How Well Will You Age?

A new study suggests that how well we age may come from our parents. Individuals that the researchers found whose parents live longer, are more likely to be free of certain heart problems and cancers into their 60’s and 70’s.

Dr. Janice Atkins, lead author of the University of Exeter Medical School in the United Kingdom and her colleagues, have published their results in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In 2014 the Administration on Aging reported there were 46.2 million people in the U.S. aged 65 and older. This number is …read more