Want to be 105? Check your genes

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Want to be 105? Check your genes Genes, healthy living and good luck may all help get you to age 90. But if you want to live past 100, you had better hope you've got good genes, researchers said Thursday.On ongoing study of super-agers — people who live to be 105 or even older — shows that one of the best predictors of how they got to be so old is whether a brother or sister did."It's like winning the lottery," said Dr. Read More

Why we forget and tips to boost your memory Learn more about Alzheimer's and take a memory test. Read More An apple a day keeps this person away (it's not the doctor) You know the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." Actually, it's not the doctor you'll skip, but possibly the pharmacist, researchers found.After realizing that no one had seriously looked at whether apple consumption caused people to see their physicians less, researchers at the University of Michigan decided to investigate. Read More

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