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An essay is presented on 117-years-old Emma Morano of Pallanza, Italy, the oldest person on the earth as December 2016, and mentions her dietary habits. It mentions her views on aging where she argues to deal with aging and get used to it, and also to adapt and modify worsening of the health via better choices. It further mentions her strategy to manage aging including doing exercises regularly and to fill life with generous deeds, loving words, art and song.

The article discusses the 91-year old Texan World War II veteran, former prisoner of war (POW) and former corporeal in the U.S. Third Army Ray Haliburton's memories of his involvement in World War II, referencing historical source material from World War II. An overview of his brother and U.S. Army platoon sergeant Johnnie Haliburton, including his death in France in 1944 during an American World War II campaign, is provided.

The article presents editorial feedback on several stories submitted by the journal readers, published in the October 2016 issue. Topics include the relocation of blood samples taken from longest-lived people from a Sardinia, Italy laboratory to a hospital, company self-protection because of EU regulations, and the development of a "smile-detection" system for smartphones.

The article announces that 100-year-old great-grandmother Julia Hawkins from Baton Rouge, Louisiana won her age group in a 5K cycling race at the Louisiana Senior Games competition in 2016, and it mentions how Hawkins was previously featured in the November 3, 1997 issue of the journal.