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Topic- Gerontology

 

Why do centenarians live so long? It's not only their health.-2401

Why do centenarians live so long? It's not only their health.

In response to a question asking how long they would like to live, 20% of 2,417 people desired to live into their nineties and 8% to 100 years. The average of all respondents was a desired life of 89 years (Pew Research, 2009). Is health the only thing stopping them from reaching that goal? Researchers at the Georgia Centenarian Study decided to look beyond health status to find out.

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Less muscle strength leads to disability-2381

Less muscle strength leads to disability

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Gerontology

Men's activity patterns change as they age.-2207

Men's activity patterns change as they age.

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Gerontology

Decision making changes, not comfort with risk-2197

Decision making changes, not comfort with risk

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Gerontology

In US, sensory impairments impact oldest adults-2175

In US, sensory impairments impact oldest adults

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Well-being increases at older ages-2164

Well-being increases at older ages

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