Some of the trickiest diseases to diagnose are those without symptoms. After all, if you can’t tell you’re sick, why would you go to the effort of getting yourself tested? That’s especially true if the diagnostic process is complicated or expensive, involving lots of doctors and equipment. That’s why being able to self-test even for […]
The use of AI and digital health solutions is spreading rapidly in the longevity industry, but that means it’s very easy for people, particularly the vulnerable people who would most benefit from access, to be left behind. One challenge facing researchers is how their discoveries can be made available to everyone (https://longevity.technology/news/bringing-biological-age-tracking-to-the-masses/). There are a
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If you follow aging and longevity-related health news at all, you’re probably familiar with mitochondria. They’re essential to our energy metabolism and all sorts of different cell functions. This means it’s pretty important to know how well they’re working. A new imaging technique may allow us to do just that (https://longevity.technology/news/new-technique-for-studying-mitochondria-could-enhance-neurodegenerative-imaging/). Every human has hundreds,
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You probably know how important vitamins are for maintaining your health. In the case of vitamin D, its most notable role is helping us use calcium. Without it, children may develop rickets and adults can get osteomalacia. But how does this relate to whether we develop dementia? Most vitamins are found primarily in our diet.
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We may be living longer, but sometimes technology and medicine struggle to keep up. What many people are hoping for is agetech that can allow them to “age in place”, to remain in their homes living independently even as they grow older. Can the agetech currently being developed help achieve this lofty goal (https://longevity.technology/news/aging-in-place-is-the-holy-grail-of-agetech/)? It
Measuring biological age accurately is one of the most important aspects of working to improve longevity, but it isn’t a simple process. There’s currently no single procedure that can tell you everything you need to know. This means that being able to calculate biological age from a regular, routine blood test would be a big
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Even in the increasingly science-fiction-sounding world of biotech, growing electrical circuits in living tissue, particularly in the human brain, sounds a little radical. Nevertheless, scientific research appears to be rapidly heading in that direction (https://longevity.technology/news/electrodes-grown-in-the-brain-pave-the-way-for-future-therapies-for-neurological-disorders/). Electrical signals are an important part of human biology. An obvious example is in the heart, where we sometimes use
Wearable fitness trackers are one of the big things of the current wellness movement, and among those trackers, Fitbit is a big name. It’s constantly putting out new watches and other devices to help you monitor various indicators of fitness. So where exactly does the Versa 4 fit among the ranks? In many ways, the
