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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!

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"

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.

Health News

How air pollution speeds up muscle decline in older adults

How air pollution speeds up muscle decline in older adults

Live Forever Club - 02-Dec-2025

Long-term exposure to common pollutants increases sarcopenia risk and weakens mobility with age

A targeted treatment may change how we manage osteoarthritis in future

A targeted treatment may change how we manage osteoarthritis in future

Live Forever Club - 01-Dec-2025

Cartilage stays stronger and breaks down more slowly

The metabolic tug-of-war between exercise and tumours

The metabolic tug-of-war between exercise and tumours

New Scientist - 01-Dec-2025

Exercise cuts tumour growth by 60% by diverting glucose to muscle

AGC Biologics and Repair Bio unite to advance plaque-clearing mRNA treatment

AGC Biologics and Repair Bio unite to advance plaque-clearing mRNA treatment

Longevity Technology - 25-Nov-2025

The teams aim to create an mRNA therapy that breaks down toxic cholesterol inside artery cells

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Health Resources

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The Ageless Brain

Amazon

How To Sharpen Your Mind and Extend Your Brainspan written by Dale E. Bredesen

The Gut-Muscle Axis with Dr. Michael Lustgarten

Longevity Roadmap Podcast- Michael Lustgarten studies how the gut and blood impact muscle health in ageing

How Mitochondrial Decline Drives Brain Aging

Longevity Roadmap Podcast- Francisco González-Lima examines how metabolism affects brain aging

Being Mortal

Amazon

Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End, a book written by Atul Gawande

Rapamycin Improves Autophagy? | Analyzing Longevity News

Optispan podcast episode - Matt Kaeberlein reviews three new studies on the anti-aging drug rapamycin

Health & Her

Online menopause clinic and supplements and product for women in menopause

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Health Blog Posts

Smart Ageing Summit 2024 Highlights
01-Jul-2024

Smart Ageing Summit 2024 Highlights

Adrian reports back from a day of interesting talks in Oxford

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?

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

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