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1. Living to 100 and Staying Sharp

Author

Brody, Jane E.

Subjects
Cognition -- Analysis, Centenarians -- Health aspects, Neuropsychology -- Research, Alzheimer's disease -- Prevention, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

By studying centenarians, researchers hope to develop strategies to ward off Alzheimer's disease and slow brain aging for all of us. One of my greatest pleasures during the Covid-19 shutdowns [...]

Published
2021

2. Britain's 100-year-old walking hero, Sir Captain Tom Moore, hospitalized with coronavirus

Author

Hassan, Jennifer

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Health aspects, Centenarians -- Health aspects, Company distribution practices, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jennifer Hassan LONDON - Sir Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old hero who raised almost $45 million for Britain's National Health Service by repeatedly walking the length of his garden [...]

Published
2021

3. Sisters who lived through Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 survive coronavirus infections

Author

Lourim, Jake

Subjects
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919, Epidemics -- Control -- United States, Centenarians -- Health aspects, COVID-19 -- Prevention -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jake Lourim Early in a long, prosperous life, Anna Del Priore contracted the deadly Spanish flu in 1918, at about 6 years old. She survived, grew up, got married [...]

Published
2020

4. Covid-19 is the second pandemic this 107-year-old artist has survived

Author

Dvorak, Petula

Subjects
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Health aspects, Epidemics -- Patient outcomes -- United States, Influenza -- Patient outcomes, Centenarians -- Health aspects, COVID-19 -- Patient outcomes, Domestic cats, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Petula Dvorak WASHINGTON - Marilee Shapiro Asher works in twos: Two husbands, two children. And now, two pandemics. The autumn morning almost five years ago when I walked into [...]

Published
2020

5. Living healthy to 100

Author

Buettner, Dan

Subjects
Centenarians -- Health aspects, Centenarians -- Food and nutrition, Physical fitness -- Methods, General interest, Health, Personal finance
Published
2008

6. Live to be 100 (and love it)

Author

Underwood, Nora

Subjects
Centenarians -- Health aspects, Centenarians -- Psychological aspects, Centenarians -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Longevity -- Health aspects, Longevity -- Psychological aspects, Longevity -- Research, General interest, Home and garden
Published
2005

7. Hope, health and happiness

Author

Plaskin, Glenn

Subjects
Centenarians -- Social aspects, Centenarians -- Health aspects, Family and marriage, General interest
Abstract

Helen Boardman, a 107 years old who married 87 year old Bill Boardman states that she feels young inside and is an avid reader, a book reviewer and world traveler with 14 trips to Europe under her belt. Centenarians are America's fastest-growing age group and Thomas T. Perls, an associate professor of medicine states that the secret to becoming a centenarian is a combination of genetics, lifestyle choices, mental acuity and plain luck.

Published
2003

8. Secrets of the centenarians

Author

Plaskin, Glenn

Subjects
Aged -- Psychological aspects, Centenarians -- Health aspects, Family and marriage, General interest
Abstract

Centenarians are discussed with emphasis on the qualities they possess and their conduct of life. The number of people reaching one hundred is increasing and certain factors such as genes, not smoking and keeping active seem to play a part.

Published
2001

9. The Methuselah factor

Author

Warshofsky, Fred

Subjects
Aged -- Health aspects, Centenarians -- Health aspects, General interest, Health, Personal finance
Abstract

Recent scientific research means that the quality of life at 100 is better than it has ever been, with around 15% of centenarians continuing to live independently.

Published
1999

10. What Are The Secrets of Centenarians?

Subjects
Legumes -- Health aspects, Longevity -- Social aspects, Centenarians -- Health aspects, Antioxidants (Nutrients) -- Health aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=408023437 RAZ: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. About a decade ago, writer Dan Buettner went on a quest, [...]

Published
2015

11. Centenarians' lifestyles not especially healthy

Subjects
Life style -- Health aspects, Centenarians -- Health aspects, Longevity -- Research, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: CBC News People who live to a ripe old age may not eat better, exercise more or smoke less than others, a new U.S. study suggests. For the study, [...]

Published
2011

12. From Taft to Obama, victrola to DVD: secrets of the centenarians

Author

Barrow, Karen

Subjects
Centenarians -- Health aspects, Longevity -- Genetic aspects -- Health aspects, Life spans (Biology) -- Genetic aspects -- Health aspects, Physical fitness -- Health aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

CORRECTION APPENDED Centenarians alive today are older than the Titanic, crossword puzzles and Mickey Mouse. They have lived through 18 presidencies and two world wars. They saw the rise of [...]

Published
2010

13. Long may she run

Subjects
Centenarians -- Health aspects, Longevity -- Research, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Top U.S. researchers are on the hunt for a 113-year-old Regina woman. If the unnamed woman is indeed still alive--as Saskatchewan government records show--she will be one of the world's [...]

Published
2012

15. Research team to study longevity

Subjects
Centenarians -- Health aspects, Centenarians -- Physiological aspects, Aging -- Analysis, Food/cooking/nutrition, General interest, Washington University. School of Medicine -- Research
Abstract

Researchers in St. Louis are seeking the source of the Fountain of Youth. A team from the Washington University School of Medicine will head a five-year, $4 million study of [...]

Published
2004

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