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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Road trip
I will be on the road for the 2 or so weeks, with limited or no net access (off the beaten path) so I will not be posting. [..]
The age of Olympians
Jeannie Longo, Image via Wikipedia The Olympics is a gathering of the world’s greatest athletes, but does it have something to tell us regarding general trends? Sure, two [..]
45 minutes of vigorous exercise 6 days a week 52 weeks a year to increase your survival rate.
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, I wrote a piece about a recent paper that found that runners had a higher survival rate and a lower rate of disability as [..]
Keep moving for greater health and longevity
How many of hours of aerobic exercise are you doing each week? How much should you be doing? 50+ year olds that run were less likely to die [..]
The new hourglass II is up at Ouroboros
Chris Patil from Ouroboros has done another great job of hosting, and writing up the connections between the various blog pieces on the biology of aging (Hourglass). Go [..]
Can our track record in cancer research give us a hint of what we can expect in longevity research?
Can we look at the history of some leading diseases to get an indication of the potential breakthroughs in longevity research? Research in the longevity field has dramatically [..]
Heart rate variability: health predictor and what you can do about it.
Low heart rate variability (HRV) s associated with reduced lifespan, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), diabetes, several mental health diseases and a growing list of other conditions I will cover [..]
audiobooks to increase your productivity and pleasure
Image via Wikipedia Most of us live a busy life. Never enough time in a day to do all what you want. What we need are brain/life hacks [..]
Your personal genome: Francis Collins
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Francis Collins, the outgoing director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, has chosen currently not to get his personal genome scanned [..]
Meditation for greater empathy ?
Image via Wikipedia I figure that anything that increases empathy (‘capacity to recognize or understand another’s state of mind or emotions’) in our world must be a good [..]
