Cultivating Kindness Through Meditation Can Slow the Aging Process, According to New Research
Kindness is its own good—but it can also bring health benefits.
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Having a Sense of Purpose Helps You Live Longer
New research shows lower mortality rates for people who feel their life has meaning.
Holocaust Survivors Live Longer Lives, Israeli Researchers Find
While these survivors suffer more serious illnesses than their peers, they also die at later ages, according to a surprising new study.
Here’s a Reason to Smile: Happy People Live Longer
New research finds happier people live longer, on average, while angry ones are more likely to die early.
Is Peer Pressure Shortening Your Life?
New research says that may have been the fate of some of the 19th century’s greatest composers.
Sense of Purpose Lengthens Life
New research finds having a purpose in life appears to be an excellent buffer against mortality risk across one's adult years.
World’s Oldest Living Human Found, Not in the Usual Place
Are freak longevity cases more about record-keeping than genetics, diet, or exercise?
Among Men, Holocaust Survivors Live Longer Lives
A study of Polish emigrants to Israel found men who survived the Holocaust lived, on average, six months longer than those who avoided it.
Could Family Longevity Protect Against Dementia?
New research shows that if your parents lived longer lives than those in their peer group your risk of cognitive impairment is reduced.
Life Expectancy, the Anti-Vaccine Movement, and How Individuals Started to Take Credit for Growing Old
Longer life expectancy is one of the hallmarks of modern American life — one of those facts that…