neurons healthy, thereby reducing your risk of Alzheimer’s disease and [...]
People Who Engage in This Free Pastime Live Longer
Studies show that if you exercise by taking a walk most days of the week, you can expect to live longer than the kind of folks who inspired the phrase "couch potato." But to ensure your daily walks add as many years to your life [...]
This Supplement Makes Blood Vessels 20 Years Younger in 6 Weeks
Declining quality and activity of mitochondria – often called the cells' “batteries” - is associated with many age-related diseases and a wide range of processes that make us age faster. Rejuvenating mitochondria can potentially add years to a person’s life. To do just that, some [...]
Move Over Apples… Singing May Be A Better Way To Keep The Doctor Away
I had the chance to catch up with my friend Nicole a couple of months ago. She had recently come back from a few days of downhill skiing in Vermont with her 14-year-old son and her 91-year-old father. Yes, you read that right. Her 91-year-old [...]
If You Want to Stay Young, be a Kidult
If you're looking for a secret recipe to feel younger and enjoy a longer, happier life, here’s an answer that’s straightforward, painless and cheap. All you have to do is think young, act young and indulge in nostalgia. Maybe this sounds too good to be [...]
Don’t Want to Fast? This Supplement Can be a Substitute!
Fasting has long been known to extend lifespan. From worms to mice to rhesus monkeys, the lives of many creatures can be rendered longer by restricting their food intake. This may be an effective anti-aging technique, but cutting down calories by a third or more [...]
Happiness is Still the Best Drug
Health authorities are not exactly clear how to define it. But the essence is that people who feel good about life live longer. Whatever definition they eventually agree on, there's no doubt that personal well-being is vitally important to health and longevity. It encompasses feelings [...]
Fruits and Vegetables Aren’t What They Used to Be
If you’re old enough, you may realize that today’s fruits and vegetables just don’t taste like the ones you remember as a child. It’s not your imagination, or nostalgia. The drive to increase food production over the last fifty to a hundred years has been [...]
Remember That Bit About “Early to Bed and Early to Rise”?
Being a night owl is known to raise the risk of a variety of diseases. People who prefer to be more active during the evening, and who go to bed later and get up later, have higher rates of metabolic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, type 2 [...]
Forget Cholesterol: This Looks Like the Blood Test that Really Predicts How Long You’ll Live
If you’ve had your blood cholesterol tested recently, you ought to know that many researchers now agree with what I’ve believed for years – it’s a dubious guide to your health status. But it’s a persistent medical myth – the notion that your cholesterol levels [...]
These Two Common Food Nutrients Accelerate Aging
If you’ve been following the research into how to slow down aging, you’ve probably read that cutting calories and periodically fasting can help prolong your life. We’ve written about it frequently in these pages. But not everybody wants to go hungry to live longer. There [...]
A Cozy Drink Reduces Glaucoma Risk
If the thought of losing your vision scares you as you get older, you’re not alone. Most people fear blindness more than losing a limb, and almost as much as getting cancer.1 That’s why glaucoma is so scary. In glaucoma, abnormally high pressure develops in [...]
This Live-Longer Mindset Gives You Greater Life Expectancy
A recent investigation into the ways in which exercise affects longevity shows that the amount of exercise you do and its intensity may not be the most important factor in helping you live longer. Instead, in a finding that surprises me, the researchers found that [...]
New, Fast, Non-Invasive Test May Reveal Your Biological Age
How can two people both born in the same year appear so different? One looks half their age while the other displays many of the signs of aging. Then again, outward appearances may suggest they’re the same age, but they may have very different health-related [...]