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How to live longer: Have children and move to Orkney
You may want to consider moving house if you want to reach a ripe old age.
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Scientists may have uncovered the key to slowing down the ageing process
Researchers have uncovered a link between iron levels in the blood and the ageing process.
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Generation X may live longer than their boomer elders but their health will be poorer
People in their forties and fifties face more years of ill health than baby boomers.
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Rich people live nine 'healthy' years longer than those less wealthy
A new study examines how long adults can expect to live a disability-free life.
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Drinking three cups of tea a week linked to a longer and healthier life
Those of us who like a brew experience more healthy years and a longer life expectancy, according to science.
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Champagne's the secret to a long life, says 108-year-old woman
That sounds like our kind of life mantra.
Yahoo Life UKThree in four adults are not getting enough sleep, report suggests
Lack of sleep increases risk of obesity, depression and anxiety.
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Sitting down for too long linked to lower life expectancy, study finds
Bad news couch potatoes!
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Want to live to 90? Here's the amount of daily exercise you need to be doing
And what counts towards it.
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Three fruit and veg a day are enough according to scientists
But those three portions should be bigger.
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Why you should really be drinking four cups of coffee a day
Put down that flat white and read this.
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Will your pension savings last as long as your retirement?
How long do you expect to live in retirement? How long will your cash last? And what will you do if you out-live your money? The experts have warned that there's a real danger that millions of us will do exactly that - as we drastically
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Good news: you may die earlier than you think
We may not live as long as we expect. New calculations have revealed that life expectancy is actually falling - so that now men aged 65 are expected to live 22.2 years in retirement - down from 22.8 years in 2013. It's not great if you have
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How the cost of living has changed in the last 100 years
In recent years the cost of living has been increasing and young people living in 2016 are unlikely to ever reach the wealth levels enjoyed by their parents' generation, but are you aware how much things have changed in price over the last
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It's right to get our wrinklies working
Sunning themselves on a cruise as it sails through the Aegean; working on their golf swing down on the driving range; taking the grandkids on a daytrip while their over-stretched parents put in another long shift in the office –
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UK is best place in the world to die
The United Kingdom has officially been named the best place in the world to die. The Economist Intelligence Unit did a study of end of life care in 80 countries around the world, and the UK ranked highest out of everyone. The UK ranking was
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UK's richest people live longer
A new study has found that England's wealthiest people will live, on average, eight years longer than the nation's poorest residents. The good news is that researchers say life expectancy has gone up overall by 5.4% since 1990, but
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Where is the best place in the world to grow old?
Switzerland has officially been named as the best place in the world to grow old. But according to Help Age International's Global AgeWatch Index, the UK wasn't quite as impressive, only making it to number 10 on this year's
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Older people who exercise 'live five years longer'
A new study has shown that elderly people who exercise in old age can add years to their life, proving that it's never too late to keep fit. According to researchers at Oslo University Hospital, exercising can improve your life expectancy as
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Why the flat-rate state pension reform still isn't fair
From next year the state pension will be set at a flat-rate for everyone, man or woman, who has contributed the required 35 years in national insurance contributions. The government has said it is the fairest way to provide income for people in
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Diesel pollution linked to early deaths
Pollution caused by diesel engines may be responsible for causing thousands of early deaths each year, according to health
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OAPs could get death date estimate
Pensioners could be given an estimate of when they might die to help them manage their finances, according to ministers. As part of Government guidance intended to help pensioners plan how much to spend and save, pensions minister Steve Webb
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Want more state pension? Then stay healthy
We're all living longer, that fact can't be denied, but how well you are going to live in retirement is open to debate. Health life expectancy isn't keeping pace with overall life expectancy and men and women who retire at age 65
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Aged under 47? You'll retire later
The government has released its latest life expectancy predictions, and pensions experts have fallen on them in a frenzy. Their calculations show that George Osborne's new rules for the state pension will mean that everyone aged 47 or under
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Healthy life data points to divide
The affluent London borough of Richmond upon Thames has the highest healthy life expectancy (HLE) for men and women in England, according to new figures. Men and women in the area have a HLE of 70.3 years and 72.1 years respectively, data from the