"Super-Agers" Study May Reveal Secrets to Staying Young

Source: Yahoo News - HealthMary Helen Abbott, 77, paints her lips bright pink, still smokes the occasional cigarette, keeps up on all the gossip at the retirement home and wears a short skirt to fitness class. While some hunt for medications to treat or prevent dementia, others, like University of Miami neuropsychologist David Loewenstein, are interested in why some people are spared altogether. The five-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health is open to...