Who are the superagers?

They are people blessed with protective genes that allow them to enjoy a full and active life well into their 80s, 90s and beyond. But these people are very few and far between.

Exercise is the number one magic bullet for the rest of society trying to extend life and reduce all major diseases of ageing.

Walk if you can't exercise. It is very underrated.

Stay curious - keep exercising your mind.

Stay socially connected.

Chronic diseases of ageing - cancer, stroke, heart disease, dementia, arthritis - chances of getting these all increase as you age.

Scientists are working on drugs that will slow the fundamental molecular process at which cells age. These drugs on the horizon will help us live healthier lives, not just longer - due to advances in medicine and end of life care.

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My first mobile phone

Opole Poland March 1997 I bought my first mobile phone at the Era GSM shop in the Opolanin shopping centre, Opole, Poland in March 1997. A small, brick-like Ericsson GA318, blue version, with a tiny screen. I was amazed by its chirping ringtone and strange feeling of being able to carry it anywhere with me. And back then in Poland they were still somewhat of a status symbol. Fast forward 17 years. I bought my first smartphone in December 2014, this time on the web from Amazon. I was no longer impressed by the endless march of technology and had held back for years since the arrival of the iPhone in June 2007. Just like no CGI film since Jurassic Park has amazed me since I emerged stunned from the Clifton Moor (York) Warner Bros multiplex cinema in 1993, no mobile phone could stir the same excitement within me since my first one in 1997, smart or not. I regret delaying that purchase now. For smartphones are not just computers in phones but lifeloggers that can give you int

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