UK’s oldest person says whisky is her secret Britain’s oldest person has claimed the secret to her longevity is a dram of whisky every day for the last six decades. Grace Jones – who turned…
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Over 28% of Japanese population officially old: government
More than 28 percent of Japan’s population is now officially classified as elderly according to government data, the highest rate in the world as the first wave of postwar baby boomers enter old age. Those…
New brain cells in the old? Study stokes debate
People as old as 79 may still generate new brain cells, US researchers said Thursday, stoking fresh debate among scientists over whether or when our mental capacity ever stops growing. The report by scientists at…
Define Alzheimer’s by brain changes, not symptoms: experts
In an effort to speed research toward a cure for the most common form of dementia, experts urged a new framework Tuesday to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease using biological clues, rather than symptoms of memory loss….
You won’t believe what this 112 year old granny credits her old age to!
A chain smoking granny aged 112 says her 30 cigarettes-a-day habit is the secret to her long life. Batuli Lamichhane – who was born in March 1903 – picked up her first cigarette 85 years…