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Metabolism peaks at age one and tanks after 60, study finds

10 hours ago

Middle-aged spread cannot be blamed on a waning metabolism, according to an unprecedented analysis of the body's energy use.

The study, of 6,400 people, from eight days old up to age 95, in 29 countries, suggests the metabolism remains "rock solid" throughout mid-life.

It peaks at the age of one, is stable from 20 to 60 and then inexorably declines.

Researchers said the findings gave surprising new insights about the body.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58186710

Some Key Mental Abilities Seem to Improve as We Get Older, Proving Aging Isn't All Bad
by Carly Cassella
August 21, 2021

https://www.sciencealert.com/aging-isn- ... -get-older

Introduction:

(Science Alert) The human mind is more resistant to the march of time than conventional wisdom suggests. Like a fine wine, some parts even get better with age.

As our brains inevitably grow older, some of our mental power is destined to fade, like spatial visualization or our mind's processing speed. Yet research has found there are other mental abilities that can improve with time, such as vocabulary and verbal comprehension.

New research among 702 participants aged 58 to 98 has now identified two fundamental brain functions that seem to get stronger as we get older...

caltrek's comment: Full disclosure - I am 66 years old

wjfox wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:32 am

Aubrey had something to say about this. He concurs that the board's decision to separate him was necessary, but he wants to explain what actually happened that led to this.

Jeff Bezos is reportedly funding Altos Labs, a new anti-ageing venture aiming to cheat death

Sep 6, 2021

While Elon Musk is working on improvements to Tesla’s autopilot features and teaching a monkey how to play Pong with its mind, Jeff Bezos—his now well-known nemesis—is allegedly partaking in yet another futuristic venture, one that could soon allow humans to live longer. Introducing Altos Labs, a biological reprogramming tech company currently looking into a variety of methods that could help reverse the ageing process.

As of now, the company has raised more than $270 million in funding thanks to massive donations from people all over the world who are banking on the company’s promise, Bezos included. Bezos is said to have a fairly long-standing interest in longevity research, and he previously invested in an anti-ageing company called Unity Biotechnology. Another investor, along with the richest man in the world, is Russian-Israeli entrepreneur Yuri Milner, as reported by the MIT Technology Review.

https://screenshot-media.com/the-future ... ti-ageing/

Covid has wiped out years of progress on life expectancy, finds study

Mon 27 Sep 2021 00.01 BST

The Covid pandemic has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy in western Europe since the second world war, according to a study.

Data from most of the 29 countries – spanning most of Europe, the US and Chile – that were analysed by scientists recorded reductions in life expectancy last year and at a scale that wiped out years of progress.

The biggest declines in life expectancy were among males in the US, with a decline of 2.2 years relative to 2019 levels, followed by Lithuanian males (1.7 years).

Life expectancy losses exceeded those recorded around the time of the dissolution of the eastern bloc in central and eastern Europe, according to the research, led by scientists at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science.

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Last week, the Office for National Statistics estimated that life expectancy for men in the UK had fallen for the first time in 40 years because of the impact of Covid-19. A boy born between 2018 and 2020 is expected to live until he is 79, down from 79.2 for the period of 2015-17, according to the ONS.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... inds-study