One of the most striking examples of longevity through repair is house 1 from Los Buchillones, Cuba, with a lifespan of 360 years (Pendergast et al. 2002).
Examples of longevity studies used for cross-sectional analysis in unrelated individuals are the New England Centenarian Study (NECS) 90, German long-lived individuals 91, French centenarians 92, and Southern Italian Centenarian Study (SICS 933.
A prime example of this longevity is Leo Rosenberger of New York, who is 99.
He serves as a shining example of healthy longevity -- he continues to work part-time, filling his role as director of the Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis and occasionally seeing patients.
SIR2 is one example of such longevity gene.
However, unlike in other examples of increased longevity, they find that decreased food intake is not required.
Examples of prospective longevity studies are the Leiden 85-plus study 95, 96, Newcastle 85+ study 97, 98, Danish 1905 cohort 99, the population-based Rotterdam Study 100, and Framingham Heart Study (FHS) (consisting of three generations) 101.
For example, work on conscientiousness (C) has become a central focus for health psychology, for example, with respect to the prediction of longevity (Kern & Friedman, 2008) and its interaction with neuroticism to influence health outcomes (Roberts, Smith, Jackson, & Edmonds, 2009).
There are photographs of his party, which was held at Delmonico's restaurant, and a transcript of the speech he gave there, which includes his secrets of longevity: As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake.
