Healthy living into old age can add up to 6 years to your life
Living a healthy lifestyle into old age can add five years to women's lives and six years to men's, finds a study from Sweden published in the British Medical Journal today.
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Aug 30, 2012 |
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Work, mahjong and tea: Hong Kong's secrets to longevity
Covered in smog and cramped apartment towers, Hong Kong is not usually associated with a healthy lifestyle. But new figures show that Hong Kongers are the longest-living people in the world.
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Aug 30, 2012 |
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World's oldest siblings living in Sardinia: reports
The Melis siblings on the island of Sardinia are officially the world's oldest with nine brothers and sisters clocking up a total of 818 years between them, Italian newspapers reported on Tuesday.
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Aug 21, 2012 |
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Older americans living longer, but becoming more obese
(HealthDay) -- Older Americans are living longer, healthier lives than in past generations, according to new government research. However, rising obesity rates and high housing costs could take a toll on ...
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Aug 16, 2012 |
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Blocking destruction of defective proteins unexpectedly delays neurodegeneration in mice
One might expect that ridding a brain cell of damaged proteins would be a universally good thing, and that impairing the cell's ability to do this would allow the faulty proteins to accumulate within the cell, possibly to ...
Medical research
Aug 15, 2012 |
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Rat study shows chrysotile asbestos is strong carcinogen
(HealthDay) -- Chrysotile, a commercially used type of asbestos, induces malignant mesothelioma (MM) in the rat peritoneal cavity, with pathogenesis strongly linked to iron overload, according to a study ...
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Aug 14, 2012 |
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Teen survival expectations predict later risk-taking behavior
Some young people's expectations that they will not live long, healthy lives may actually foreshadow such outcomes.
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Aug 01, 2012 |
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Japanese women fall behind Hong Kong in longevity
(AP) — Japanese women are no longer the world's longest living, their longevity pushed down in part by last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami, according to a government report Thursday. The top of the global ...
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Jul 26, 2012 |
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People born in the fall more likely to survive to 100
(HealthDay) -- People born in the fall, from September to November, are significantly more likely to reach 100 years of age compared with those born in March, according to a study published in the Journal of ...
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Jul 13, 2012 |
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A little more education, a little longer life?
(HealthDay) -- It's graduation season, and new research offers yet another reason to congratulate someone who has completed at least nine years of education: They're likely to live longer.
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May 14, 2012 |
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Scientists find differences in naked mole rat's protein disposers
The naked mole rat, a curiously strange, hairless rodent, lives many years longer than any other mouse or rat. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio's Barshop Institute of ...
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May 11, 2012 |
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Long-lived rodents have high levels of brain-protecting factor
The typical naked mole rat lives 25 to 30 years, during which it shows little decline in activity, bone health, reproductive capacity and cognitive ability. What is the secret to this East African rodent's ...
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May 10, 2012 |
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Mouse study links delayed female sexual maturity to longer lifespan
An intriguing clue to longevity lurks in the sexual maturation timetable of female mammals, Jackson Laboratory researchers and their collaborators report.
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May 07, 2012 |
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More evidence for longevity pathway
New research reinforces the claim that resveratrol—a compound found in plants and food groups, notably red wine—prolongs lifespan and health-span by boosting the activity of mitochondria, the cell's energy supplier.
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May 01, 2012 |
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A new study of Sardinian men finds height is a factor in longevity
(Medical Xpress) -- This new study supports over 12 previous studies that have found that shorter height promotes greater longevity. Sardinia is known as a blue zone, which means it has a remarkably high percentage of long-lived ...
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May 01, 2012 |
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