longevity

Like me, you might be one of those cynics who cringes when the chime sounds at the end of another sweat-inducing yoga class to indicate that meditation time has begun.

For me, as for many women, it's not just during Breast Cancer Awareness Month that the disease seems to keep hitting closer and closer to home.

A lot of us make an attempt to practice the basics of healthy living: seven or eight hours of sleep a night, some form of exercise every day, leafy greens as often as possible, and red wine (but for medicinal/preventative purposes).

A number of recent studies related to longevity suggest that living healthier for longer has a lot to do with fate: in other words, you're stuck with the genes you're born with, and they largely determine how long you'll live and whether you'll contract certain diseases.

In news appreciated by sweet-toothed ladies everywhere, it turns out that chocolate might actually be good for the heart.