Timmy and the three girls in his group celebrated Timmy\'s 50th birthday in style with a 300-pound custom-made ice sculpture. 2009-01-19 15:49:13 - Timmy, the oldest male gorilla in North America, celebrated his 50th birthday in style on January 17 as a packed ...

SCIENTIFIC knowledge is out there but is not being translated into clinical settings, according to Bill Faloon, editor of Life Extension Magazine based in the United States. Medicine today is challenged to focus on prevention rather than just cure, teach patients to be more cooperative with their doctors, and seek better ways to improve the ...

In the war on cancer, oncologists report that financial concerns are increasingly altering certain aspects of treatment and may be narrowing patient options. While six in ten (59%) oncologists express optimism about the future of oncology care in the US, 74% believe rising costs will eventually exceed society's ...

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Forget sweating it out on the treadmill or long walks, for a leading nutritional scientist has found the secret to a long and healthy life, and it has nothing to do with cutting on the carbs: it’s chocolate, coffee and tea. Professor Gary Williamson, from the department of food science at Leeds University, has produced a list of 20 ...

THE great thing about being a country's oldest person is that, at 112 years of age, you have earned the right to speak your mind. And so it was for Emily Beatrice "Bea" Riley, who turned 112 today. Australia's oldest person has trouble hearing and her memory is fading but she is lucid. Read more...

Just being here adds years to your life -- or at least that's what elderly natives, eager government officials and hopeful visitors in this remote place contend. Poyue and several other villages near the Vietnam border in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region comprise a "longevity cluster." They claim an inordinate number of ...

Is there a “Methuselah” gene? It’s unlikely science will offer us a life span as long as the biblical character’s 969 years, but a Clemson University researcher is part of a circle of scientists making strides in understanding aging, and it is realistic to look forward to longer and healthier lives in the near ...

I am holding my granddaughter, not yet half a day old. Is it this stage of my life already? I'm scarcely middle-aged, surely. I'll have to do something reckless to reaffirm my youth. But I catch a glimpse of myself in the window against the darkening day, babe in arms. Don't kid yourself, granddad. We are all getting older, ...

No. Contrary to widespread belief, running vigorously well into your later years does not raise the risk of knee osteoarthritis (swelling of the joint, with pain and stiffness, caused by wear and tear) or other disabilities. To the contrary, it can improve overall health, cutting the death rate in half, according to two new studies by Dr. ...