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Readers of this website know that I’m a huge advocate of a daily walk for both mental and physical health. While slower walking is fine – it’s much better to do something than nothing - there’s some fascinating research out there that might just make [...]

In the never-ending pursuit for the key to longevity, some scientists in the Netherlands turned their inquiring gaze to body size, height and weight. Can these metrics help predict how long we’ll live? The Dutch may have a special interest in the subject, as they’re [...]

If you want to fight aging and stay younger longer, it helps to shake all over from head to toe. I’m actually being serious here. Research now shows that standing on a vibrating platform, giving you what are called “whole body vibrations,” can reverse a [...]

Do you want to know whether you'll kick the bucket in the next five to ten years? You might prefer not to know. But on the other hand, “forewarned is forearmed.” You might be able to do something about it if you know well in [...]

It seems that virtual reality devices are finding their way into all kinds of scenarios these days. Maybe you’ve seen someone using one for gaming. Or, perhaps, you’ve tried one yourself on an indoor stationary bike – where this clever device can simulate a beautiful [...]

In his books and TV appearances in the 1970s, Dr. Benjamin Frank extolled the virtues of dietary supplements and the role of nutrition in disease prevention. He also put forward a theory, since validated, that dysfunctional mitochondria -- the power stations of the cell -- [...]

When we think about what we need to do to live a long, healthy life, many of us probably think about the foods we’re eating, the supplements we’re taking and how much we exercise. Sure, all of those are important. But a group of researchers [...]

From chronic pain to allergies, acupuncture has become a go-to alternative treatment for millions these days. But I bet you’d never imagine it can also help with aging skin, smoothing out wrinkles and more. This form of the treatment is called cosmetic acupuncture or facial [...]

It seems like some folks have just plain won the longevity gene lottery. They get to live to be a hundred because they inherited DNA from their parents that keeps them spry, alert and mentally sound no matter what their age. I know a very [...]

1993 was the year Cynthia Kenyon's lab made an historic breakthrough. By partially disabling a gene called daf-2, her team able to double the lifespan of worms, the largest extension of life in any organism at the time. On top of that, the worms were [...]

Here’s the hard truth: all the fancy serums, lotions and supplements in the world can’t stop skin aging. But the good news is that wise lifestyle tweaks can slow it down. And fortunately, they don’t require much money, and no needles are involved. First, let’s [...]

It sounds like a far-fetched idea. The idea that you can reverse or slow down your aging by applying a tiny amount of electric current to your ear – just about enough to cause a slight tickling sensation. But that’s what researchers at the University [...]

Since the late 1990s fullerenes have been shown to extend the lifespan of mice by anywhere from 5 to 14% even when the treatment was started halfway through their lives. But it wasn't until 2012 that the full impact of their potential struck home. Scientists [...]

Poor red meat – it just can’t get a break. Vegetarians, of course, blame it for every ill under the sun, not even counting cruelty to animals. The actual scientific evidence goes back and forth: It increases cancer risk, but not much. It decreases your [...]

It’s not exactly breaking news that women live longer than men. According to the Centers for Disease Control,1 the average life expectancy for men in the United States is 76.4, compared to 81.2 for women. There’s plenty of other evidence, too. Take, for instance, the [...]

Stiff, aching joints, osteoporotic bones, Alzheimer's disease, lesions that cause heart attacks and strokes: all these nasty “diseases of aging” have one thing in common -- senescent cells. Also called zombie cells, they stop normal cell division and lose their ability to function, but they [...]

In a just-published paper, biochemists at Oxford University, England, state that "immune activity and life expectancy seem to be intricately linked." But as we age, the immune system becomes less effective. The process even has its own name - immunosenescence. The good news is that [...]