o old age: life.Want to be around when the New Year's ball drops ill Times Square in the year 2090? Then you'd better lead a healthy lifestyle ... and hope long life is in your genes (hereditary material). A recent study by scientists at the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. found that many centenarians Here is a list of well-known centenarians (people who lived to be or are living at 100 years or more of age), with the still living ones bolded and italicized. This list is divided into sub-lists, according to how the centenarian (mostly) became well-known. (100-year-olds) carry an inherited ability to produce larger particles of LDL cholesterol. LDL LDL - ["LDL: A Logic-Based Data-Language", S. Tsur et al, Proc VLDB 1986, Kyoto Japan, Aug 1986, pp.33-41]. , or bad cholesterol, is the main source of fatty buildup in the arteries. Unlike smaller particles of LDL, the centenarians' larger particles can't pass through artery walls to contribute to heart disease. If longevity isn't in your genes, how can you become a centenarian? "The National Institute on Aging The National Institute on Aging is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland. Formed in 1974, NIA's mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research. It is the primary U.S. (NIA) has published "Ten Tips for Healthy Aging" that include eating well, exercising, not smoking, and doing things that make you happy. "Some of this is common sense and not all high-tech science," says Susan Nayfield, chief of the geriatrics program at the NIA. "After all, you can have a gene for longevity and still not weal weal n. A ridge on the flesh raised by a blow; a welt. " your seat belt." |
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