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Will humans ever be immortal?

By Patrick Pester published

Humans are getting better at staving off death our technological and medical advances. But could humans ever become immortal?

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Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama of Japan are the world's oldest twins.

World's oldest identical twins are 107 years (and 300 days) old

By Rachael Rettner published

Guinness World Records certified the title this month.

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People who live to 100 have unique gut bacteria signatures

By Rachael Rettner published

These bacteria may help ward off infections.

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Natural rates of aging are fixed, study suggests

By Rebecca Sohn published

Aging is determined by biological, not environmental, factors, a study suggests.

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Close-up image of the hands of a centenarian.

Human life span may have an 'absolute limit' of 150 years

By Rebecca Sohn published

Humans may be able to live for between 120 and 150 years, but no longer than this "absolute limit" on human life span, a new study suggests.

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Oldest American, Hester Ford, dies, leaving 120 great-great-grandchildren

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Available census reports give conflicting accounts of Ford's birth year.

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A woman with her hands on her head.

Cells age prematurely in those with depression, study suggests

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

People with major depression had accelerated cellular aging by an average of two years compared to healthy controls.

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Richard Davidson (left), founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (right), the Buddhist Tibetian Monk who participated in the study on brain aging, in a recent photo.

Meditation may have shaved 8 years of aging off Buddhist monk's brain

By Laura Geggel published

Can meditation explain the monk's "young" brain?

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A newborn baby.

US life expectancy finally ticks upward. But it's too soon to call it a trend, experts say

By Joshua A. Krisch published

Although CDC data suggest an increase in life expectancy as of 2018, the U.S. continues to lag behind comparable countries.

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faces of elderly people

Scientists Discover 4 Distinct Patterns of Aging

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists have come closer to understanding why people seem to age at different rates.

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