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Jumpstart Your Fitness: With habits to help you live longer

Finding a way to thwart death and live forever is the stuff of movies and legends -- how many characters have gone in search of the fountain of youth? ... Read More »

Link between education and life expectancy

Researchers have found a link between education and life expectancy. Life expectancy in the US has been on the rise in recent decades, but the numbers ... Read More »

Good news/bad news: Obese are cheaper to treat

The good news is that a recent study found that patients with obesity and those who smoke actually cost less to treat over their lifetime than people ... Read More »

Let's eat like we did in Medieval times

In Medieval times, peasants lives relatively short lives compared to us -- elderly people were those who lived into their 40s, 50s and 60s. So the ... Read More »

Human longevity in the hands of a Super Fly?

Researchers have discovered a fountain of youth, in a manner of speaking, for the fruit fly. At first you're probably thinking why on earth would we ... Read More »

Australians among the longest living and the shortest

Recent numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows two very different bits of news: on one hand certain parts of the Australian population ... Read More »