A clear and quick intro to major points of longevity research: caloric restriction, insulin/IGF, parabiosis, senescence, autophagy, hypothalamus, reproductive system, mitochondria, sirtuins:
Hi! I’m Laura Deming, and I run Longevity Fund. I spend a lot of time thinking about what could increase healthy human lifespan. This is my overview of the field for beginners.
https://www.ldeming.com/longevityfaq
The Atlantic has an interesting article on strategies for fighting COVID-19. It’s all about the testing, baby. Pooled tests. Mass-produced tests that are cheaper, but less precise — use them every day. (Plus masks and social distancing, of course.)
Problems:
(1) Government: the FDA has to allow them even if they are less precise than other (slower and more expensive) tests.
(2) Government: COVID-19 will be conquered in a year, or two, or three, and for-profit corporations of course don’t want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a product that will be obsolete soon. The government has to spend the money under the Defense Production Act.
(Also worth quoting: “Congress has already authorized at least $7 billion to fix testing that the Trump administration had declined, for months, to spend.” Emphasis is mine.)
Link (7,600 words): https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/how-to-test-every-american-for-covid-19-every-day/615217/.
Ah, the puzzle of peace. Just know that each of us brings a peace of the puzzle. A little peace here, a little peace there and that is how we create One Big Peace everywhere.
Click here: https://laughlearnlinks.home.blog/swami-beyondananda-on-listening/.
Also see the Swami’s website, https://wakeuplaughing.com/beyondanews.php.
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