In Health
9 Best Articles in 2021
MIT Technology Review
What if aging weren’t inevitable, but a curable disease?
MIT Technology Review
~12 min read · 156 saves · 2019-08-19 · If this controversial idea gains acceptance, it could radically change the way we treat getting old.
The New York Times
The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles
The New York Times
~12 min read · 49 saves · From 2017 · Certain kinds of exercise may mitigate the effects of aging at the cellular level.
Nautilus Magazine
Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age
Nautilus Magazine
~12 min read · 88 saves · From 2017 · In 1979, psychologist Ellen Langer and her students carefully refurbished an old monastery in Peterborough, New Hampshire, to resemble a place that would have existed two decades earlier. They…
MIT Technology Review
A cell-killing strategy to slow aging passed its first test this year
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 36 saves · 2019-02-13 · Are tired-out cells what make people old? A new generation of drugs is designed to wipe them out.
Nautilus Magazine
The Wisdom of the Aging Brain
Nautilus Magazine
~11 min read · 27 saves · 2019-07-02 · At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival premiere of You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, director Woody Allen was asked about aging. He replied…
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The New Yorker
Why We Can’t Tell the Truth About Aging
The New Yorker
~14 min read · 155 saves · 2019-04-12 · A long life is a gift. But will we really be grateful for it?
New Scientist
We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s
New Scientist
3 min read · 242 saves · 2019-01-24 · Evidence is growing that a bacterium involved in gum disease causes Alzheimer's, raising hopes that a vaccine could one day prevent the disease
TIME
Here’s Why You May Be Aging Faster Than Your Friends
TIME
30 saves · From 2015 · Researchers zero in on more than a dozen factors that can predict how fast you’re aging — and have some ideas about what makes people age more slowly
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Mindful
Loving-Kindness Meditation May Protect Your Genes and Slow Aging
Mindful
2 min read · 39 saves · 2019-09-12 · A new study explores how various forms of meditation affect our health at the genetic levels.
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Popular Mechanics
Reverse Aging: Study Finds Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Slows Aging
Popular Mechanics
20+ min read · 20 saves · 2020-11-19 · Tim Childers · A landmark study shows this age-old tech is the key.
futurehuman.medium.com
A New Kind of Gene Editing Could Turn Back the Clock on a Rapid Aging Disease
futurehuman.medium.com
6 min read · Jan 12th · Emily Mullin · Research in mice shows promise for curing progeria, a disease that causes rapid aging and early death
Ars Technica
Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings have unique microbiomes, study finds
Ars Technica
4 min read · 11 saves · 2020-12-22 · Jennifer Ouellette · Research could help slow down deterioration of aging artwork, unmask counterfeits
insidebigdata.com
Scientists Publish the First Human Psychological Aging Clock Using Artificial Intelligence
insidebigdata.com
2 min read · 2020-12-17 · Daniel Gutierrez · Scientists at Deep Longevity published the first set of psychomarkers of aging developed using deep learning to track the changes in human psychology and assess the effectiveness of interventions,…
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Mindful
Loving-Kindness Meditation May Protect Your Genes and Slow Aging
Mindful
2 min read · 39 saves · 2019-09-12 · A new study explores how various forms of meditation affect our health at the genetic levels.
New Scientist
We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s
New Scientist
3 min read · 242 saves · 2019-01-24 · Evidence is growing that a bacterium involved in gum disease causes Alzheimer's, raising hopes that a vaccine could one day prevent the disease
The New Yorker
Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger?
The New Yorker
20+ min read · 84 saves · 2019-02-20 · With greater longevity, the quest to avoid the infirmities of aging is more urgent than ever.
In Brain
the-scientist.com
Wanted: Healthy Brains
the-scientist.com
3 min read · 129 saves · 2020-02-25 · Brain banks have struggled to convince unaffected individuals to donate, hampering studies on “cognitively normal” neurodevelopment and aging.
The New York Times
Octopuses and the Puzzle of Aging
The New York Times
7 min read · 18 saves · From 2017 · The life spans of different animals seem to lack all rhyme or reason.
The New York Times
Vitamin B12 as Protection for the Aging Brain
The New York Times
5 min read · 26 saves · From 2017 · Depression, dementia and mental impairment are often associated with B12 deficiency.
In Mindfulness
medicalxpress.com
Study suggests daily meditation slows brain aging
medicalxpress.com
1 min read · 186 saves · 2020-03-23 · A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard Medical School has found evidence that suggests meditating daily may slow brain aging. In their paper published in the…
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Singularity Hub
Amazingly Detailed Map Reveals How the Brain Changes With Aging
Singularity Hub
4 min read · 138 saves · 2020-06-16 · Shelly Fan · The team constructed maps of roughly 5 billion synapses, outlining a timeline of their diversity and numbers in over 100 different brain regions with age.
Harvard Business Review
Lessons for an Aging World
Harvard Business Review
17 saves · 2020-04-27 · Societies are aging, and both young and old must adapt to this demographic transformation.
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