Feel-Good, Age-Old Cliches; Researchers find there's some truth to notion that the older we get, the better we feel

[...]there is evidence that positive attitudes about aging may reduce the risk of dementia, which among the most dreaded consequences of aging. [...]people could be perpetually pushing what is considered an older adult into the future." Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health compared healthy and long-living children of centenarians - average age 82 - with three groups: