According to famous scientists and futurist Ray Kurzweil, humans will enjoy immortality within 20 years. He believes that the solution will be found in nano-technology, but currently we need to understand how our body really works. Ray Kurzweil is in his 60s and believes that the incredible learning curve and progress in our comprehension of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 28, 2011
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Eminent researches envisage that in the forthcoming 40 years, Americans’ life expectancy will be more than what the government actually expects. On Monday, a significant report was published by members of the MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society. It states that the U.S Social Security Administration and Census Bureau have miscalculated the average American [...]
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One of the most fascinating topics in bio- ethic is human enhancement. Our basic capabilities might in the future be radically advanced, thanks to promising result of scientific developments. We are talking about technologies that will make us smarter, stronger, happier and even morally better-off. Fields of Human Enhancement In recent articles there have been [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 27, 2011
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A recent survey reveals that 43 percent of Koreans don’t consider living beyond the age of 90 as a blessing. In June, the Korean Institute for Health & Social Affairs had a poll of 1,000 Koreans where it was revealed that 43.3 percent of the participants didn’t really aspire to live beyond the age of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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Experts say that 15 minutes of exercise per day is all you need to increase your longevity by three years. So you might no longer be able to say that you are too busy to enjoy exercise. A relatively new study, released in the Lancet Medical Journal, highlighted that 1 in 9 cancer-related deaths could [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 21, 2011
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There is a growing belief that calorie restriction is the key to longevity. Dr. John B Carrigan is now in search for a potential drug that might enlighten the quest for longer human lifespan. The debates on calorie restriction are swinging from one side to the other. Is it really the elixir of youth or [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 20, 2011
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The Fountain of Youth is a chimera but the possibility for longer life may be achieved. An article in Thursday’s issue of Scientific Reports states that researchers have created a new drug that can improve the longevity of mice by 44 percent in contrast to those not given the drug. The latter is a synthetic [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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Recently, on the world conference on AIDS medicine held in Rome, it was announced that Africans on HIV drugs can expect to have a more-or-less normal lifespan. Yet, women suffering from AIDS are expected to outlive men. This was the result of the world’s largest study on AIDS drug and people. Specialized researchers from BC [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 14, 2011
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It is universally acknowledged that pet owners experience less stress and hence have a longer life span. Yet, this remains an assumption, not a fact. A recent US study asserts that this common belief may not be true. The findings of Howard Herzog, a professor of psychology at Western Carolina University, reveal that past studies [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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There are a few studies that suggest that success can either increase longevity but in other cases, it can, on the contrary, lead to shorter lives. The example of Oscar winners and young men who reach their career success at an early phase were selected for review. At the University of Toronto, Donald Redelmeier, conducted [...]
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