Centenarians

Do you know how long you’re likely to live? While that may seem like a strangely morbid question, in today’s world it has practical relevance for so many plans and decisions faced by everyone growing older. Those plans- Should I retire soon? Have I saved enough money for my retirement?…

There’s no doubt that our population is aging. And as a larger percentage of us get older, it’s important to understand how we can prolong our cognitive abilities and protect our brains from the ravages of dementia. After all, age is the major risk factor for Alzheimer’s, and projections are…

You may not be one of the billionaire tech guys who’s heavily investing in the possibility of living forever or be trying to “hack” your body to the point of aging in reverse, but there’s a good chance that you may live a lot longer than you realize. Certainly, demographic…

You may have heard the sad news of the recent death of Kane Tanaka of Japan. Her death was most noteworthy because, at the time, she was the oldest living person in the world, age 119. Following Ms.Tanaka, the next oldest person still alive is 118-year-old Sister Andre of France,…

Having now celebrated her 100th birthday and just introduced her own line of eyeglasses, Iris Apfel has been around the block a few times and knows what she likes. While her philosophy of dressing has always been “more is more and less is a bore,” she also knows that not…

While not all of us are on track to becoming centenarians, enough of us are that it’s worth studying how people get there and how those with such long lives can live fully and robustly for as long as possible. Only about 1 % of Americans reach age 100 but…