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Monitoring my blood glucose response with a Freestyle Libre 3 CGM
02-May-2024

Monitoring my blood glucose response with a Freestyle Libre 3 CGM

What can continuous glucose monitor graphs tell you about your diet?

Supplementing to Survive
16-Feb-2024

Supplementing to Survive

Many biomarkers decline with age, but can you supplement to compensate and recover your health?

Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases
28-Jun-2023

Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases

The data and science behind the exponential growth in mortality with age

Can love defeat death?
13-Feb-2023

Can love defeat death?

Health and life expectancy are affected by love, sex and marriage

New cancer therapies in 2022 achieving unprecedented remissions - reviewing a year of hope
27-Jan-2023

New cancer therapies in 2022 achieving unprecedented remissions - reviewing a year of hope

Including gene editing, immunotherapy, modified viruses, vaccines, personalised medicine, and nanotechnology

Being a bit of a Grinch may help you live longer
20-Dec-2022

Being a bit of a Grinch may help you live longer

Heart attack cases peak on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day

Mitochondria, Autophagy and Neurodegenerative diseases: A perspective
23-Nov-2022

Mitochondria, Autophagy and Neurodegenerative diseases: A perspective

Review paper from University of Helsinki looks at the role of mitophagy in ageing

Use it or lose it – over 50s guide to muscle loss
22-Feb-2021

Use it or lose it – over 50s guide to muscle loss

Don’t fall into the vicious circle of frailty

The Difference Between Dietary Cholesterol and Blood Cholesterol
23-Dec-2020

The Difference Between Dietary Cholesterol and Blood Cholesterol

The real culprit is saturated fats, so your diet is still important

SkinVision App Review – Instant Spot/Mole Assessment
19-Feb-2020

SkinVision App Review – Instant Spot/Mole Assessment

Provides an early warning or peace of mind – good value for money either way

3 Key Reasons for Having a Massage
23-Feb-2016

3 Key Reasons for Having a Massage

Health benefits include stress relief, better sleep and improved immunity

Chocolate - an innocent pleasure
11-Feb-2016

Chocolate - an innocent pleasure

Dark chocolate that retains flavonoids during manufacture could be good for your heart and mental health

Air pollution - a significant killer
07-May-2015

Air pollution - a significant killer

Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and other air pollution can knock 12 years off your life

Summary of living forever news from Ray Kurzweil 21-June-2013
23-Jun-2013

Summary of living forever news from Ray Kurzweil 21-June-2013

Restoring lost synapses, new cancer approach based on naked mole rat HMW-HA, and fruit fly lifespan increased by 24% with Rhodiola rosea

Repairing damaged hearts - first step to rejuvenation
02-Jun-2013

Repairing damaged hearts - first step to rejuvenation

If you can repair damage from heart attacks, why can't we repair heart damage from ageing?

Heart muscle aging reversed (in mice)
28-May-2013

Heart muscle aging reversed (in mice)

Using the blood of younger mice to reverse the signs of aging in older mice