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A Nurses’ Health Study analyzed by Harvard University researchers discovered that people who attend religious services a couple of times a week may live longer. The study was a survey of 74,534 healthy women beginning in 1992. Researchers tracked them for 20 years. By 2012, 13,537 of the women had died.…

We are all going to die of something. Cancer and heart disease are the two leading cause of deaths in the U. S. The third leading cause might surprise you. 251,454 people every year die because of a medical error making this the third leading cause of death. Even in attempting to heal, doctors and nurses…

Recently, the Guinness World Records organization gave 112-year-old Israel Kristal a certificate as the world’s oldest living man. Kristal was born in Poland in 1903, and survived both World Wars and a Nazi Concentration camp. His first wife and two children died in the camp, but Kristal survived and…

Doris and Fred Thomson are both 95 years old. The two police officers responding to an emergency from their home expected the worse. There was no real emergency, at least of the kind we normally think about. Fred and Doris just wanted someone to talk to. The British policemen brewed a pot of tea and…

Elena Griffing has worked at the same San Francisco hospital for 70 years, and says she has no plans to retire. Griffing, who just celebrated her 90th birthday, says she still loves working at the hospital. Though she has held several positions over the years, she says every day on the job is a celebration.…

Police in England received an interesting emergency call from Fred Thomson and his 95-year-old wife Doris who said they were lonely. Stu Ockwell and Andy Richardson were the officers who responded to the call. “What else could we do but make them a brew of tea and have a chat?” Thomson told the BBC that…

J. I. Packer, the British theologian and author, has macular degeneration, resulting in his inability to read no write. The author of the much loved book, Knowing God, is showing the world that indeed, he does know him. After calling his condition “a clear indication from Headquarters,’ Packer is experienced…

During World War II, Dorothy Carlberg exchanged letters with young soldiers. Now, nearly 7 decades later, she received a reply from one of the men she wrote to. Carlberg is 85 and lives in an assisted living center, was the intended recipient of letter written by Al Fragakis, who affectionately called…

Aurelia Mojica’s motto is you have to love and care, nothing more and nothing less. She celebrated 107th her birthday with her family in Lubbock, Texas in September, 2014where she has lived there for more than forty years. She is older than the city which celebrated 106 years in March, 2014. Aurelia…

Herman Goldman started working at Capitol Lighting in East Hanover, New Jersey 73 years ago. He is still there four days a week repairing broken light fixtures even though he is 101 years old. Work is a blessing from the Lord. It gives us something to do. Goldman says, “It gives me a reason to get up…

Herman “Hy” Goldman celebrated him 101st birthday by going to work, just like he usually does. Goldman says he is happy to still be working and doesn’t plan to quit after 73 years at the same job. Other than a brief absence to serve in World War II, Goldman has worked at Capital Lighting since 1941.…

The oldest man in modern history died on June 12, 2013. At 116 years old he was the last person living who witnessed the 19th century. Jiroemon Kimura was born on April 19, 1897 and died of natural causes. Some people don’t receive many years, others do. Some even get a 116, but in the end there is death.…

A 50-year-old British woman decided 40 years ago, when she was only ten, that she didn’t want to have wrinkles when she grew older. She had been told that smiling would cause laughter lines to develop around her mouth, eyes, and forehead as she aged. She determined to never smile to avoid developing…

In 2013, 85-year-old James Gray couldn’t bear the thought of spending another Christmas alone in his London Flat, so he placed an ad in the Irish Post asking if someone was willing to spend the day with him. The Newspaper in turn, ran a story on his plea and he was received many offers to fulfill his…

A study conducted by Kansas University’s gerontology center found that after age 50, people become less likely to sell or donate things they no longer need. The researchers found that among people over 70 years of age, about 30 percent said they had done nothing over the past year to give away belongings.…

After 80 years, and over 100 descendents later, Jose Riella and Martina Lopez of Paraguay had a religious ceremony to augment their civil union from 40 years previous. It just goes to show that it is never too late to do the right thing. –Jim L. Wilson http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2463150/Paraguayan-groom-103-marries-99-year-old-bride-80-years-together.html…

Psychiatrist Mark Epstein writing an opinion piece for the Sunday Review of The New York Times reminds us, “Trauma is not just the result of major disasters.” Trauma is a part of ordinary life. “One way or another, death (and its cousins: old age, illness, accidents, separation, and loss) hangs over…

Scientists are starting to unlock the secrets of aging and believe we are on the threshold of greatly lengthened life spans. They are holding out the possibility of 150 years. Some scientists just refuse to accept that death is beyond human control. “It’s such a profoundly sad, lonely feeling that I…

As baby boomers begin to reach retirement age their prolific spending patterns are sending many of them into retirement still in debt. “The number of Americans 60 and over in debt is alarming,” according to a report by the AARP’s Public Policy Institute. The study shows that Americans over age 50 carry…

Researchers in California says they have surveyed men aged 50 to 99 and asked them to rank how they feel on a scale of one to ten. The average response was 8.2, not quite what the researchers had expected. The survey was designed to focus on older people who were not predisposed to disability or illness,…

Research into living longer has focused on genetics and lifestyle, but a new factor also appears to play a major role in how long people live. It appears that regular social contact has as much positive effect on a person’s health as blood pressure, obesity, and eating a healthy diet. Two major studies…

A forgotten block of Wisconsin cheese dating back to the 1970s will be sold for $10 an ounce. Edward Zahn was preparing to close down his shop when he moved several stacks of cheese and discovered several boxes that had been forgotten for years. The crates contained blocks of cheddar cheese that were…

The longest living human on record in the modern era was Jeanne Calment of France. She lived to be 122 and died in 1997. The New England Centenarian Study at the Boston Medical Center studies aging and people who live past 100. The Gerontological Society of America reported that the number of Americans…

For two years, Alf Spence, a 91-year-old British man mailed letters, bills, and postcards by dropping them into what he thought was a mailbox. Unfortunately, his mailbox was a receptacle designated for receiving dog feces. --The Week, September 2, 2011 p. 14 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell…

The National Opinion Research Center in Chicago recently compiled data from surveys performed over the past twenty years in thirty different countries and found that belief in God is highest among older people, and the likelihood that a person will believe in God increase with age. Researchers said they…