#supercentenarian

#supercentenarian

After you've had a swim, you get out and you just feel, 'oh, I can go anywhere'. My mother was English and her mother taught her to swim in the sea. It's sort of part of the family history.

These findings reposition the thymus as a central regulator of immune‑ mediated aging and disease susceptibility in adulthood.

The AI analysis found enormous variation in the health of the thymus between individual people. In some people, it stayed very active until a very old age. And other people, it actually declined very rapidly at a younger age. Importantly, thymus health correlated with a person's overall health. People who had a healthy thymus tended to live longer, have less cancer, and less cardiovascular disease.

We are all going to die. No one is happy about that. Today, the internet is full of claims about diets and supplements that will help us live longer. One writer suggested that there are at least 320 longevity clinics operating around the world; some charge $100,000 or more annually for access to their magic elixirs. Unfortunately, the search for a formula that can prevent death, or delay it for a very long time, has a long history of failures.

When our family moved to Oregon from Southern California in 1974 for my husband's new job, I fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. But there was one problem: There wasn't enough sunshine or swimming pools - both of which I had enjoyed in California. When the community college where I taught offered free memberships at a new gym, I quickly signed up. I expected exercise, but I got so much more.

There is a lot of interest today in identifying ways to not just live longer, but to live better. It was exciting to see the benefits of a multivitamin linked with markers of biological aging. This study opens the door to learning more about accessible, safe interventions that contribute to healthier, higher-quality aging.

When you see a pull-up bar, there's one physical activity that likely comes to mind: pull-ups. While they've lent this piece of equipment its name, they aren't the only physical feat that an athlete can accomplish using them. In 2022, for instance, Japan's Kenta Adachi set a new world record for hanging from a pull-up bar for well over an hour.