longevity

Centenarians’ blood sheds light on the mechanisms of longevity

February 24, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / longevity

by University of Geneva edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In Switzerland, 0.02% of the population lives beyond the age of 100. Could there be biological characteristics associated with this exceptional longevity? As part of the “SWISS100” study, the first large-scale Swiss research project […]

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VO2 max: What the gold standard metric for fitness means for longevity

January 21, 2026 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / longevity

by Kara Mason, University of Colorado School of Medicine edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: CC0 Public Domain VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional athletes, but health experts increasingly say it’s a measurement

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Five healthy habits for longevity in your 40s and 50s

January 14, 2026 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / longevity

by Sarah Williams, Stanford University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The choices you make in midlife have an outsized impact on your long-term health, Stanford Medicine specialists say. You might feel like you’re hitting your stride in your 40s and 50s—you’ve established a

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What the World’s Oldest Woman Teaches Us About Longevity

September 30, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / longevity

Scientists decoded the biology of a 117-year-old woman. The results challenge what we think aging markers can and can’t tell us about living longer. Maria Branyas Morera lived a long, full life. Born in San Francisco in 1907, she played piano into her 110s, gardened, stayed close with family and friends, she followed a

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Longevity is going to change almost all aspects of our lives, says psychologist

August 14, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / longevity

by Laura Carstensen, Stanford University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Professor Laura Carstensen. Credit: Andrew Brodhead/Stanford University As 100-year lives become increasingly common, Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen is working to understand the implications—and to ensure we can make the most of our extra years. The following are the researchers’ own words, edited and condensed for

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How You Sit and Rise Predicts Longevity

June 25, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / longevity

You might want to sit down for this — then stand up as smoothly as you can. The ease with which a person can sit on the floor and rise to their feet, using as little support as possible, may help predict how long they will live. Adults who aced the so-called sitting-rising test were

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