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Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 30 years to prove

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146 points andsoitis | 2 comments | 15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.406s | source
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aucisson_masque ◴[15 Oct 24 22:04 UTC] No.41853580[source]▶
> Can we overcome ageing?

75% American are overweight..

Just let it sink a second, they speak about how many baby born after 2000 will reach 100 years old, how we are reaching the absolute limit of human survival.

75% overweight... Everyone know fat people don't live long. I bet all the studies done in the 90's that predicted we would easily be able to reach 100 years old didn't take that into account.

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scarby2 ◴[15 Oct 24 22:18 UTC] No.41853689[source]▶
I'm thinking that ozempic and zepbound will have something to say about this. When ozempic becomes available as a generic (2032) it's going to be available for $10 a dose and a huge amount of people will be taking it.
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MichaelZuo ◴[15 Oct 24 22:35 UTC] No.41853842[source]▶
How do you know they don’t have side effects that would reduce max life expectancy?
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positr0n ◴[16 Oct 24 00:17 UTC] No.41854420[source]▶
People have been taking them for decades for other reasons, so if they had side effects reducing max life expectancy worse than being overweight surely we'd know by now.
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hackernewds ◴[16 Oct 24 06:23 UTC] No.41856134[source]▶
have they? why are they only gaining prominence now?
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ben_w ◴[16 Oct 24 06:34 UTC] No.41856194[source]▶
Because they have been made available for weight loss.

Viagra's original purpose was for heart conditions, that purpose didn't make the headlines (or spam folders) either.

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1. tuatoru ◴[16 Oct 24 08:34 UTC] No.41856868[source]▶
Almost. Pulmonary hypertension, high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Pretty close to the heart.
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2. ben_w ◴[16 Oct 24 08:49 UTC] No.41856964[source]▶
Oh? I stand corrected. I thought it was for angina.