Longevity Genetics

Longevity Genetics - Okinawa, Japan has an over 4 times higher concentration of centenarians than any other part of the world. Okinawans age slower, cultural nutrition habits, caloric restriction, evolutionary famine survival.

Longevity Genetics - Radical Life Extension is the Goal

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Holland hit the bull's-eye: City claims status as population center of Texas (Temple Daily Telegram)

City claims status as population center of Texas. (Photo illustration by Clint Bittenbinder) HOLLAND - This small community known for its longevity and annual corn festival was designated the population center of Texas in 2000. According to the Texas Almanac, that means an equal number of Texans live in all directions - north, south, east and west.

Insurers Test Market as Obama Opens Annuity Door for 401(k)s (BusinessWeek)

Insurers and mutual-fund companies are starting to sell retirement accounts with built-in annuities in response to concerns Americans will outlive their savings.

Keen punter Prieta chalks up century (Weekly Times)

GARDENING, music and a regular punt on the horses are ingredients for longevity, according to Clermont Nursing Home Ryde resident Prieta Lopez (pictured) who celebrated her 100th birthday recently.

Gehl honors employees for longevity (Madison Daily Leader)

Several Gehl-Mustang employees were recognized by Gehl-Mustang for 35 years of service last week.

Dr. Maoshing Ni: Top 5 Activities For Longevity (The Huffington Post)

A study in the Journal Nature Genetics showed some people are genetically predisposed to age more rapidly than others. Age-associated diseases are more related to biological rather than chronological age.

Burlington school board, teachers far apart in talks (The Burlington Free Press)

The Burlington School Board is asking teachers to take a 5 percent pay cut next year and accept raises of 1.5 percent the following two years. Teachers are seeking a three-year contract that guarantees raises of 5.5 percent on base pay each year and incremental increases for longevity.

Plan to Create Longevity-Risk Market May Succeed, Moody’s Says (Bloomberg)

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Life & Longevity Markets Association , comprising a group of insurers and banks, may succeed in creating a market for products that pass on the risk of people living into old age, Moody’s Investors Service said.

Route 470 branding may extend to Cape Ray (The Gulf News)

It's the stuff of castles and countertops. It's equated with strength and longevity. Now granite may be the name attached to Route 470, and possibly much of the southwest coast.

Ageing gene found by scientists could be key to longer lifespans (Daily Telegraph)

A longevity gene has been identified for the first time in a breakthrough that could eventually help people live longer, a new study suggests.

Casazza's local approach leads to longevity at Shopper's Square (Reno Gazette-Journal)

Forty-six years after Shoppers Square opened, co-founder and patriarch Ralph Casazza still climbs the stairs to his second-floor office several afternoons a week to check in on his realm.