It can be hard to keep up a proper exercise routine on a good day. For people with injuries and disabilities, it becomes extra difficult. That’s especially true when you have trouble with your knees. Knees are essential to our mobility, but their position and the amount of stress they often experience means they’re particularly […]
We all know the longevity industry is growing. Companies and investors are spending a lot of money to try to find new ways to tackle the diseases and problems of aging. All that money means nothing without some kind of return. That means scientists and CEOs alike will be happy to hear that the FDA
Insomnia can have a devastating impact on your life, but so can sleeping pills when used unsafely. The media loves to hype up stories of celebrities overdosing on sleeping pills and other drugs, making it much harder to make a genuine assessment of benefit versus risk. Here are some of the facts you need for
Pathologists and medical examiners, brace yourselves. Your job might be to examine dead bodies all day, in the most minute detail, but new research suggests that even looking at a corpse for a short time can actually have an impact on your longevity. Well, it does in flies; we’re not sure about humans yet (https://longevity.technology/news/corpse-spotting-why-seeing-the-dead-could-be-bad-for-your-health/).
Few aspects of health and longevity science seem more futuristic, if not outright implausible, as cryonics. The idea that you could be fatally injured but then just frozen for numerous years before being woken up and healed with some technology we haven’t even invented yet sounds like an exciting piece of fiction. What you might
Part of the reason dementia can be so devastating is its wide-ranging impact across so many areas of your life, plus the lives of the people around you. With modern technology growing increasingly advanced, scientists are constantly looking for new ways to manage this condition (https://longevity.technology/news/ai-innovations-to-transform-living-with-dementia-awarded-1-9-million/). That’s the aim of the Longitude Prize on Dementia
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Taurine might not be the most well-known substance in the human body, but it’s present in abundance – or, at least, it should be. We know that taurine levels can drop as we grow older, and we know that low taurine is associated with various health problems. The question is whether declining taurine actively contributes
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Age comes with all sorts of additional health problems, and they’re not all as widespread or impactful as sarcopenia. If you’re not familiar, this is the technical name for age-related muscle loss. It’s why you’re not as strong as you used to be. Luckily, a new drug is in development that may help treat it
It is amazing to think about which random parts of the body can be used to provide broader information about our health. It’s not all about hormone levels and blood sugar. Even something as apparently innocuous as the thickness of your cornea has a tale to tell, especially when it comes to diseases of the
You might think of meditation as sitting and doing nothing, but it’s not that simple. It takes active work to calm your brain, and for some people, achieving that kind of focused mindset is nearly impossible. If you want to give meditation a serious try, devices like FocusCalm aim to help you on your way
