Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000 in record-breaking milestone
BBC - 12-Sep-2025Healthy diets, active lifestyles, and public health drive Japan’s world-leading longevity
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Study finds life expectancy gains slowing since mid-20th century
HuffPost - 08-Sep-2025Life expectancy rose 18 years from 1900–1938 but only ~3 months per year after 1939
Centenarians accumulate fewer and slower-progressing diseases
Live Forever Club - 03-Sep-2025Their health differences appear decades earlier, highlighting keys to living longer
Centenarians’ gut microbes produce mesaconic acid, a compound that may slow ageing
Live Forever Club - 03-Sep-2025This discovery suggests gut microbes may play a major role in healthy ageing
Finnish longevity doesn’t always follow Blue Zone rules
Gizmodo - 02-Sep-2025Longevity depends on more than healthy habits alone
Centenarians show immune changes after just one short workout
Live Forever Club - 03-Aug-2025Despite extreme age, the body still responds at a molecular level
US life expectancy stagnant for 15 years despite high healthcare spending
Forbes - 03-Aug-2025Children face high risks from obesity, mental health issues, and firearms
Scotland’s health divide: where you live shapes how long you stay well
Daily Record - 30-Jul-2025New data reveals nearly 20-year gaps in healthy life expectancy across Scottish regions
Grief that lasts can shorten lives, study finds
New Scientist - 25-Jul-2025Intense, prolonged grief may nearly double a mourner’s risk of death within a decade
Women in poor UK areas live shorter, less healthy lives
Independent - 04-Jul-2025Future health care could improve these numbers, but big differences remain
Playing tennis may help you live almost 10 years longer
HuffPost - 03-Jul-2025Tennis outperformed many other sports for lifespan gains
A million lives at risk from smoking, drinking and obesity in England
Independent - 27-Jun-2025Triple lifestyle threat may slash 20 years off life and strain NHS, experts warn
People living near oceans live slightly longer due to better air
News Medical - 29-May-2025Urban areas near lakes show lower life expectancy, while rural ones show higher
UK mortality crisis: falling behind peer nations
The Health Foundation - 20-May-2025Drug deaths and stalled progress fuel UK's widening health gap with other wealthy countries
Why ageing better matters more than living longer
The Guardian - 15-May-2025Science, better habits, and new ideas about work will help us enjoy longer live
Secrets from the blue zones: how diet may hold the key to ageing gracefully
Live Forever Club - 14-May-2025Different regions have different foods, but the benefits are similar
Ethel Caterham named world’s oldest living person at 115
BBC - 01-May-2025A remarkable journey through three centuries, from Edwardian England to surviving Covid-19
Ultra-processed foods linked to thousands of early deaths, study finds
BBC - 28-Apr-2025Diets high in packaged foods may shorten lifespan, though the exact cause remains unclear
Action needed to address men’s health crisis in England
Independent - 24-Apr-2025Health leaders call for public input on a national strategy to close the life expectancy gap
Healthy lifestyle at 50 can significantly boost life expectancy
Diabetes.co.uk - 13-Apr-2025New study shows controlling key cardiovascular risk factors leads to a longer, healthier life
Wealth can’t buy longer life in the U.S., study finds
Brown University - 02-Apr-2025Even the richest Americans live shorter lives, tied to inequality and lifestyle risks
A cruise ship is turning long-living lifestyle habits into sea-based retirement option
CNBC - 31-Mar-2025People can buy lifetime apartments aboard the ship, launching in 2027
Six decades of inequality: how income shapes life expectancy in Sweden
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) - 31-Mar-2025Study finds widening health gap tied more to lifestyle than income
Life expectancy divide: the stark north-south gap in the UK
Independent - 25-Mar-2025Wealth and location are cutting years off lives in poorer areas
Moderate exercise linked to lower death risk, but too much offers no extra benefit
University of Jyväskylä - 12-Mar-2025Following WHO exercise guidelines doesn’t guarantee a longer life
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