Maria Branyas Morera had been verified as the oldest living person when she died last year at age 117. Maria Branyas Morera lived to the age of 117 with a bit of genetic luck and a healthy diet that ...

When it comes to the secret of healthy living and aging gracefully, there’s no one big magic secret that can make anyone live past 100.

Research on María Branyas, the world's oldest woman at 117, reveals how healthy diet, beneficial gut bacteria and protective ...

Wondering what it takes to live to 117? Ask María Branyas Morera and she would have said "order, tranquility, good connection with family and friends, contact with nature, emotional stability, no ...

Maria Branyas Morera’s life was simple. She enjoyed yogurt, gardening, sleep, books, walks, friends, playing the piano and dogs. But her lifespan was remarkable — and also inscrutable. When she died ...

When Maria Branyas Morera died last year at 117 years and 168 days old, she was the oldest known person in the world. Before she died, she asked doctors to study her. Dr. Manel Esteller, chairman of ...

João Marinho Neto's milestone came months after he celebrated the world’s oldest person, Ethel Caterham, on her 116th birthday Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...