Four health changes can prolong life 14 years
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People who drink moderately, exercise, quit smoking and eat five servings of fruit and vegetables each day live on average 14 years longer than people who adopt none of these behaviors, researchers said on Tuesday.
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There may be an extra benefit for women who give birth later in life -- a longer life of their own.
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People who take high doses of vitamin E - those exceeding 400 international units a day - to improve their health may be slightly increasing their risks of dying earlier.
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One of the genes that protects us from cancer may also help delay ageing, according to a new study published on Wednesday.
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Care offered to people with long term conditions such as asthma and diabetes to be overhauled.
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A NEW miracle pill that helps people to lose weight and stop smoking could be available within two years, scientists have claimed.
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A study in Australia has shown that  changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese  children from as young as six, warning signs that might be  linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
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Forget the Polypill. To learn how to reduce your risk of heart disease and live six years longer, pick up a copy of The British Medical Journal.
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LOS ANGELES -- Dutch scientists think they have discovered the diet that can add almost seven years to one&#39;s life and massively cut the risk of heart disease.
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CHEVY CHASE, Md., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a single change in a person&#39;s DNA can contribute to a range of life-shortening risk factors, including
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Yale University researchers have demonstrated a single change in a person&#39;s DNA can contribute to a range of life-shortening risk factors.
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Changing benefits keep boomers working longer.
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SUNDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- In an era of highly complex medications with highly complex mechanisms and even more complicated names, take comfort that some basic (and pronounceable) lifestyle changes can have an impact on cancer outcomes.
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40-year study shows it cuts long-term risk of cancer of any kind by up to 12%.
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A new scientific research has concluded that heart disease could be cut by 76% and men could expect to live more than six years longer if they simply ate in the right combination.
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"The 14 years is an average across the population of what's theoretically possible."  To get an extra 14 years of life, don't smoke, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly and drink alcohol in moderation.That is according to a study published Monday in the Public Library of Science Medicine journal.After tracking more than 20,000 people aged 45 to 79 years in the United Kingdom from about 1993 to 2006, Kay-Tee Khaw of the University of Cambridge and colleagues found that people who adopted these four healthy habits lived an average of 14 years longer than those who didn't. Read more
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In a country where the average life span has extended to 81.9 years, Japan's elderly are not only the longest-lived but statistically the healthiest seniors in the world.