longevity

New research may help hip and knee replacements last longer in patients who take commonly prescribed bone-loss drugs.

At age 91, Josephine Calvert has simple goals: return to needlepoint, clean her house - and avoid a stroke.

So when recent tests showed she needed a heart valve replacement, she didn't hesitate to sign up for surgery.

A genetic test can identify 77% of people predisposed to live to 100 and beyond.

Some 15% of people of European descent have more than a 50% chance of exceptional longevity.

Ushi Okushima is the oldest resident of Ogimi, the most elderly community in Japan, the country where the average age is higher than anywhere else in the world.

At 108, she still takes to the floor for traditional Japanese dances. Afterward she dabs a little French perfume behind her ears and sip...

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Cementless total hip replacements appear to have greater longevity than cemented implants in younger patients, a Finnish study showed.

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) A new study of the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging could help to understand the positive effect of dietary restriction on healthy aging.

Previous evidence from different organisms (fruit flies and mice) have shown that dietary restriction increases longevity, but with a potential negative side effect of diminished fertility.

Why facing stressful life events early in coupledom can lead to longevity

More outgoing, more active and less neurotic -- those are some of the traits that can lead to a ripe old age