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90 Is the New 60<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Many of us fear life will no longer be worth living if we make it to old age. We worry that frailty and disease will rob us of the ability to care for ourselves and do the things we enjoy.<\/p>\n

Stop fretting, say researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Most people who make it past 90 have no more disease than those at 65, they found.<\/p>\n

Dr. Anne Newman is director of the Center for Aging at the University of Pittsburgh. She reviewed the surprising findings.<\/p>\n

“A lot of concern is that, well, if you live a long time, you’re just going to be bedridden,\u201d Dr. Newman said. \u201cAnd what they’re showing is that’s not true. The people who are living longer are living healthier.”<\/p>\n

The researchers tracked participants\u2019 ages at the onset of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and stroke.<\/p>\n

They found that the trick is to make it to 90. Once you do that, it\u2019s likely you will be relatively healthy.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sofiya Milman is assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College. She is a co-author of the study. “Chronic disease is not an inevitable part of aging,” she said. The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published the findings.<\/p>\n

Once people make it to this age, researchers found no difference in their rate of disease, disabilities, or a limited lifestyle compared to those younger than them.<\/p>\n

However, when people over 90 did get sick, they had shorter periods of illness before death than the younger group.<\/p>\n

Tricks to Get to 90<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There\u2019s no doubt good genes are a big factor in longevity. And there are well-known ways to increase lifespan, such as not smoking and getting exercise. But researchers have found other surprising and simple strategies to reach old age:<\/p>\n