Aging is Soon to Be a Preventable Disease
For most of human history, cellular aging was treated as biologically fixed, an inevitable accumulation of damage with no meaningful pathway to reversal. That assumption is no longer tenable.
For most of human history, cellular aging was treated as biologically fixed, an inevitable accumulation of damage with no meaningful pathway to reversal. That assumption is no longer tenable.
More therapeutic options times more data per option times the same number of clinical hours equals something that breaks. The practices that will thrive when the next wave of longevity therapeutics arrives are the ones that have already solved this.
Hundred Health emerged from stealth with an app that pulls together users’ medical records, lab results, wearable data and lifestyle information to create personalized, evidence-based 100-day health plans.
Tia Health recently launched its longevity service line, which is starting with a focus on heart health. It includes labs and one-on-one provider guidance.
When you equip patients with a deeper understanding of their bodies, they are better prepared to act on medical advice.
Firm invests $5 million in preclinical company developing drugs for age-related degenerative diseases.
Note that reversing the aging process is a far cry from ensuring that one’s twilight years are not miserable and undignified.
Ancestry.com will study the genetics of human heredity in a new partnership with Calico - the Google-backed startup that aims to "cure death."
It is possible to slow the aging process. No there is no Fountain of Youth and no, there is no pill that’s been discovered. It’s all about lifestyle and this means starting at an early age and sticking with it through the years. I was recently invited to give a talk to a group of […]