The SuperAgers Family Study seeks to compare traits in people aged 95+ and their adult children to older adults whose parents were not SuperAgers. In this research study, AFAR aims to identify inherited and natural factors that could slow the aging process and protect against age-related diseases.
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I hate it when the odds are 1 in 10,000!
And what are the odds of getting to 95 and not having Alzheimers! I tried to sign up for the study but my mother who is 97 cannot participate because she is so demented. I personally do not want to live that long if it means existing as she is existing.
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Does it have to be both parents? My mother is 92, so maybe in 3 years I could sign up.
FWIW, one of the reasons she is still with us is modern medicine. She has a pacemaker & is being treated for a condition in which her body doesn’t make enough red blood cells. Both of these help keep her going.
A common worry among older adults is how their brains and bodies might decline as they age.
A small but fortunate group will live past their 95th birthdays, while staying cognitively sharp and free of major health complications. They’re called “SuperAgers.”
Researchers are working to figure out some of the genetic factors behind SuperAgers’ longevity—and how that knowledge might help the rest of the population live longer and healthier lives.
Ira talks with Dr. Sofiya Milman, director of Human Longevity Studies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the lead researcher of the American Federation for Aging Research’s (AFAR) SuperAgers Family Study; and one of the study’s participants, Sally Froelich, a 95-year-old New York resident.
Or Read the Transcript of the Science Friday Episode on SuperAgers
