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While solitude often gets a bad rap, spending time alone can come with plenty of benefits. As sociologist Anna Akbari suggests, solitude can be stabilizing and grounding, allowing people a chance to ...

How old do you want to live to be? If you want to stay around way past your 80s, what quality of life do you want to have? Many of us dream about living as long as possible, but don't understand the ...

Transgender people overwhelmingly describe their lives after transitioning as “happier,” “authentic” and “comforting” despite a deluge of state legislation in recent years that seeks to restrict their ...

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Many people try all sorts of things to have long and healthy lives, from complex diet plans to expensive supplements. But in the Netflix series “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones,” bestselling ...

When scientists ask people to rate their life satisfaction, those saying they are at least somewhat satisfied usually outnumber the dissatisfied. Yet, people differ in how they assess their ...

Living to see 100 is a major feat that has a common thread. Recent studies of centenarians – people who are in their 100s – have found that they suffer from fewer diseases overall, develop them more ...

We know that having access to a decent and comfortable living space is a basic human right. When it comes to actual housing, somehow we as human beings have managed to separate that as something to be ...

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