Forget your cholesterol levels and gym stats; the longest-running study on human happiness proves that a single social habit ...

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Dr. Robert Waldinger said researchers were “shocked” by “the biggest predictor of who was going to live long and stay healthy.” Jose Alvarado Jr for The New York Times Waldinger, the director of the ...

A person's age is one of the best predictors of how much longer they are likely to live. This is the main idea behind life expectancy. Life expectancy is a statistical measure of how long a person is ...

Dr. Robert Waldinger speaks about social connection and longevity at the New York Times' Well Festival. What if the secret to longevity wasn’t in the mind or the gut — but in the heart? Speaking at ...