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Health

Step one of living forever is staying healthy so this section covers key health topics and the latest research into common conditions and new therapeutic developments. Of particular interest are medical advances that reduce mortality rates – i.e. improving your chances of living long enough to live forever without you having to lift a finger!

Big Killers

There are a handful diseases that cause most deaths in the western world (i.e. where we don’t have to worry so much about poverty, famine or natural disasters). So, anything you can do to prevent these will greatly improve your chance of living forever.

Read more about: Antibiotic Resistance, Big Pharma, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Mental Health, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory Disease, Stroke.

Resources

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Neurodegenerative Diseases: Neurobiology, Pathogenesis and Therapeutics

Amazon

Book about neurodegenerative diseases edited by Flint Beal

Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry

Amazon

Book about old age psychiatrists, geriatricians, and other clinicians edited by Tom Dening

The Warning Signs of Skin Cancer

Learn to spot the early warning signs

Speck

Indoor air quality monitor

Real time Air Quality Index map

World's Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index

Emerging Drugs and Targets for Alzheimer’s Disease

Amazon

Importance of and social need of finding an effective therapeutic intervention for Alzheimer edited by Ana Martinez

Cyclarity Therapeutics

Company developing simple and direct interventions targeting toxic forms of cholesterol for age-related diseases.

NHS heart age calculator

Calculator that will compare your real age to your heart age

Flow

Air quality sensor that measures air quality and predicts pollution

Cancer genomics

Part of the 100,000 Genomes Project run by Genomics England

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Health Blog Posts

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

Recent News

AKL Therapeutics’ investigational senotherapeutics drug APPA beneficial for oral osteoarthritis

Longevity Technology - 20-Mar-2023

Senescent cells have become one of the most promising targets for healthy aging research

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How NMN Supplementation Affects Artery Stiffness Through NAD+ Metabolism

Live Forever Club - 13-Mar-2023

A meagre 250 mg/day of NMN ameliorated arterial stiffness which could protect against CVD risk

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Peter Attia comments on Danish metformin study that does not find benefit to general population

Peter Attia website - 11-Mar-2023

Original study was subject to bias due to exclusion of participants who progressed to multiple therapies

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People who socialise more, live longer, especially helpful in old age

Independent - 08-Mar-2023

People are less likely to die the more often they socialise

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Neocortical grafting platform in brain repair

Live Forever Club - 07-Mar-2023

Multilayered architecture resulted in physiological and behavioural improvements. Could it help regenerate the ageing brain in future?

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