can social activities prolong life?
960693
I would say so.\n\nIt's been shown as well that seniors who have pets live longer. Whether it's the social aspect or having the responsibility of caring for them, I don't know.
193214
There are also a lot of births. People, in general, are living longer.
214675
It's not 'how long you live' it's more 'how well you live'. an example: \n\n2 guys both aged 80 die. One exercised the other did'nt.\n\nThe quality of life and health up to his death would be far better for the fit guy than the sedentary guy. He could probably play (not a super tough game) with his great grand children in the back yard\n\nThe other guy is more likely to have been in a wheelchair for some years.\n\n'Use it or lose it'
602413
The excitement of a birthday may also release Endorphins, which increase happiness, another proven scientific fact to make you live longer!
1201
People have a genetic coding that basically extends life to approx 125 years old.  Our genetic make up accounts for approximately 30% of our life expectancy.  Environment and habits accounts for the other 70%.  Our bodies are constantly breaking down and our body does not have the ability to repair these breakdown indefinately.  Once our body loses the ability to repair our breakdowns we begin to see signs of aging.  Once the process begins we are unable to effectively stop it.  Maybe with advances of science and gene therapy we can extend our ability to repair but until then you are kind of stuck with your genetic make up.
844863
i think we can only stay alive til we're 100.  my friend said that her grandma is 106 but i think she's lying. but if you stay healthy u can live up to 102 probably.  the meaning of life is to enjoy and get loved.
593719
yes. it is very good indeed... to make sure u will live longer..
566651
It is possible to survive an entire lifetime without having sexual intercourse with another person.  \n\nSexual intercourse is a desire, like all things that bring extra pleasure in life but not a need.  \n\nIn fact there are people that take and abide by vows of chastity and they live long productive lives.  \n\nYour list seems to include many things that are not a necessity one can live without family or friends.  One can even be relatively healthy doing so in fact better than some that live in bad home environments.\n\nBasic needs oxygen food water shelter.  After that everything else is an added enhancement to life.  Humans being social creatures for the most part will reach for the other things you mentioned but they could sustain life without them.\n\nOne should learn the difference between the words want and need.
933769
well in ancient times, ive heard folklore about old people being carried into the forest, because they were no longer helpful to the community.  but oftentimes ppl in the past did not live to be more than 60 years old...otherwise their families just took care of them until they got too sick, then they just treated them like any other dying person.  believe it or not, a few hundred yrs. ago, there were no nursing homes...yup...lol
791718
Clearly people are designed to live MUCH longer than they do. Trees live to be over a thousand years old. Turtles can get older than people. Our brains only use a smidgen of their overall capacity before we grow old and die......something is wrong. \n\nHumanity was originally designed and placed to enjoy living, and all the experiances, arts, sciences, work and play that goes along with that. That orignal purpose WILL be realized, once the great issue of universal sovereignty is proven and established. \n\nHow can we as imperfect human decendants of sinners even contemplate what that experience will be like after that great day? People then will not be the way they are now. They will not be bored......ever!
529160
What is it for? that the answer.\n\nIf you are going to live a longer life than do it. If it is for beauty and making  yourself look better like plastic surgery then no.\n\nBut if you need to fix your arteries so you ca spend more time with your kids then do it
717666
because of advanced technology people are living longer.Greater demand for health care.
1135625
Ritalin and a good parent sitter. :o)\n\nKeep in touch with them by phone, email, or visitations. Have them over from time to time. Be active with them. Make sure they stay social and active. Sad to say but statistics show that those who retire and do absolutely nothing are 90% more likely to die within 10 years than those who stay active or remain working at least part time.
1005411
Yes, it will be possible to alter human genes and their expression. Research into gene therapy offers hope to people affected with genetic disorders, e.g. Huntington's Disease and Cystic Fibrosis. WRT preventing death, I think that human life span will be greatly increased, for rich people anyway. This will cause a lot of problems for the rest of the world's population, leading to resource shortages. People can be very selfish and greedy and will justify to themselves their right to an extended life time. Death is part of the natural life cycle. In saying that, I still wish people the chance to a peaceful and happy life and not to die before their time. However,  unless we can sustain ourselves in space and find other planets that support life, we will need to die at 90-100 years, to make room and leave resources for the next generations.
332735
it might, there are plenty of people that live over 100. I heard that the sad part is that they outlive their friends and family. I would not want to live to be 150. My grandma is 80ish and she gets really sad because all of her good friends are dead. She does have her one close friend who is close to 90 still alive. Anyways, my point is that if you live to be 150 not only will you have outlived the people you care about the world will have completely changed. There are a lot of elderly people now that are shocked with the way our culture is (dress, music, dancing, exc.). Can you imagine how shocked they would be if they lived to be 150?
412803
That depends on the species; typically larger forms live longer, but there are many factors that influence longevity.\nHere's a webpage with documented longevity records, look at those for order Primates:\nhttp://www.demogr.mpg.de/longevityrecords/0203.htm
852353
Hey, whatever works, right? Social smoking is fine if you enjoy it. If you don't die from something smoking cigarettes related, you'll die from something else eventually anyway! Do what works for YOU.\nAnd the only reason people say it takes so and so mins. off your life is because that's how long it takes you to SMOKE cigs! Like, taking a 20 min. shower takes 20 mins. off your life! I don't understand why people say that!