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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Chronic
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- Nov 07, 2020
While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know in the field of aging that some people tend to senesce, or grow older, more rapidly than others, and some more slowly.
- Extended
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold claims to the contrary that by now should sound familiar.
- Immortality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the 11th Century A.D. believed in it.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
People pushing the idea that everyone can live to be 100 are perpetuating a myth that goes all the way back to the Bible.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Genesis 6:3, it says man can live to be 120, but there is no scientific basis for it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bodies we have are not made for extended use. We must cope with accumulated DNA damage, cell damage, muscle atrophy, bone loss, decreased muscle mass, and joints worn out from overuse during a lifetime of bipedal locomotion. It might have worked great for prehistoric humans, but it wreaks havoc on our knees and hips.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Find a way to get a full-body massage every day.
- Chronic
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we pay for those added years is the rise of chronic diseases.
- Exponential
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing new limbs, copying internal organs like a Xerox machine, exponential increases in computing power, better eyes and ears - I could read stories like this endlessly.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Faustian trade of the 20th century was, we got 30 years of additional life, but in return we got heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's and sensory impairments. The question is: What Faustian trade are we making now, as we go after heart disease, cancer, stroke and Alzheimer's?
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020