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Do you want to be 1,000 years old?
Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured
By Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland | Reuters – Mon, Jul 4, 2011
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An elderly couple sit on a bench next crocus flowers in a park in Duesseldorf- Mon, Jul 4, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – If Aubrey de Grey’s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger.
A biomedical gerontologist and chief scientist of a foundation dedicated to longevity research, de Grey reckons that within his own lifetime doctors could have all the tools they need to “cure” aging — banishing diseases that come with it and extending life indefinitely.
Waiting for Dilnot
Waiting for Dilnot
Tags: Care | Dilnot | Health | Public spending.
The Dilnot report on July 4 is likely to recommend a partnership between the individual and the state to meet the costs of long-term care. Now the coalition needs to turn words into action
With the report of Andrew Dilnot’s independent Commission on Funding of Care and Support just days away, hopes are high that it will provide solutions to an issue that has stubbornly resisted previous efforts at reform – going way back to the 1999 Royal Commission established by Tony Blair’s government.
Drug side–effect linked with increased health risks for over 65s
24 June 2011
Edited by Andy Porter editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
As part of the Medical Research Council’s Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies project, the study is the first systematic investigation into the long–term health impacts of ‘anticholinergic activity’ – a known potential side–effect of many prescription and over–the–counter drugs which affects the brain by blocking a key neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. The findings are published today by the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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