On June 19, 2020, Paradefeatured insights from AFAR experts Nir Barzilai, MD, and Thomas Perls, MD, based on their decades expertise studying centenarians or “Super Agers,” providing tips to extend healthspan and lifespan.
The article also highlights Dr. Barzilai’s new book, Age Later: Healthspan, Lifespan, and the New Science of Longevity.
Dr. Barzilai is AFAR’s Scientific Director, a 1994 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty recipient, a 1997 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging scholar, a 2010 Irving S. Wright Award winner, and the Director at the Institute for Aging Research and distinguished Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Perls is a 1998 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award recipient. He is the Founder and Director of the New England Centenarian Study and a Professor of Medicine at Boston University’s School of Medicine.
Read the article, “Want to Live to 100? These Centenarians Are Sharing Their Secrets to Long Life,” here.
A portion of all Age Later sales will benefit the AFAR-managed TAME (Targeting Aging with Metformin) Trial. Purchase your copy of Age Later today from your favorite bookseller or directly from the publisher here.
