Longevity Trends

We aim to share with you the most important news and trends in longevity published by the international press, opinion leaders, academic institutions and industry organizations.

Researchers argue health care systems should use ‘food as medicine’ interventions

August 31, 2020

An analysis recently published in the British Medical Journal argues for increased implementation of "food is medicine" interventions in the health care...

Coronavirus: the pandemic is changing our brains – here are the remedies

August 28, 2020

Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few months. The virus itself...

Scientists discover 4 distinct patterns of aging

August 24, 2020

Some people's hearts stay strong well into their 60s, but their kidneys begin to fail. Others may have the kidneys of a...

Gut microbes and stress team up to make a painful disease worse

August 11, 2020

Stress can make people more prone to conditions such as heart disease. Now, researchers have found that gut bacteria could contribute to...

Mental resilience can help you through the coronavirus pandemic

August 10, 2020

With Covid-19 cases rising in the U.S. and the economic outlook uncertain—just when many had hoped things would improve—it can be tough...

Foods that battle stress during the coronavirus pandemic

August 5, 2020

Are you anxious? Angry? Feeling depressed? Consider what you eat. For more than a decade, studies have shown that a healthy diet—high...

Could ‘young’ blood stop us getting old?

July 30, 2020

In the early 2000s a group of scientists at Stanford University, California, revived a grisly procedure used in the 1950s known as...

The surprising secret to longevity

July 23, 2020

How do we age well? It’s a popular question. Most of us want to live a good long time. We want to...

Why your organs might reach 100 even if you don’t

July 21, 2020

Research suggests some parts of the body age faster than others to the point that they even outlive their owners. Could understanding...