For the record, I am 61 years old. When I hit 60, like most of us who do, I began thinking about the finite nature of our time on this wonderful blue marble and the degree of health and happiness that ...

Wood is a medical journalist and author. Her most recent novel is “The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley.” Topol is a cardiologist, executive vice president, and professor, at Scripps Research. When ...

Never mind the Seven Wonders of the World, we’re far more intrigued by the 'Blue Zones'. These are a handful of places where people are living to 100 and beyond, free from many of the illnesses ...

It's no secret that I've been labeled an alternative health advocate for most of my adult life. There's something undeniably seductive about the idea of trying to be the captain of your fate when it ...

April Lidinsky is joined by Velshonna Luckey to discuss Buettner’s inspiring book. Dan Buettner is a journalist and National Geographic Fellow who has popularized the term, “Blue Zones” – places in ...

Before he became an oracle, Buettner, who is 63, rode his bike from Alaska to Argentina, around the planet, and across Africa, setting three Guinness World Records. Then he became my boss. In ...

On the island of Sardinia, 120 kilometers off the Italian coast, shepherds chase their goats across the mountains, supplying local milk and cheese for the island’s inhabitants. Families live together ...

A new paper published in The Gerontologist provides the most comprehensive scientific response to date addressing recent critiques of the so-called "Blue Zones," regions of the world known for ...

Do you want to live forever? How about to at least 105? You’ve probably heard of blue zones—amazing places where a disproportionate number of people live into very old age. From Okinawa, Japan, to ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. Welcome to STAT’s “First Opinion Podcast.” I’m Torie Bosch, editor of First Opinion. First Opinion is STAT’s platform for big, bold ideas from health ...

There are some eating plans that pop up, get a ton of buzz, and then quickly fade away. And then there are others like the Blue Zone diet that seem to have some serious staying power. The Blue Zone ...