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ACCount37 ◴[] No.45081066[source]
Aging isn't even recognized as a disease yet, and it well should be.

Very little research currently goes into attacking aging directly - as opposed to handling things that are in no small part downstream from aging, such as heart disease. A big reason for poor "longevity gains" is lack of trying.

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sdeframond ◴[] No.45081570[source]
I wonder if I would really like to pour billions of taxpayer money into aging when we are not even able to live a basic healthy lifestyle.

Sleeping well, eating well and exercising does work. Science about this is well-established. So why arent we?

It would not raise the life expectancy to 100 years but it would considerably reduce the health burden on the economy.

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HeadsUpHigh ◴[] No.45081828[source]
>Sleeping well, eating well and exercising does work. Science about this is well-established. So why arent we?

Those will give you at best another marginal decade. By all means worth doing but its not radical life extension. At the same time a young body can take lack of sleep and can physically perform even if not exercising much better than an old one. So there's more to it than just lifestyle.

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1. carlosjobim ◴[] No.45082579[source]
> Those will give you at best another marginal decade.

Those will give you an entire life. Living while being healthy is an entirely different life than surviving while being unhealthy.