Can you live to be 100? Prof. Shitij Kapur reveals lifestyle hacks for longevity
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Can you live to be 100? Prof. Shitij Kapur reveals lifestyle hacks for longevity

India Today  

In an exclusive conversation with India Today, world-renowned doctor, Professor Shitij Kapur busts myths around longevity and points to the importance of lifestyle in improving outcomes. The things that dramatically change life expectancy through medical interventions are really public health interventions, said Pro Shitij Kapur. The second thing that's becoming clear is that spending more and more money on precision medicine is not going to change the life expectancy of populations. But no one has found anything that can through these medical interventions in a disease dramatically change life expectancy. The things that dramatically change life expectancy through medical interventions are public health interventions.

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The science and art of aging
3 weeks, 4 days ago

The science and art of aging

The Hindu  

“As a species we accept our inevitable decay decline and death; I want to argue that the opposite should be true.” – Bryan Johnson, bio hacker, founder, Project Blueprint. Thus, the identification of genetic factors that affect human longevity is a true challenge.” Undeniably, there are people who have hit the jackpot as far as genes go, and have inherited …

Doctors reveal the five simple ways to increase your life expectancy
1 month, 1 week ago

Doctors reveal the five simple ways to increase your life expectancy

The Independent  

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Can you live to be 100? Prof. Shitij Kapur reveals lifestyle hacks for longevity
Trending News
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Can you live to be 100? Prof. Shitij Kapur reveals lifestyle hacks for longevity

India Today  

In an exclusive conversation with India Today, world-renowned doctor, Professor Shitij Kapur busts myths around longevity and points to the importance of lifestyle in improving outcomes. The things that dramatically change life expectancy through medical interventions are really public health interventions, said Pro Shitij Kapur. The second thing that's becoming clear is that spending more and more money on precision …

Major study focuses on key lifestyle change that can add whole decade to life expectancy
1 year, 4 months ago

Major study focuses on key lifestyle change that can add whole decade to life expectancy

The Independent  

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Human lifespan till 120 years?, US doctor claims stem cell research will make it possible in next couple of years
1 year, 6 months ago

Human lifespan till 120 years?, US doctor claims stem cell research will make it possible in next couple of years

Hindustan Times  

Since the start of 1900, human lifespan has increased considerably across the world, thanks to great advancement in science and healthcare. Stem cells If all goes well, humans will see themselves living till 120 years of age in next few years. According to a report by the New York Post, Dr. Ernst von Schwarz believes that thanks to stem cell …

New Study Reveals These 8 Habits Can Add 20-Plus Years To Your Life
1 year, 7 months ago

New Study Reveals These 8 Habits Can Add 20-Plus Years To Your Life

Huff Post  

FG Trade via Getty Images Exercising, not smoking and having good social relationships are among the behaviors that can help keep you alive longer. Here are the eight factors: Exercising Good social relationships Good sleep hygiene Not binge drinking Following a healthy diet No history of smoking Maintaining minimal stress Not developing an addiction to opioids The study found that …

Longevity boosters: 8 healthy habits that can add decades to your life, as per researchers
1 year, 8 months ago

Longevity boosters: 8 healthy habits that can add decades to your life, as per researchers

Hindustan Times  

It's never too late to take steps to life a longer and healthier life. A series of lifestyle changes can add decades to your life even if you adopt these healthy habits at the age of 50 or 60 years. A new observational study that covered around 700,000 US veterans aged from 40-99 who were enrolled in the Veterans Affairs’ …

A timeless debate: How long can a human live?
2 years, 2 months ago

A timeless debate: How long can a human live?

Hindustan Times  

The death of French nun Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, at age 118 — in fact, 25 days short of her 119th birthday — has revived the perennial question: how long can a person realistically hope to live? Sister André, the oldest living person until her death on Tuesday, held that mantle since April 19 last year, following the …

Column: What’s so great about living to 100?
2 years, 3 months ago

Column: What’s so great about living to 100?

LA Times  

The question behind the question of how long you’d like to live, is what will be your quality of life? It didn’t get to 100, of course; in 2021, U.S. life expectancy was 76.1 years. Of course the question behind the question is, if we’re going to live to 100, what will be our quality of life? As far back …

Australians are living longer but what does it take to reach 100 years old?
3 years, 8 months ago

Australians are living longer but what does it take to reach 100 years old?

ABC  

At age 96, Patricia Segal lives alone in an airy Sydney apartment with views of the sea. Although the lifespan of Australians is increasing Sachdev says up to 50 per cent of people will suffer some kind of cognitive decline including dementia or Alzheimer's disease once they near 100. Solving the ageing puzzle There's no one pathway to a healthy …

Human lifespan can extend up to 150 years, new study explores critical pace of ageing
3 years, 9 months ago

Human lifespan can extend up to 150 years, new study explores critical pace of ageing

India Today  

Immortality, the fountain of youth or the idea of living forever have been one of the biggest desires over centuries as Mark Twain famously said "Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18." Titled "Longitudinal analysis of blood markers reveals progressive loss of resilience and predicts human lifespan …

How we can add five more healthy years to average life expectancy
5 years ago

How we can add five more healthy years to average life expectancy

The Independent  

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Does Medicine Actually Make People Live Longer?
6 years, 2 months ago

Does Medicine Actually Make People Live Longer?

Huff Post  

Ji Sub Jeong/HuffPost When I was a kid, adults told me that medicine would be so advanced by the time I grew up, I’d live to be 150. “We didn’t need cardiologists in the Paleolithic.” - Daniel E. Lieberman, professor of evolutionary biology at Harvard Life expectancy only increased significantly a hundred years ago or so. He also stressed that …

The darker side of living to 100
6 years, 8 months ago

The darker side of living to 100

CNN  

Story highlights Very old age is presented as if it were a kind of extreme sports competition The infirmities that beset the extremely aged are not so much ignored as abandoned While the ageing of society has become one of the givens in today’s world, less is made of the lived experience of the very elderly in society. Yet the …

More people are reaching the age of 100, but do we really want to live that long?
6 years, 8 months ago

More people are reaching the age of 100, but do we really want to live that long?

The Independent  

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Human longevity might be increasing over time, study says
6 years, 9 months ago

Human longevity might be increasing over time, study says

CNN  

Story highlights New research suggests that any maximum fixed lifespan has yet to be reached At 105, you have a 50% chance of living another year, researchers say CNN — After the age of 105, the risk of death for humans slows, plateaus and even decreases in some instances, according to a new study. “The increasing number of exceptionally long-lived …

Want to live 7 years longer? Avoid smoking, drinking and being overweight
7 years, 8 months ago

Want to live 7 years longer? Avoid smoking, drinking and being overweight

Hindustan Times  

A healthy lifestyle has many benefits - it helps you improve self-control and decrease risk of dementia, among other diseases. Now, reseachers say that people who do not smoke, consume alcohol moderately and maintain a healthy weight may live up to seven years longer than the general population, and spend most of these extra years in good health, a study …

Life expectancy to exceed 90 years
8 years, 1 month ago

Life expectancy to exceed 90 years

The Hindu  

Life expectancy will soon exceed 90 years for the first time, scientists have predicted, overturning all the assumptions about human longevity that prevailed at the beginning of the 20th century. Men born in 2030 are predicted to enjoy life expectancy of 84.1 years in South Korea and 84 years in Australia and Switzerland. Other countries with high projected life expectancy …

Humans may have already achieved maximum life expectancy: Researchers
8 years, 5 months ago

Humans may have already achieved maximum life expectancy: Researchers

India TV News  

A study by researchers has concluded that the human lifespan cannot be pushed beyond the ages already attained by the oldest people on record, adding that progress against infectious and chronic diseases may boost average life expectancy, but not maximum lifespan. "Demographers as well as biologists have contended there is no reason to think that the ongoing increase in maximum …

Humans have reached their lifespan limit, researchers say
8 years, 5 months ago

Humans have reached their lifespan limit, researchers say

CNN  

Story highlights New research suggests humans have reached their maximum lifespan While we're living longer than 100 years ago, the increase has recently reached a plateau CNN — Humans can only live so long and we’re reaching the natural biological limit, researchers say in a report published in Nature. In a statement released by the university, Vijg says that while …

Study reveals you will probably live longer than you think
10 years, 4 months ago

Study reveals you will probably live longer than you think

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now, nearly 25 years later, researchers can evaluate how well the respondents did at guessing …

Four health changes can prolong life 14 years
17 years, 2 months ago

Four health changes can prolong life 14 years

China Daily  

Updated: 2008-01-08 22:58 LONDON -- People who drink moderately, exercise, quit smoking and eat five servings of fruit and vegetables each day live on average 14 years longer than people who adopt none of these behaviors, researchers said on Tuesday. "These results may provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may make a big difference …

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