Naomi Whitehead on her 114th birthday in 2024. (Superlongevity Wiki)
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Naomi Whitehead lived to be 116, but her story is not just an exceptional number, as recent research reveals how genes, lifestyle, and environment intertwine in the making of longevity, and why the secret of centenarians still lacks a single, sure recipe.