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New England Centenarian Study News

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Scientists Identify Genes For 'Extreme Longevity'

By Katie DrummondJul 1st 2010 – 2:00PM
John Moore, Getty Images

John Moore, Getty Images

(July 1) -- One hundred-year-old Lorna Gobey credits Guinness, cigarettes and a good game of bingo for her remarkable longevity, while Walter Breuning, still robust at 113 years, relies on a daily combination of two meals, a single aspirin and one long walk. The long lifespans of the Okinawa people, meanwhile, seem to...

Background on New England Centenarian Study

The New England Centenarian Study is a study of persons aged 100 and over (centenarians) in the Boston area.

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