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Is Longevity Research Ethical? Yes it Is
Nicholas Agar, who is a bio-ethicist from New Zealand, says that longevity institutes are inherently unethical if they are using healthy poor people as subjects for testing. For instance, it is really easy to entice people suffering from aging diseases into experimental medical trials. People suffering from Alzheimer’s disease are well aware that their illness [...]
Continue reading...Vitamin D – A Strong Tool To Combat Aging in Eyes
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Recently Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council financed a group of researchers that discovered that the impact of aging in mouse eyes could be reduced with the consumption of Vitamin D. They also found out the Vitamin D proved to be very beneficial in the improvement of sight in older mice. These researches are hoping [...]
Continue reading...Test to Predict Your Chance of Reaching Your 100th Birthday
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Want to know whether you will celebrate your 100th birthday? Recent tests can now predict. In accordance to scientists, there now exist a test that can genetically predict if a person will be able to reach his 100th birthday. Researchers of Yale University and Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Boston Medical Center, [...]
Continue reading...Will Human Live Forever In The Future?
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Woody Allen, an American Director said, “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying.” In this world that we live in death is considered to be inevitable. It is a spin-off and mindset that must be forgotten. Yet, what would really happen if people had an [...]
Continue reading...Reports Show That American’s Life Expectancy Has Prolonged
Saturday, January 21, 2012
According to a recent report, American is currently living a longer life than previously. Their lifespan has increased from an average of 78.6 years during the year 2009 while as upon 2010, Americans live to 78.7 years. At the same time the death rate of Americans has experienced a drop of 0.5% in one single [...]
Continue reading...Paleo diet – One Way To Avoid Diseases
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
People have abandoned the Paleo diet for mass produced food and a sedentary lifestyle. The Paleo diet is also called the caveman diet or Paleolithic diet. In the Hunter-gatherers society, some 2 million years ago, humans consumed natural foods; fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts and eggs. It was a diet low in carbohydrates and high [...]
Continue reading...Mice In Laboratories Unlocking New Secrets of the Fountain of Youth
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Mice tend to end up their life being prototypes of medical research. We should note that mice represent 50 percent of the laboratory animals used for experiment and thus the prime source of testing for modern medicine. Recently, a group of research from University of Pittsburgh confirmed that they had found the secret behind a [...]
Continue reading...Telomere a Biomarker That Predicts Longevity of Birds
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Earlier researches on humans have shown that the length of telomeres determines the potential lifespan of people. The same as has been proven for young zebra Finches (Taeniopygia Guttata). The telomeres are the protective caps (ends) of chromosomes, and the longer the telomere the stronger is the protection of the chromosomes. Telomeres gives DNA sequences [...]
Continue reading...People Enjoying Extreme Longevity Are Blessed with Longevity-Genes
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A recent study showed that people who live to 110 years have an equal amount of disease-associated genes as the overall population. However, super-centenarians are gifted with protective genes enabling them to enjoy extreme longevity. Super-centenarians’ (people living to 110 or beyond) are uncommon in the general population. In developed countries only one person out [...]
Continue reading...Studies Suggest – Good Sex Can Increase Your Longevity
Sunday, January 8, 2012
According to a new research, sex seems to be an important determinant of longevity. In other words, Good Sex Can Increase your Life Expectancy. A group of research from University of California, San Diego found that good sex can add up to a decade of life expectancy. Satisfying sex can help people in their 80’s [...]
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