These 7 simple anti-ageing secrets could add years to your life

Two recent studies suggest surprising but heartwarming keys to a longer life. You're more likely to rack up the years if you: Expect the best. Of 100,000 women in the Women's Health Initiative study, those rated optimistic by special questionnaires were 14 per cent less likely than pessimists to die during the study's first eight years. Care for a loved one. Despite the stress involved, men and women who put in the most time taking care of a spouse cut their own risk of dying by 36 per cent over a seven-year period, researchers at the University of Michigan found.