People who live to 100 all share a 'superhuman' ability, scientists discover... could YOU be one of them?

People who live to 100 appear to have a'superhuman' ability to avoid major illnesses, according to new research. Two large studies of older adults in Sweden have found that centenarians tend to develop fewer diseases, accumulate them more slowly, and in many cases avoid the most deadly age-related conditions altogether--despite living far longer than their peers. The work, published by an international research team, suggests that exceptional longevity is linked to a distinct pattern of ageing in which illness is delayed or even avoided entirely. The findings challenge the widely held belief that a longer life inevitably comes with more years of poor health. Researchers analysed decades of health records to compare people who reached 100 with those who died earlier but were born in the same years.