To Live Past 100, Mangia a Lot Less: Italian Expert’s Ideas on Aging

[ad_1] Most members of the band subscribed to a live-fast-die-young lifestyle. But as they partook in the drinking and drugging endemic to the 1990s grunge scene after shows at the Whiskey a Go Go, Roxy and other West Coast clubs, the band’s guitarist, Valter Longo, a nutrition-obsessed Italian Ph.D. student, wrestled with a lifelong addiction… Continue reading To Live Past 100, Mangia a Lot Less: Italian Expert’s Ideas on Aging

Researchers Scramble to Keep Dog Aging Project Alive

[ad_1] In late 2019, scientists began searching for 10,000 Americans willing to enroll their pets in an ambitious new study of health and longevity in dogs. The researchers planned to track the dogs over the course of their lives, collecting detailed information about their bodies, lifestyles and home environments. Over time, the scientists hoped to… Continue reading Researchers Scramble to Keep Dog Aging Project Alive

This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging

[ad_1] This month, as the patient lay anesthetized on a table, a cardiologist made a half-inch incision through the skin of his chest. She removed a small implanted heart monitor with failing batteries and inserted a new one. The patient, like many older males, had been diagnosed with cardiac disease; the monitor would provide continuing… Continue reading This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging