Saturday, July 21, 2012

Study Finds Birth Month Can Affect Your Longevity

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

The Future of Humanity and Human Longevity

Greetings,

A new book about the future of mankind and human longevity has become publicly available now at:

Global Population and the Planetary Future - 2100
http://www.futurefoundation.org/documents/PUB_ExecSum_Population_web.pdf 

See in particular:

Section 4:
Technology Futures, Aging and Human Capital, Biomedical Longevity Revolution,  pages 11 - 13  (see also pages 15-16, 25-28).

Comments are welcome!

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Friday, July 13, 2012

Media Coverage of New Longevity Study

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are pleased to share with you the list of media coverage for our  new longevity study  "Season of Birth and Exceptional Longevity", organized in alphabetic order:

Autumn babies likelier to live to 100
BioScholar  - July 14, 2012 -  http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/07/autumn-babies-likelier-to-live-to-100.html
WebIndia 123  - July 14, 2012 - http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/Health/20120714/2023388.html
Yahoo! News Indiahttp://in.news.yahoo.com/autumn-babies-likelier-live-100-081050254.html 
Zee News  -  July 14, 2012 -  http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/autumn-babies-likelier-to-live-to-100_17874.html

New Scientist (online) - Jul 12 -  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22054-autumn-babies-more-likely-to-hit-100.html 
New Scientist magazine (print),  Issue number 2874, July 21, 2012, page 17 - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528744.900-autumn-babies-more-likely-to-hit-100.html
Democratic Underground.com - http://www.democraticunderground.com/11424068

Autumn Babies More Likely To Live Up To 100 Years
MedIndia - July 14, 2012 - http://www.medindia.net/news/autumn-babies-more-likely-to-live-up-to-100-years-104077-1.htm

Daily Mail - Jul 13 - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2173369/Autumn-babies-catch-cold-likely-live-100th-birthday.html

Fall babies more likely to still be standing at 100
Holy Kaw! - http://holykaw.alltop.com/fall-babies-more-likely-to-still-be-standing 

Longevity Tied to Season of Birth
International Business Times - July 14, 2012 -  http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/363000/20120714/people-born-autumn-live-100-years.htm


East Valley Tribune - Jul 12 -  http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/health/article_ce77ecb0-cbe5-11e1-bc5d-0019bb2963f4.html
Scripps Howard News Service - July 11 - http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/medical-research-reveals-secrets-longer-healthier-life
The Republic - July 11 - http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/medical-longlife/medical-longlife

 People Born in Fall More Likely to Live to 100
YouTube (video)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcUmHBU4G2Y
DailyMotion (video) - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs7gmm_people-born-in-fall-more-likely-to-live-to-100

JAAPA (Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants) - http://www.jaapa.com/people-born-in-the-fall-more-likely-to-survive-to-100/article/250074/

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Research reveals secrets to longer, healthier life - news coverage

Greetings,

Just came across this news coverage of our recent  study by The Republic and  Scripps Howard News Service:

"Medical: Research reveals secrets to longer, healthier life"
The Republic - Scripps Howard News Service - July 11, 2012
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/medical-longlife/medical-longlife
and
http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/medical-research-reveals-secrets-longer-healthier-life

Here are some excerpts:

"At the University of Chicago, husband-and-wife researchers Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova looked at records for nearly 1,600 Americans born between 1880 and 1895 who achieved age 100, as well as more than 10,000 shorter-lived siblings and more than 1,000 spouses.

They found that those born in the fall, September through November, had 40 percent higher odds of reaching the century mark than did those born in March. The researchers wrote online in the Journal of Aging Research in November that three factors were probably most important for babies born before 1900: mild temperatures in the first months of life; a seasonal lull in cycles of infectious diseases; and better maternal nutrition being available during the harvest season.

All three factors helped avoid a buildup of damage to the infants' systems early in life, the researchers argue, and support the theory that "early life programming" helps determine the course of aging and longevity."

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