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Scientists discover how to slow down aging in mice and increase longevity
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"I'm right on the cusp," he adds. "I think some of us will make it through"—he means baby boomers, who can hope to experience practical immortality if they hang on for another 15 years.
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Americans have longer, but not necessarily healthier, lives due to high rates of preventable chronic disease, according to an annual report on the nation's health released on Tuesday.
Gains in life expectancy contrast with Americans' unhealthy behaviors, which have led to a 28 percent adult obesity rate, a diabetes rate of nearly 10 percent and a high blood pressure rate of more than 30 percent, according to United Health Foundation's 2012 America's Health Rankings.
Ray and Terry's 's insight:
The goal of extending life should not be simply to make it longer. It is a longer quality life, a vibrance and healthy enjoyment that we seek to extend. Medical science may keep humans living, but we must individually focus on 'how' we live in order to enjoy the extra years.
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Speakers at the 7th Annual Singularity Summit predict a future in which everyone lives forever and the intelligence of man and machine fuse to usher in a new "human-machine civilization."...
Computing ability and technological innovation have been increasing exponentially over the past few decades, Ray stated, alongside similar increases in life expectancy and income.
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Twelve states have obesity rates that top 30 percent, according to an analysis released by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The problem is not only that America remains fat, despite the best efforts of governments and activists in recent years, but also that we don’t know for certain whether the country is headed in the right direction.
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"No one is better at predicting the future" than Ray Kurzweil. ~Bill Gates
Humans are continually changing their own world and positions. We transcend limitations far more successfully than any other species. As we push developing technologies further, we are approaching a time when the difference between human and machine is no longer a meaningful distinction. This time has been dubbed 'the Singularity' by Ray Kurzweil, one of society's most credible and well-known futurists.
In this interview, Ray talks about how the technology he has predicted will change the face of life and death. Though the report focuses closely on his desire to create an avatar of his dead father, keep in mind that is just one aspect of the ideas.
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How do you think US ranks in longevity?
“Just three out of 10 American adults are active enough to stay healthy and fit, and nearly four out of 10 admit they aren’t active at all, despite reams of research proving that exercise is a powerful preventive, and sometimes an antidote, for disability and illness. Which side of this divide are you standing on — and why?”
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Steps you can take to extend your lifespan...
“We all have a pretty basic idea of what we should do to stay healthy. Those basic ideas are a primary factor in our current calculated lifespan. Everything you have been through, and everything you will go through will determine how many years you have left on the clock. Taking it further, those same factors will determine how many of those years will be healthy.
In order to truly extend your lifespan, you've got to take the reins, make the right choices, and raise the bar on what it means to stay healthy. Treat aging as a disease, not a process.”
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Studies have shown that even a simple daily multivitamin can make a considerable difference in our long-term health. Most resources on the web just give us the same information rehashed into different words.
The author explains some of the less well-known supplements and how they affect and benefit your body.
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As we develop software to help store our life experiences, we begin to share our consciousness with machines. Futurists, such as Ray Kurzweil, believe that one day we will be able to essentially upload ourselves into digital format.
This may indefinitely extend the time period we experience personal consciousness. If your personality is digital, is it 'you?' Will this constitute 'living forever?' And how about the implications for population management, if people fit on hard drives...
Read more abou a new prototype software called Lifebrowser, which uses artificial intelligence to help you revisit important events, photos, and e-mails from your own life...
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What about this: “Middle-aged people can do more, earn more and, in short, they run the world”
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Does this come as a surprise? A recent poll finds that Hawaii is the happiest state and received the best score of wellbeing. Which state scored the lowest?
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Things are looking up for aging mice and, if this research pays off, for aging humans, too.
Researchers have found that a long-suspected anti-aging protein called sirtuin can make male mice live about 16 percent longer than average, the first such advance for mammals in a field that has thus far only offered the blessings of extended life span to yeast, nematodes and fruit flies...
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Ray Kurzweil plans to live forever. All power to him. Mr. Kurzweil’s contributions to mankind arguably have been so extraordinary that perhaps we owe it to him to provide him medical care in perpetuity. ... Ultimately, the question is this: are Americans entitled to unlimited life expectancy?
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Chronic diseases linked to obesity and overconsumption of food are now a bigger global healthcare burden than illness and disease caused by malnutrition, according to the most comprehensive disease report ever produced on global health issues.
Ray and Terry's 's insight:
Moderate caloric restriction (reduce your daily caloric intake by 10-20%) can have numerous health benefits. Start by finding your target calorie intake to maintain an optimal weight. If you can stick to that daily level, reduce it by 10%.
Fasting is also beneficial. The easiest way? Stop eating at 6-7pm and don't eat again until 6-7am. With minimal effort, you have a 12 hour fast. Plus, you will sleep easier if your digestive system is at rest.
tiana cherie burne's curator insight,
November 3, 2014 11:30 PM
For the first time ever, diseases associated with obesity are now more of a global health burden the lack of nutrition. This investigation has been going for 5 years with over 50 scientists exploring the deep issues of obesity. I believe it's a personal decision too eat badly, don't do enough physical activity, drink to much, smoke to many cigars and just don't look after your body the way were meant to. Rising numbers of obesity has been increased with young adults over the years. The biggest global risks effecting people is high blood rate, which is also the biggest neglected global health in most countries. These scientists thankfully have put out antidotes that have helped save many millions of kids and adults from obesity. We really need more help like this in society, we need to team up and help out each other, were all human no one is special so don't be afraid to ask for help.
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How much life do you get from exercise?
To sum it up, the more you do it, the longer you live. For example, 75 minutes of brisk walking per week equates to an extra 1.8 years of life expectancy as opposed to staying sedentary. Increase that to 150–299 minutes of brisk walking per week and the gain in life expectancy goes up to 3.4 years. Make it 450 minutes per week and the estimated life expectancy jumps by 4.5 years.
The study also found that people whose weight is above the recommended level still benefit from physical activity .
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Following a healthy lifestyle can lead to a significantly longer life, even among people who are already well into their 70s, new research shows.
This study followed people in their mid-70s and older for almost twenty years. Researchers found a strong association between lifestyle and life expectancy.
"Physical activity was the single biggest predictor of longevity."
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How do they do it?
There are two types of worm that can regenerate their cells indefinitely, leading researchers to question—is this a key to immortality?
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"People worldwide are living three years longer than expected on average, pushing up the costs of aging by 50 percent, and governments and pension funds are ill prepared, the International Monetary Fund said.
Already the cost of caring for aging baby boomers is beginning to strain government budgets, particularly in advanced economies where by 2050 the elderly will match the numbers of workers almost one for one. The IMF study shows that the problem is global and that longevity is a bigger risk than thought.”
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Although people are living longer as a group, the maximum lifespan seems to be fixed at 114. Why?
There are a number of potential explanations, but we may find that today’s predictions and reasons are completely irrelevant in tomorrow's world.
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A study analyzing 75 years of statistical data suggests that death rates in the United States are dropping, while advancements in medical care contribute to the extension of lifespan.
Linda Holroyd's curator insight,
November 12, 2014 12:06 PM
Better healthcare and better lifestyle choices help lead to longer lifespans
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NewPublicHealth (RT @ITLittleThings: See how the way your community is designed and built has an impact on your health and longevity.)...
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Currently, income inequality is getting everyone’s attention because it taps into a very primal drive of ALL humans: survival. But focusing on money alone has convoluted the problem, as it seems that it’s about denying the rich. Instead, framing the problem as a longevity gap helps everyone — not just the 99% — understand what is at stake.
So here are the factors that have allowed the rich to live longer...
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Scientists at Duke will share a $14 million grant from DARPA to study biological clocks.
If scientists can isolate the genes, molecules and signals of human biological clocks, they could find ways to control and repair them if they are broken or damaged. A new DARPA grant will bring together many leading experts on the cell cycle, the circadian clock, the metabolism of yeast, root growth in plants and pulsing processes in bacteria, to deconstruct the molecular and genetic rhythms that keep these organisms alive. These scientists have four years to investigate the diverse rhythms of life.
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All of us except the misanthropes would like to live happily ever after. But how long is the "after" in happily ever after? In this case, we are talking about over 100 years.
"Who lives long, healthy, and happy lives, and why?" Here is another amazing case.
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While young people are not so enthusiastic about having many children, and older ones will be getting even older, what will the human society look like?