People are living longer than ever, as life expectancy reaches a global average of 73.5 years. However, living longer doesn't necessarily mean living healthier. Researchers are now trying to uncover ...

Researchers studying Bolotana, Sardinia, found that women had exceptionally high estimated late-life survival during ...

In Bolotana, a town on the Italian island with about 2,300 residents, women who reach the age of 70 are about three times as likely to live to 100 than women in the United States, according to a new s ...

Sardinia, Italy, was the first Blue Zone — where people regularly live to 100 — to be identified. Dan Buettner, who studies these longevity hotspots, has a new Netflix series out about Blue Zones.

In one tiny mountain village, the rate of residents living past 100 is about 11 times the American average. We’ve heard about Okinawa in Japan, Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica and Ikaria in Greece as ...

Researchers have identified what could be an emerging “blue zone” on the Italian island of Sardinia. Residents of the mountainous municipality of Bolotana live to exceptional ages—especially the women ...

Sardinian village had roughly 11 times the U.S. concentration of centenarians in a 2024 snapshot; new study finds exceptional survival among women MINNEAPOLIS, MN ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whoopi Goldberg, 68, has a vacation home in Sardinia, Italy, the first designated "Blue Zone." Goldberg compared living in ...

The Sardinia Blue Zone Cookbook is a new book from Sardinian writer and food photographer Jennifer Cauli. It features 41 authentic recipes celebrating the island’s Mediterranean diet, often credited ...

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 ...