Centenarians Show Us What It Takes To Live Long (and Prosper)

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Over the last 20 years, the number of people in the U.S. who are 100 years old or older has tripled–meaning that now, nearly 100,000 Americans have been alive for a century or more. I have really been enjoying an interactive feature from the New York Times called “Secrets of the Centenarians – Life Before, [...]

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Posted October 20, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Alzheimer's disease, Benefits of Brain Fitness, Memory, Research studies

Video: Dan Buettner on How to Live to Be 100+

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Researcher Dan Buettner talks about some of the world’s identified “blue zones”–areas of the world in which people live to be over 100 and remain mentally and physically healthier than the rest of us even into very old age.

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Posted May 18, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Neuroscience, Odds and Ends, Research studies

The Health and Wellness Blogosphere

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For the past week or so I’ve been knee-deep in blogs: gardening, bird watching, food, arts & crafts, travel, pheasant hunting… the list goes on and on. And even in a medium where everyone wants to carve out their own niche, some of these blogs are incredibly specific. Do you want to read about a [...]

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Posted November 5, 2009 by Cyrus Hedayati under Neuroscience