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Japan’s centenarian population crosses 100,000 for the first time, with nearly 90% women. What makes them live so long?- Chinese longevity secrets: 111-year-old woman who sleeps 12 hours shares the habits she follows and avoids to stay healthy & active even at her age
- This country is home to nearly 1 lakh people over 100, and you too can adopt their secrets to live a longer, healthier life
- Japan’s oldest woman is 114, and her secret to a long, happy life is surprisingly simpleShigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired doctor from Japan, is now the country's oldest person. Born in 1911, she witnessed significant histo...26 Aug, 2025, 04.59 PM IST
- She’s 107, drinks ginger ale, and carries her own jalapeños: US woman reveals her secret to a long, healthy lifeMildred Baron, a 107-year-old New Jersey resident, celebrated her birthday with family and friends, sharing her secret to a long life: "Thi...03 Aug, 2025, 03.40 PM IST
- 'Twilight is real': Why Elon Musk said 100 to 300-year-old 'vampires' are collecting Social Security in USThe Trump administration falsely claims that millions of people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments. Reports show tha...19 Feb, 2025, 03.33 PM IST
- More than 95,000 Japanese aged over 100, most of them womenJapan's centenarian population has reached a record high of over 95,000, with nearly 90 percent being women. This highlights the demographi...17 Sep, 2024, 01.22 PM IST
- ‘We will see more centenarians in an older and healthier world — we now think of a 60-year-old Kamala Harris as being young’Sarah Harper, Clore Professor of Gerontology at Oxford University, discusses the global demographic shift towards an ageing population. She...12 Sep, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
- Want to live longer? Eat more nuts and plants, observe fasts, suggest longevity expertNow, decades after Longo dropped his grunge-era band, DOT, for a career in biochemistry, the Italian professor stands with his floppy rocke...10 Apr, 2024, 10.14 PM IST
- Lok Sabha election 2024: Maharashtra get interesting after splits in Shiv Sena, NCPLok Sabha election 2024: The BJP-Shiv Sena won 41 of the 48 seats in the 2019 polls, but the Sena has split since and a vast majority of th...17 Mar, 2024, 12.24 PM IST
- 2024 Lok Sabha elections: India's roll call of democracyThe electoral roll for the 18th Lok Sabha has 968.8 million registered voters, more than the population of Europe and North and South Ameri...17 Feb, 2024, 12.01 AM IST
- Why do the inhabitants of blue zones live longer? Secret lies in their dietInterestingly, certain locations around the world have been discovered where there are a high proportion of centenarians who display remark...27 Jan, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
- Chhattisgarh Polls: People above 80 years of age, some PwDs can vote from home through postal ballotsChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday said persons above 80 years of age and those with more than 40 per cent disability will...26 Aug, 2023, 03.29 PM IST
- Why we need to be cautious about using anti-ageing hacksThe longevity interventions do not have data in large populations to support that this gap reduces due to interventions that increase healt...13 Jul, 2023, 11.07 PM IST
- Government working to reduce inequalities in old ageThe Constitution of India has been considerate about supporting senior citizens, with Articles 38 (1), 39 (e), 41 and 46 making it incumben...11 Jun, 2022, 11.07 PM IST
- World's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, passes away in Japan at 119Tanaka was born in the year of the Wright Brothers's first controlled flight of their airplane.25 Apr, 2022, 05.26 PM IST
- Guinness certifies Japanese sisters as world's oldest twins at 107Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were born the third and fourth of 11 siblings.21 Sep, 2021, 03.41 PM IST
- Is 150 years really the limit of human lifespan?Now researchers in Singapore, Russia, and the US have taken a different approach to estimate the maximum human lifespan. Using a computer m...09 Jun, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
- Scientists crack secret of centenariansScientists have cracked the secret of why some people live a healthy and physically independent life over the age of 100.10 Aug, 2015, 01.38 PM IST
- At 100: iPods, fast food & surfing the WebAnd, no, they're not your average US teenager, but people over the age of 100 who shared the secrets of their longevity03 Apr, 2007, 09.42 PM IST
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