The 112-year-old Texas resident, WWII veteran Richard Overton smokes up to 12 cigars daily and drinks at least four glasses of whiskey. Overton is currently considered the oldest living male US citizen (he was born in May 1906), and he associates his longevity with his addiction to cigars and whiskey, as well as with love ...

Henrietta "Henry" Dobin lives a normal active life. She works in the museum two days a week, plays bridge and bingo at the care facility where she lives, spends half an hour every morning choosing her outfit for the day, and never goes out ...

A group of scientists from the American Albert Einstein College, led by Israeli Nir Barzilai, has invented “anti-aging pills.” Scientists said they are ready to begin testing them on humans. We are talking about a drug that has been used to treat diabetes for more than 50 years. Its composition...

The oldest inhabitant of the Earth, Suzanne Mushatt Jones, who turned 6 on July 116, called the secret of her longevity healthy sleep, as well as the absence of bad habits. This was reported on the official website of the Guinness Book of Records. Now she lives in a nursing home and moves around ...

Dmitry Kaminsky, senior partner at Hong Kong-based venture capital fund Deep Knowledge Ventures, has promised a million dollars to anyone who can live to be 123 years old. Currently, scientists call the age of 120 years as the limit for the duration of human life. The oligarch believes that ongoing research in the field ...