<description>&lt;p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;On today's episode of NO SUCH THING, we&amp;rsquo;re talking about so-called &amp;ldquo;Super Agers,&amp;rdquo; the term used to describe people who are at least 80 years old, but are still sharp as a tack. Maury Povich. Joy Behar. Anthony Fauci. Bernie Sanders. Martha Stewart. There are a ton of octogenarians who are cognitively impressive. Of course, there are many who&amp;hellip; aren&amp;rsquo;t. What differentiates these two groups?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A groundbreaking new study endeavors to answer that question, and in today&amp;rsquo;s episode, we talked to one of the study&amp;rsquo;s authors, and to one of the super-agers in question.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Check out our &lt;a href="https://www.nosuchthing.show/"&gt;newsletter here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Have a question you want us to answer? Email us at &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mannynoahdevan@gmail.com"&gt;mannynoahdevan@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; or leave a voicemail at &lt;strong&gt;‪(860) 325-0286&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Super-Agers: Why do some old people age better than others?

MAY 20, 202650 MIN
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Super-Agers: Why do some old people age better than others?

MAY 20, 202650 MIN

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On today's episode of NO SUCH THING, we’re talking about so-called “Super Agers,” the term used to describe people who are at least 80 years old, but are still sharp as a tack. Maury Povich. Joy Behar. Anthony Fauci. Bernie Sanders. Martha Stewart. There are a ton of octogenarians who are cognitively impressive. Of course, there are many who… aren’t. What differentiates these two groups? A groundbreaking new study endeavors to answer that question, and in today’s episode, we talked to one of the study’s authors, and to one of the super-agers in question. Check out our newsletter here. Have a question you want us to answer? Email us at [email protected] or leave a voicemail at ‪(860) 325-0286See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.