New research has found what could be the actual reason a fraction of people live to be at least 100 years old. New research has just uncovered one factor that may be key to long life.

Karin Modig, Associate Professor in Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, lead a research team looking at the phenomena. She said: " My research team has found that people that live to 100 seem to possess the superhuman ability to avoid disease."

Professor Modig added: "In two recent studies, we analysed and compared long and shorter-lived people born in the same year. The results from the two studies showed that centenarians not only suffer from fewer diseases overall throughout their lives, they also develop them more slowly. They’re also less likely to experience deadly conditions, such as major car

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