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Frequent spicy meals linked to human longevity
Seven-year study of adults in China matches regular consumption of spicy foods, such as chilli peppers, to 14% reduced risk of death
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Get Knitting to Keep Your Mind Sharp
A passion for knitting and crocheting could protect against dementia, say experts. Scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota believe that the findings highlight the importance of engaging the mind.
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The God quest: why humans long for immortality
We can’t stop craving eternity. By Phillip Ball.
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Healthy British nurse ends her life in a Swiss clinic because of fear of getting old
The retired 75-year-old nurse had no debilitating illness but was afraid of having a stroke and being left disabled.
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We're overdosing on medicine – it's time to embrace life's uncertainty
By forgetting that medicine postpones death rather than saving lives, we persuade ourselves it might somehow keep extending our life and come to view death as a failure of medicine.
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It Could Be Time to Say Bye-Bye to Medicare
Could the Medicare entitlement program be on its way out? If this presidential candidate gets his way it's possible. - Sean Williams - Health Care
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Harvard Study Shows Meditation Actually Builds Brain Cells
A team led by Harvard-affiliated researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital demonstrated that meditation builds brain cells and increases gray matter in
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Why half of the life you experience is over by age 7
Have you ever observed that time seems to be going by faster as you get older? There's a reason that one summer seems to stretch out forever when you're a kid, but zips by before you know it when you're 30. That reason is perspective, as a gorgeous interactive visualization, by Austrian designer Maximilian Kiener, demonstrates. When you're one year old, a year is literally forever to you -- it's all the time that you've ever known.
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The First Humans to Live to the Age of 150 Are Already Alive
Human lifespans are now longer than ever. Currently, the average 65-year-old can expect to live an additional 19.3 years compared to just 1950, when their same-age counterpart would only live approximately 13 more years, according to the National Institute on Aging. And the population of adults 85 and older is projected to increase 351 percent by 2050. Think that’s astonishing? The first humans expected to live to age 150 are already alive, according to experts on aging and longevity.
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World Population Pyramid
The World's best Population Pyramid covering 100 years of age and sex distribution for every country in the world.
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Nursing-Home Costs Leave Seniors Pondering Divorce
Jerry Clarke is pondering divorcing his wife of 52 years to deal with a monthly increase of $700 to pay for his wife's care in a nursing home in Fredericton, but the province says couples in need don't have to split to cover such costs.
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Immortality is one step closer as scientists turn off the ageing process in worms
"In a system where we can actually do the experiments, we discover a switch that is very precise for ageing... Our findings suggest there should be a way to turn this genetic switch back on and protect our ageing cells by increasing their ability to resist stress."
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Nepal quake forces ‘living goddess’ to break decades of seclusion
When a massive earthquake struck Nepal in April, Nepal's longest-serving “living goddess” was forced to do the unthinkable — walk the streets for the first time in her life, she told AFP in a rare interview... By Paavan Mathema.
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The Strange Drinking Habits Of The Aging Affluent
People who are affluent and aging well are also the most likely to drink heavily. Why?
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How did it get so late so soon? Why time flies as we get older
While few will dispute that a minute comprises 60 seconds, the perception of time can vary dramatically from person to person and from one situation to the next. Time can race, or it can drag.
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How Do You Feel About Your Face?
A face is a lot of responsibility, and like anything it changes faster than you can figure it out. My face looks to me like a totally different face than the one I had five years ago, but it seems to change from month to month.
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New Eye Drops Can Dissolve Cataracts With No Need For Surgery
A cataract is the clouding of the eye’s lens and accounts for over half of all cases of blindness worldwide. Though cataracts can be effectively treated with surgery, it’s costly and requires trained surgeons. This is a problem for developing countries with poor health systems. Drug treatments have the potential to be a game changer in providing cheap and accessible treatment, but there are many hurdles. A new study that used eye drops to shrink cataracts in dogs may have made an important step
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Can meditation help prevent the effects of ageing?
Can meditation really slow down the effects of age? One Nobel Prize-winner is finding the scientific in the spiritual, writes Jo Marchant.
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One Perk of Older Age? Fewer Catcalls
To my great shame, the thought of not being worth men’s notice bothers me, even though I’m a seasoned feminist and I know better.
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Japanese pensioners are committing more crimes than teenagers
Crime in Japan is higher among the country's elderly than its teenage population, new government data has revealed.
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