Media Coverage of New Longevity Study

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are pleased to share with you the list of media coverage for our  new longevity study  "Season of Birth and Exceptional Longevity", organized in alphabetic order:

Autumn babies likelier to live to 100
BioScholar  - July 14, 2012 -  http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/07/autumn-babies-likelier-to-live-to-100.html
WebIndia 123  - July 14, 2012 - http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/Health/20120714/2023388.html
Yahoo! News India -  http://in.news.yahoo.com/autumn-babies-likelier-live-100-081050254.html 
Zee News  -  July 14, 2012 -  http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/autumn-babies-likelier-to-live-to-100_17874.html

Autumn babies more likely to hit 100

New Scientist (online) - Jul 12 -  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22054-autumn-babies-more-likely-to-hit-100.html 
New Scientist magazine (print),  Issue number 2874, July 21, 2012, page 17 - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528744.900-autumn-babies-more-likely-to-hit-100.html
Democratic Underground.com - http://www.democraticunderground.com/11424068

Autumn Babies More Likely To Live Up To 100 Years
MedIndia - July 14, 2012 - http://www.medindia.net/news/autumn-babies-more-likely-to-live-up-to-100-years-104077-1.htm

Autumn babies who catch a cold are more likely to live to see their 100th birthday

Daily Mail - Jul 13 - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2173369/Autumn-babies-catch-cold-likely-live-100th-birthday.html

Fall babies more likely to still be standing at 100
Holy Kaw! - http://holykaw.alltop.com/fall-babies-more-likely-to-still-be-standing 

Longevity Tied to Season of Birth
International Business Times - July 14, 2012 -  http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/363000/20120714/people-born-autumn-live-100-years.htm

Medical: Research reveals secrets to longer, healthier life

Allnurses.com - http://allnurses.com/clinical-news/people-born-fall-756851.html

East Valley Tribune - Jul 12 -  http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/health/article_ce77ecb0-cbe5-11e1-bc5d-0019bb2963f4.html
Scripps Howard News Service - July 11 - http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/medical-research-reveals-secrets-longer-healthier-life
The Republic - July 11 - http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/medical-longlife/medical-longlife

 People Born in Fall More Likely to Live to 100
YouTube (video)  -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcUmHBU4G2Y
DailyMotion (video) - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs7gmm_people-born-in-fall-more-likely-to-live-to-100

People Born in the Fall More Likely to Survive to 100

Doctors Lounge  -  http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/30501

JAAPA (Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants) - http://www.jaapa.com/people-born-in-the-fall-more-likely-to-survive-to-100/article/250074/

Medical Xpress -  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-people-born-fall-survive.html

Monthly Prescribing Reference  - http://www.empr.com/people-born-in-the-fall-more-likely-to-survive-to-100/article/250074/

WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg - Jul 13 - http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/People-born-in-the-fall-more-likely-to-survive-to/oEqOR9-eoEeU8Dr3tCfngA.cspx?rss=50

People Who Live to Be Over 100 Tend to be Born in the Fall

Medical Daily  - http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120713/10843/aging-fall-centenarian-100-birth-season.htm

Research reveals secrets to longer, healthier life

KYpost.com -  http://www.kypost.com/dpps/lifestyle/research-reveals-secrets-to-longer-healthier-life_7676539

Study Finds Birth Month Can Affect Your Longevity
Aol News (video) -  http://on.aol.com/video/study-finds-birth-month-can-affect-your-longevity-517415536


Non-English stories:

Herbstbabys werden eher 100 Jahre alt
ExtremNews - http://www.extremnews.com/nachrichten/gesundheit/120214004c621d1

Russian:

Долгожители рождаются осенью  - Эко­Быт

Кто родился осенью - дольше будет жить, считают ученые - Аргументы недели

Долгожители чаще всего рождаются осенью - Novosti­UA
«Осенние» дети живут дольше «весенних»  - МТРК Мир

Родившиеся осенью имеют больше шансов дожить до ста лет - Med­Portal.ru

Ученые: рожденные осенью – потенциальные долгожители - Евро­СМИ

Ученые: люди, родившиеся осенью, - потенциальные долгожители - Курсквеб.Ру
Люди, родившиеся осенью, - потенциальные долгожители - Med­Daily - Медицинские новости

Ученые: Люди, рожденные осенью - долгожители  -  NEWS.am 
Родившиеся осенью могут дожить до ста лет - Day.Az 

Feel free to add your comments below!

Research reveals secrets to longer, healthier life - news coverage

Greetings,

Just came across this news coverage of our recent  study by The Republic and  Scripps Howard News Service:

"Medical: Research reveals secrets to longer, healthier life"
The Republic - Scripps Howard News Service - July 11, 2012
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/medical-longlife/medical-longlife
and
http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/medical-research-reveals-secrets-longer-healthier-life

Here are some excerpts:

"At the University of Chicago, husband-and-wife researchers Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova looked at records for nearly 1,600 Americans born between 1880 and 1895 who achieved age 100, as well as more than 10,000 shorter-lived siblings and more than 1,000 spouses.

They found that those born in the fall, September through November, had 40 percent higher odds of reaching the century mark than did those born in March. The researchers wrote online in the Journal of Aging Research in November that three factors were probably most important for babies born before 1900: mild temperatures in the first months of life; a seasonal lull in cycles of infectious diseases; and better maternal nutrition being available during the harvest season.

All three factors helped avoid a buildup of damage to the infants' systems early in life, the researchers argue, and support the theory that "early life programming" helps determine the course of aging and longevity."

Our best papers on aging, mortality and longevity

Dear friends,

We are pleased to share with you our best (most cited) papers on aging, mortality and longevity studies. You can easily get the full text of each publication just by clicking on the titles below. Comments and suggestions are most welcome!

1.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The reliability theory of aging and longevity. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2001, 213(4): 527-545.
Cited 211 times, Journal Impact Factor: 2.574

2.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Evolutionary theories of aging and longevity. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL, 2002, 2: 339-356.
Cited 74 times, Journal Impact Factor: 1.658

3.
Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov, L.A. The response of violent mortality to economic crisis in Russia. Population Research and Policy Review, 2000, 19: 397-419.
Cited 68 times, Journal Impact Factor: 0.718

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Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilova, A.L., Evdokushkina, N.N., Kushnareva, Yu.E., Kroutko, V.N., Andreyev, A.Yu. Evolution, mutations and human longevity. Human Biology, 1998, 70(4): 799-804.
Cited 51 times, Journal Impact Factor: 0.531

5.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Season of birth and human longevity. Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine (now Rejuvenation Research), 1999, 2(4): 365-366.
Cited 50 times, Journal Impact Factor: 4.138

6.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Parental age at conception and offspring longevity. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 1997, 7: 5-12.
Cited 42 times

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Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Kroutko, V.N., Evdokushkina, G.N., Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilova, A.L., Lapshin, E.V., Evdokushkina N.N., Kushnareva, Yu.E. Mutation load and human longevity. Mutation Research, 1997, 377(1): 61-62.
Cited 39 times, Journal Impact Factor: 3.556

8.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Biodemographic study of familial determinants of human longevity. Population, 2001, 13(1): 197-222.
Cited 29 times, Journal Impact Factor: 0.542

9.
De Grey, Aubrey D. N., Leonid Gavrilov, S. Jay Olshansky, L. Stephen Coles, Richard G. Cutler, Michael Fossel, and S. Mitchell Harman. Antiaging technology and pseudoscience. Letter. Science, 2002, 296: 656-656.
Cited 28 times, Journal Impact Factor: 29.747

10.
Carnes, B.A., Olshansky, S.J., Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S., Grahn, D. Human longevity: Nature vs. Nurture - fact or fiction. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 1999, 42(3): 422-441.
Cited 25 times, Journal Impact Factor: 1.084

11.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Is there a reproductive cost for human longevity? Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine (now Rejuvenation Research), 1999, 2(2): 121-123.
Cited 24 times, Journal Impact Factor: 4.138

12.
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. When Fatherhood Should Stop? Letter. Science, 1997, 277(5322): 17-18.
Cited 21 times, Journal Impact Factor: 29.747

Total number of citations for 10 top articles: 616

Book:
The biology of life span: a quantitative approach
LA Gavrilov, NS Gavrilova - 1991 - Harwood Academic Publishers
Cited 323 times

Book in Russian:
Биология продолжительности жизни
ЛА Гаврилов, НС Гаврилова - 1991
Cited 40 times

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What is wrong with season-of-birth studies?

Important alert on studies of season-of-birth effects:

"While discussing studies of month-of-birth effects, it is important to be aware of methodological problems and pitfalls.

In some cases a simplistic approach is applied to study the effects of month of birth on human lifespan: mean ages at death are calculated for people born in different months using cross-sectional data (i.e., death certificates collected during a relatively short period of time [38]).

This methodology is flawed and can produce both false positive and false negative findings.

For example, if the seasonality of births and infant mortality were more expressed in the past, then the month-of-birth distribution of people would differ in different age groups of the population, thus producing a spurious month-of-birth effect on lifespan (if erroneously estimated through mean age at death). This mistake happens because the mean age at death depends on the age distribution of living people, which may differ depending on month-of-birth. Thus, even if the month of birth does not affect adult lifespan, nevertheless a false positive finding may occur, simply because the effects of population age structure are not taken into account.

On the other hand, month-of-birth effects could be overlooked by this cross-sectional method if the seasonal effects on age-specific mortality rates are proportional. This false negative finding happens because proportional changes in death rates produce a proportional changes in the numbers of deaths in all age groups, and such proportional changes in numbers have no effect on the mean age at death. Thus, a false negative finding may occur, because cross-sectional analysis of death records is blind to proportional changes in age-specific death rates.

In our study we avoided this simplistic cross-sectional analysis of death records as a flawed methodology. Instead we applied a cohort approach by following people born in the same calendar years until the last person died (method of extinct generations)."

Cited from pages 34 -36 in:

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S.
Early-life factors modulating lifespan.
In: Rattan, S.I.S. (Ed.).Modulating Aging and Longevity.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2003, 27-50.


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