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Researchers identify genetic signatures of exceptional longevity in re-published study

While environment and family history are factors in healthy aging, genetic variants play a critical and complex role in conferring exceptional longevity, according to researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Genetic predisposition to disease common in two supercentenarians: study

The first-ever published whole-genome sequences of not just one, but two supercentenarians, aged more than 114 years, reveal that both unusual and common genetic phenomena contribute to the genetic background of extreme human ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Should we all look to change travel habits earlier rather than giving up driving when we get old?

A major UK's report looking into the travel habits, needs and issues surrounding driving in old age has found that older people have a mixed range of views to changing their habits and or opting to use other ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Most US presidents live beyond average life expectancy

Contrary to claims that U.S. presidents age at twice the normal rate, a new study finds that most U.S. presidents live longer than expected for men of their same age and era.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Mice with fewer insulin-signaling receptors don't live longer

Scientists studying longevity thought it might be good to lack a copy of a gene, called IGF1 receptor, that is important in insulin signaling. Previous studies showed invertebrates that lacked the copy lived longer, even ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Rehab helps heart patients live longer -- but they have to show up

Cardiac rehabilitation boosts longevity, especially in patients with the lowest fitness levels, Dr. Billie-Jean Martin today told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Propensity for longer life span inherited non-genetically over generations, study says

We know that our environment -- what we eat, the toxic compounds we are exposed to -- can positively or negatively impact our life span. But could it also affect the longevity of our descendants, who may live under very different ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Rebranding exercise: 'Quality of life' a better motivator than 'Live longer'

(Medical Xpress) -- A new University of Michigan study finds that the most convincing exercise message emphasizes immediate benefits that enhance daily quality of life.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Short-lived seed of alpine plants

Scientists from the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership have found that the seeds of alpine plants are shorter lived than their lowland relatives. This will have implications for seed conservation strategies ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is the 'longevity gene' nearing the end of its life?

Sirtuins, proteins believed to significantly increase lifespan in a number of organisms – and the claimed target of some anti-ageing creams – do not, in fact, affect animal longevity, according to new research funded ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Something new on the Sun: Spacecraft observes new characteristics of solar flares

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has provided scientists new information about solar flares indicating an increase in strength and longevity that is more than previously thought.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Discovery opens new options for improving transfusions

Donated red blood cells lose a key feature that diminishes their lifesaving power the longer they have been stored, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

Medicine & Health / Research

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Restricting calories lowers body temperature, may predict longer lifespan

(Medical Xpress) -- Nutrition and longevity researchers have found more evidence that eating less may help people live longer.

Medicine & Health / Research

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Genes that control 'aging' steroid identified

Eight genes which control levels of the main steroid produced by the adrenal gland, believed to play a role in ageing and longevity, have been uncovered by an international consortium of scientists, co-led by King's College ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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New research published finds clear link between height and longevity

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that the way we live directly affects the length of our bodies – and our lives. The research, which is published today in a new book ‘The Changing Body’ (Cambridge University ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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