Agnes Fenton remembers Decatur Avenue in Englewood in the early 1950s, when she arrived as a young newlywed, ready to start fresh after several backbreaking years of running her own restaurant in Memphis.

The protein SIRT1 in the brain is tied into a mechanism that allows animals to survive when food is scarce, according to a new study. The research suggests that SIRT1 may be involved with the life span-increasing effect of low-calorie diets, they report.

Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of mice had been engineered so their brains produced more SIRT1, a protein known to play a role in aging and longevity.This result surprised us, says the studys senior author Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD …

Washington, July 29 : In a study on mice engineered to produce a protein showed that a specific brain region, called the hypothalamus governs aging and longevity.

( Washington University School of Medicine ) The protein SIRT1 in the brain is tied into a mechanism that allows animals to survive when food is scarce, according to a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The research suggests that SIRT1 may be involved with the life span-increasing effect of low-calorie diets, they report.

New York, July 28 : People with close family and social ties have 50 percent more chances of living longer than those living isolated lives without friends, families or colleagues, says a new global study.

St.Louis – Delta Dental of Missouri is conducting its ninth annual free seminar on the future of health and healthcare on Tuesday, August 24, at the Chase Park Plaza. futureFOCUS2010: Health Leadership and Vitality will help HR executives, benefits and wellness managers, benefits consultants and brokers and healthcare professionals more successfully navigate current and future health industry …

The 6th Annual Silver & Gold Healthy Living Senior Fair will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 10 at the St. Charles Convention Center, featuring more than 100 vendors.

Good friends and family do more than make life worth living. These relationships can actually add years to your life.

Strong support system seems to have significant health benefits, researchers say.

New research suggests close relationships are as good for longevity as not smoking or drinking.

The research, which was published last week and presented over the weekend at the International Conference on Herbal Medicine at Tweed Heads , has provided evidence the herb popularly known as brahmi improves memory performance in adults.

TUESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) — Family and friends may do more than provide companionship: They also may boost your longevity, making as much of a difference as not smoking, a new analysis of studies suggests.

A large new meta-analysis suggests that a rich social network helps people reduce their risk of death about as much as avoiding cigarettes

Socialising is good for you — it increases longevity, say researchers.

Through the summer, spires of pink or white foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) rise along roadsides and in clearings. These can be thick colonizers of recently bare soil but tend to thin out as other plants re-establish and compete.

George Scott will turn 90 in in October, but he still put in a busy performance in track and field at the Keystone State Games.

A goose waddles into a department store and buys a tube of pink lipstick.

How demographers are beginning to uncover the statistics of the world’s oldest people.

A potentially promising approach to treating Alzheimers disease has been developed by researchers studying sirtuin, a protein thought capable of extending lifespan in laboratory animals.