Longevity

Morningstar's Director of Personal Finance writes about the factors that are within an individual's control and therefore manageable through good planning. The economy and stock market movements are not on the list. Prudent risk management in retirement is on the list. The items that fall into the risk management category include: Longevity risk . Long-term care. Inflation . Regulatory risk and higher taxes. Longevity annuities are discussed in the context of longevity risk. Source: Morningstar...

Albert Lea Minnesota might very well turn out to be a newly discovered Blue Zone . Twenty percent of Albert Lea's residents have begun to adhere to a set of activities and habits geared towards increasing longevity. Common practices include: Eating a healthy, plant-based diet. Maintaining an active lifestyle. Developing a clear sense of purpose. Sustaining strong social networks. Source: MinnPost.com Full Story

A group of drugs that focus on reversing the effects of aging and age-related disease are in the beginning stages of clinical trials. Many of the drugs are intended to tap into the human body's own resources to resist disease and old age. For example, sirtuin activators attempt to mimick the effects of caloric restriction which has been shown to have a correlation with longevity in experiments with mice. Resveratrol is an example of a sirtuin-related drug that is in clinical trial. Source: New...