Actors who take home the statuette get about four extra years, while those who win multiple times get six
Longevity
Eat Nuts, Live Longer
Hungry? Grab a handful of nuts. Not only are they packed with protein, but it turns out they may be the food for longevity.
What Your Skin Says About How Long You’ll Live
Here’s even more reason to worry about wrinkles — women with fewer age lines tend to have lower blood pressure, a lower risk of heart disease and stroke and a greater chance of outliving their more wrinkled friends.
Eat More Mediterranean Foods Now: Your Later Self Will Thank You
Sticking with a Mediterranean diet throughout most of your life may pay off with a disease-free old age, according to researchers in Boston.
What’s the Fastest-Aging Cell in the Body? (Hint: It’s Not Skin)
Thanks to a promising new way of measuring DNA’s age, researchers from University of California Los Angeles have developed a biological clock that may, for the first time, estimate the chronological age of cells with relative …
Eat Better and Stress Less: It’ll Make Your Cells (and Maybe You) Live Longer
For the first time, researchers show how a plant-based diet, stress management and other lifestyle changes may lead to longevity.
Helping Others Helps You to Live Longer
Want a longer life? Volunteer to do good and you might benefit at least as much.
We’re Living Longer — and Healthier
There’s no doubt that we’re living longer than previous generations. Now there’s encouraging news that those added years may be healthy ones as well.
Why Marriage Is Good for Your Health — Until You Get Sick
It’s supposed to last through sickness and in health, but it turns out that it’s a better idea to get married because you love someone, not because you think it’s going to keep you healthy for the long haul.
Baby Boomers: Not the ‘Healthiest Generation’
Every generation likes to think it’s healthier than the one that came before, but baby boomers can’t make that claim.
In a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found that a sample of the baby boom …
Could A Dopamine Gene Be the Answer to a Longer Life?
A gene linked to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and addiction might also help you live to be 100.
Do Eunuchs Really Live Longer?
A historical study of castrated men in Korea finds that they outlived their peers by a wide margin
Want to Live Longer? Don’t Try Caloric Restriction
The latest research on caloric restrictions shows that near-starvation diets may not be the Fountain of Youth