Longevity Trends

We aim to share with you the most important news and trends in longevity published by the international press, opinion leaders, academic institutions and industry organizations.

Genomic medicine: time for health-care transformation

August 08, 2019

Genomic medicine—the use of genetic information to inform medical care or predict risk of disease—is beginning to transform health care. The first human genome...

How to support your older workers

August 07, 2019

Older workers are the workforce of the future. The ageing workforce is a trend that cannot be ignored by employers.

Alzheimer’s blood test could predict onset up to 20 years in advance

August 05, 2019

US scientists say their blood test can be 94% effective in spotting those at risk of the illness.

A day that leads to your best night's sleep

August 01, 2019

What you do during the day affects how well you sleep at night, notes Johns Hopkins sleep expert Rachel Salas, M.D. Taking these small steps throughout the day...

Two hours a week is key dose of nature for health and wellbeing

July 31, 2019

Spending at least two hours a week in nature may be a crucial threshold for promoting health and wellbeing, according to a new large-scale study.

A futurist reveals the biggest ways tech will transform our lives in the next 5 years

July 29, 2019

In the not too distant future, your next checkup could be conducted by a virtual doctor. And your smartphone will not only have access to digital assistants lik...

Healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk of dementia

July 25, 2019

Living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person's genetic risk of dementia, according to new research. The study was led by the University of Exeter -- simu...

Loving-kindness meditation slows biological aging in novices

July 24, 2019

Combinations of multiple meditation practices have been shown to reduce the attrition of telomeres, the protective caps of chromosomes (Carlson et al., 2015). H...

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