Youth Drug Wars and the War On Science
A few weeks ago I wrote about NR, a new anti-aging supplement that may just blow Resveratrol out of the water. So far there are two companies vying to sell […]
Author Archives: lalancaster
Altering the Pattern
The leaves are starting to come out on the trees, the robins are back, and I’ll be planting my garden next weekend. But spring is also time for the Tarp […]
Midlife Crisis Part II
Last week I decided to explore the so-called mid-life crisis. Has it always been around, or has it developed with the lengthening human lifespan? At first, I thought the MLC […]
Midlife Crisis Part I
Recently, it was the anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination. This is how the radio DJ announced it: “Hey everybody the anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination is coming up and that’s good.” I […]
Platinum Anniversary
A few years ago my parents, cousins, aunts and uncles all stood in a studio in our Sunday best, huddled around two empty chairs. It was my grandparent’s 5oth aniversary, […]
Ethics of Editing Genes
If you have a mutation in one gene that makes you sick, wouldn’t it be great to cut it out? There has been progress to do just that. A new […]
Mighty Mitochondria-Key to Aging
The snow is finally melting here in Fairbanks. That means two things: all the water is going to lead to mosquito season and to find temporary relief from those mosquitos, people will […]
The Poetry of Death
I attended a writers retreat recently. The instructor was poet Erin Hollowell of Homer, Alaska. Her forthcoming collection of poetry is about the death of her mother (and sex, for […]
Birth Order and Longevity
I thought that I heard that first-born children were longer lived and I was going to write this post in order to rub it in to my two younger brothers. […]
Personality, Genes, And Longevity
Some of my writer friends build their characters based on personality types. Whether they choose to set two characters on opposite ends of the Meyers-Briggs evaluation, or pit type A […]
The Phoenix Series 