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Test to Predict Your Chance of Reaching Your 100th Birthday

1. February 2012

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Test to Predict Your Chance of Reaching Your 100th Birthday

Want to know whether you will celebrate your 100th birthday? Recent tests can now predict. In accordance to scientists, there now exist a test that can genetically predict if a person will be able to reach his 100th birthday. Researchers of Yale University and Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Boston Medical Center, [...]

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Animals Living Longer Than Expected – The world’s Oldest Dog Died

16. January 2012

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Animals Living Longer Than Expected – The world’s Oldest Dog Died

In the end of 2011, the world’s oldest dog, Pusuke died. According to the Guinness Book of records Pusuke was 26 years and 9 months old. For a senior citizen dog, the dog seemed to very health. Living to the age of 26 years is a great achievement, based on statistics only 8 percent of [...]

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Telomere a Biomarker That Predicts Longevity of Birds

14. January 2012

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Telomere a Biomarker That Predicts Longevity of Birds

Earlier researches on humans have shown that the length of telomeres determines the potential lifespan of people. The same as has been proven for young zebra Finches (Taeniopygia Guttata). The telomeres are the protective caps (ends) of chromosomes, and the longer the telomere the stronger is the protection of the chromosomes. Telomeres gives DNA sequences [...]

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People Enjoying Extreme Longevity Are Blessed with Longevity-Genes

11. January 2012

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People Enjoying Extreme Longevity Are Blessed with Longevity-Genes

A recent study showed that people who live to 110 years have an equal amount of disease-associated genes as the overall population. However, super-centenarians are gifted with protective genes enabling them to enjoy extreme longevity. Super-centenarians’ (people living to 110 or beyond) are uncommon in the general population. In developed countries only one person out [...]

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Studies Suggest – Good Sex Can Increase Your Longevity

8. January 2012

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Studies Suggest – Good Sex Can Increase Your Longevity

According to a new research, sex seems to be an important determinant of longevity. In other words, Good Sex Can Increase your Life Expectancy. A group of research from University of California, San Diego found that good sex can add up to a decade of life expectancy. Satisfying sex can help people in their 80’s [...]

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Research Estimates Suggest That U.S Presidents Live Longer Than Other Men

11. December 2011

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Research Estimates Suggest That U.S Presidents Live Longer Than Other Men

Is it true that U.S. President experiences an accelerated aging while occupying the white house? According to Dr. Michael Roizen, U.S President age twice as fast as typical American men. Roizen is sure about his finding, as a top graduated student in his UC San Francisco Medical School class as well at Harvard Hospital. He [...]

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Earthing – A New Science Of Well-Being

20. November 2011

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Earthing – A New Science Of Well-Being

Modern communities have during the recent years experienced heightening incidences of insomnia, auto-immune conditions, chronic diseases and allergies. There are rising belief amidst scientists that the immune functioning of our body is depended on our exposure to earth’s energy. Our immune system has been evolving for millions of years. We started walking barefoot having immediate [...]

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Computer Model Suggests That Living Forever Might Be Worse Than Predicted

6. November 2011

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Computer Model Suggests That Living Forever Might Be Worse Than Predicted

The fountain of youth, the youth elixir, the philosopher’s stone, the Immortal, the pact with the devil, medical progress, computer science, etc., all a bunch of myths, tales and urban legends that dreams of eternal life; Is it an illusion or can it become reality? Based on scientific research in both medicine and computer science, [...]

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Living To The Age of 150 Years – A Possibility with New Drugs

3. November 2011

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Living To The Age of 150 Years – A Possibility with New Drugs

According to researcher experts, the next five to ten years are very likely to witness the advent of the first drugs that are capable of delaying the process of ageing, thereby increasing the probability of humans surviving up to or over the age of 150. A newly born Australian baby girl could very well look [...]

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Epigenetic Inheritance – Longer Life Can it Be Inherited?

2. November 2011

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Epigenetic Inheritance – Longer Life Can it Be Inherited?

Instead of the differences in the DNA, the inheritance of the changes in the usage of their genes can be a means to pass on the increased span of life from one generation of worms who live long, to the next. A study shows that even if there are no changes in the overall hereditary [...]

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