Longevity Research Summaries
Scientific summaries of selected key publications in longevity medicine, translated into clinically relevant insights. Direct link to the original publication.
Longevity Research Summaries
Healthy Aging
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Healthy Aging
The Hallmarks of Health: What Keeps the Human Body Healthy and Resilient?
Original Scientific Title
Hallmarks of Health
Original Publication
Cell
- Category
- Healthy Aging
- Evidence
- Foundational Review
- Summary Type
- Core
Health is usually defined as the absence of disease.
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Can Cellular Recycling Help Extend Healthy Life?
Original Scientific Title
Essential Role for Autophagy in Life Span Extension
Original Publication
Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Category
- Healthy Aging
- Evidence
- Narrative Review
- Summary Type
- Advanced
This review examined whether autophagy is a common biological mechanism behind interventions that extend lifespan or healthspan in laboratory organisms.
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What Is the Gap Between Lifespan and Healthspan?
Original Scientific Title
Global Healthspan-Lifespan Gaps Among 183 World Health Organization Member States
Original Publication
JAMA Network Open
- Category
- Healthy Aging
- Evidence
- Retrospective Cross-Sectional Global Health Study
- Summary Type
- Latest
One of the greatest successes of modern medicine is that people are living longer than ever before. However, living longer does not necessarily mean living healthier.
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Is There One Best Diet for Healthy Aging?
Original Scientific Title
Diet Strategies for Promoting Healthy Aging and Longevity: An Epidemiological Perspective
Original Publication
Journal of Internal Medicine
- Category
- Healthy Aging
- Evidence
- Narrative Review
- Summary Type
- Advanced
Diet is one of the most important modifiable factors influencing healthy aging. Yet one question continues to generate debate: Is there one best diet for living a longer and healthier life?
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Can Healthy Habits Add More Healthy Years to Your Life?
Original Scientific Title
Healthy Lifestyle and Life Expectancy Free of Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Type 2 Diabetes: Prospective Cohort Study
Original Publication
BMJ
- Category
- Healthy Aging
- Evidence
- Prospective Cohort Study
- Summary Type
- Advanced
This large prospective cohort study investigated one of the most important questions in preventive medicine: Can healthy lifestyle habits increase not only lifespan, but also the number of years lived free from major chronic diseases?
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What Makes Centenarians So Resistant to Disease?
Original Scientific Title
Do People Reach 100 by Surviving, Delaying, or Avoiding Diseases? A Life Course Comparison of Centenarians and Non-Centenarians From the Same Birth Cohorts
Original Publication
GeroScience
- Category
- Healthy Aging
- Evidence
- Population-Based Cohort Study
- Summary Type
- Latest
This nationwide population-based cohort study investigated one of the most fundamental questions in longevity research: What enables some people to live beyond 100 years of age while maintaining relatively good health?
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