Longevity 2017

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Why Do People Want to Live So Long, Anyway?

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is famous for a lot of reasons. He's an acclaimed bioethicist and oncologist who advised President Obama on health care and has two very well known brothers, but another thing people always...

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Where Will All the Old Folks Live?

If you've ever been a caregiver to aging parents, you've likely been through the battle over when to move them out of the home they love and into something more suitable to their changing needs....

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What 3 Things Can I Do to Extend the Length of My Life?

Somewhere out there is a bunch of people who are going to live to be 100. In the U.S. alone, there were more than 77,000 centenarians in 2014. Still, that number is very small: centenarians...

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Do Cranky People Really Die Younger Than Pollyannas?

Judging from pop culture, old age turns even the most charming socialites into lovable but grumpy misanthropes. The elderly often appear in films as lonely neighbors, grumpy grandpas and cranky cabdrivers. But if you look...

A New Drug Might Help Your Dog Live Longer

To Herb Krohn, a railroad worker in Seattle, no living creatures are more precious than his four dogs. "From the day you get your dog, you worry about the day you're going to have to...

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Do the Child-Free Live Longer?

If you're of childbearing age, you're surely used to the refrain that one of the most sublime joys of life is parenthood. A baby means bliss, love and the proxy immortality that comes from passing...

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