Brooklyn’s Susannah Mushatt Jones, the World’s Oldest Person at 115, Thanks Sleep for Long Life

sleepingSusannah Mushatt Jones, the newly crowned world’s oldest person, says that the secret to longevity was sleeping. Susannah, who lives at the Vandalia Senior Center, even goes ahead to demonstrate by lying back on her leather recliner and pulling a blanket over her head for an afternoon nap.

Susannah is not bed bound even though she has lost her eyesight and is hard of hearing. She is enjoying relatively good health and only takes two medications every day. A good night’s sleep has been attributed to fact that Susannah has never really has medical issues. Her single wish as she celebrates her 116th birthday is to speak to President Obama.

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Somnowell Inventor - Visiting Professor Simon Ash FDS MSc MOrth BDS

Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.

The Somnowell Chrome is made to exacting standards in the Somnowell laboratory under the supervision of Visiting Professor Simon Ash. Prof. Ash and his master technicians create each Somnowell Chrome device using their wealth of experience and expertise.

Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.