Who you know may help you live a longer, healthier life

Who you know may help you live a longer, healthier life

A recent study found evidence demonstrating that a lack of social connection is associated with poorer physical and mental health. Researchers recommend that the medical community address the importance of social connections in developing public health policies for aging populations.

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If you can balance on one leg for 10 seconds, you’re more likely to live at least another decade

If you can balance on one leg for 10 seconds, you’re more likely to live at least another decade

A study published this month in the “British Journal of Sports Medicine” reports that people who failed a 10-second balance test of standing on one foot were nearly twice as likely to die in the next 10 years. While the connection between balance and longevity is not clear, the study’s lead author, Dr. Claudio Gil Soares de Araújo, suspects it may be tied to frailty. “Aged people falling are in very high risk of major fractures and other related complications," Araújo told NBC News. "This may play a role in the higher risk of mortality.”

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A daily coffee can help you live longer. That coffee frappe? Not so much.

A daily coffee can help you live longer. That coffee frappe? Not so much.

For years, science has known about the link between longer life and coffee consumption. But a new study, for the first time, weighs the effects of sweeteners. The findings suggest that the morning coffee routine is healthy if you don't overdo the sugar.

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New research may point to a cure for diabetes

New research may point to a cure for diabetes

Swedish researchers identified a molecule that can stimulate the production of insulin-producing cells in zebrafish and mammalian tissue. Their findings suggest science may be taking its first steps toward curing diabetes, a serious disease that affects 1 in 10 Americans and annually costs the United States about $327 billion in medical costs and lost work and wages.

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Celebrating a longevity milestone: Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Celebrating a longevity milestone: Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

The 96-year-old queen is being honored with parades, a concert, and various other celebrations to recognize her record-setting reign. Elizabeth is officially the longest-reigning monarch in the United Kingdom, outlasting her great, great grandmother, Queen Victoria, by nearly seven years.

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