New transhumanism story with many people in it. Forget the criticism in article, read what the highlighted people have said about the future. Great stuff.
A growing number of wealthy, tech-minded futurists are imagining life beyond their mortal bodies. We created images to match their strange, and varied, visions.
A look back at the most popular health articles of 2017. Here is the report: “Top Five Deadly Vitamins”
Summary: High-dose vitamin and mineral supplements were once promoted as ways to prevent heart disease, aging, and cancer. To the contrary, recent research has shown that excessive vitamin and mineral consumption sometimes shortens life. Using evidence from scores of clinical trials we generate a list of five vitamin and mineral supplements that have been shown to be harmful to an otherwise healthy person when consumed in excess. [Note: This article was extensively updated on Nov 2, 2017]. This article first appeared on LongevityFacts.com. Follow us on Google+ | Facebook | Reddit. Author: Brady Hartman.
Recent research shows that some vitamin or mineral supplements are hazardous to your health.
In particular, five vitamin and mineral supplements have been shown to be harmful to an otherwise healthy person when consumed in supranormal doses.
Revisiting the most popular life extension science videos of 2017. Here is the video: “Genes Rule Over Our Aging Bodies — Dr. David Sinclair on Sirtuins”
Summary: (Video) Dr. David Sinclair is the leading expert on sirtuins, the repairmen of our bodies. Watch Dr. David Sinclair explain how sirtuin genes control cellular repair and how drugs and supplements that affect the sirtuins can slow the aging process. [Author: Brady Hartman. This article first appeared on LongevityFacts.com. Follow us on Reddit | Google+ | Facebook. ] Scroll down for video
Sirtuins
Sirtuins are a family of genes, enzymes, and proteins, which affect multiple pathways that increase the lifespan and the overall health of organisms. Since enzymes are proteins and genes code for proteins, sirtuins are interchangeably referred to as enzymes, genes, and proteins.
Revisiting the most popular life extension science videos of 2017. Here is: “”(Video) Can These Revolutionary Technologies Beat Aging in Our Lifetimes?”
Summary: A new video by Kurzsegat and our friends at Lifespan.io shows several technologies in development that could dramatically slow down aging in the next few years. [This article first appeared on LongevityFacts.com. Follow us on Reddit | Google+ | Facebook. Author: Brady Hartman]
This new video from Kurzgesagt presents three technologies close to completion that could make a dramatic impact on our health and how we age.
You might think that being overweight may cause you health problems only until you finally shed those extra pounds, at which point everything will be fine again. It sounds reasonable, but it might be not so easy. According to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine on December 27, the negative effects of obesity might last even after that extra weight has been lost.
Yes, it appears that being overweight can have lasting consequences that persist long after the weight comes off. Damage to the hematopoietic stem cells can be caused by being overweight, making it all the more reason to try to maintain a healthy weight as part of your personal health and longevity strategy.
We have all seen it, the age-related loss of muscle mass and increasing frailty that generally accompanies advancing age. Recently the World Health Organization classified this age-related muscle wastage as a disease and thus sarcopenia entered official usage to describe it. There are a number of potential causes of sarcopenia and new research suggests that there is a nutritional link between the microbiota and development of the condition.
What is Sarcopenia?
Sarcopenia is the condition that causes the familiar, age-related loss of muscle strength and mass in older people, and it leads to ever-increasing frailty. Frailty makes everyday tasks difficult, affects balance, and can lead to falls, which can be very dangerous for older people.
The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, wanted to live forever.
Newly discovered documents reveal that 2,200 years ago, he even put out an executive order to search for a potion that would give him eternal life, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
Ancient texts reveal that China’s first emperor ordered an official search for the secret of eternal life.
A review of the discoveries in lifespan extension reported in 2017.
Summary: a review of the discoveries in lifespan extension reported in 2017. [Author: Brady Hartman. This article first appeared on the LongevityFacts.com website. The article has been updated, and the title has been changed.]
Another year is over. Here’s a look back at the discoveries and articles covering lifespan extension science in 2017.
Videos on Lifespan Extension
The year saw the release of many videos explaining the objectives of the lifespan extension field and the discoveries they have made. The animation house of Kurzsegat released a video describing how lifespan-extension researchers want to use geroscience to end aging forever.