The Liver and Longevity
A bog post titled Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: America’s Greatest Health Risk of 2015? caught my eye since my blog is all about longevity and aging. I don’t know if it’s […]
Tag Archives: Longevity
Sun Spots and Age Spots
It’s northern light season here in Fairbanks. I see them sometimes when I run outside to my outhouse and run back (it’s -35 F right now). Most displays last a […]
Theories of Aging- Rate-of-Living Theory
My dad and I used to watch the Indianapolis 500 Race each Memorial day. Three and a half hours and 200 laps of excitement. It always happened on Sunday, so we ate […]
Theories of Aging- This Cell Will Self-Destruct…
In an earlier post I discussed one of Alaska’s Pacific salmon. They have a life cycle that appears to benefit their species. They are born in streams, travel to the ocean where there […]
Theories of Aging- Errors Kill
While there is no unified theory about what causes aging in living things, there is speculation. The first theory I’ll cover in this series of posts, Theories of Aging, is […]
The Inflammation Age
The New York Times recently reported that over 75% of Americans have some form of gum disease. I’m one of those Americans. Even though I have my teeth cleaned by […]
Some Like It Hot
My boyfriend and I are big fans of Thai restaurants. It’s a good thing because Fairbanks, Alaska seems to have more Thai restaurants than any other cuisine. Our orders are […]
Poll Results- Who wants to live forever?
The results are in! Last week I asked you and the rest of the internet, “Would YOU like to live forever?” It was a short time frame, but I managed […]
The Road to Immortality
This post is based on my current read, Long for this World, a book by science writer Jonathan Wiener. Life expectancy is the average number of years a person born […]
Battle of the Sexes-who lives longer?
Studies have found there are four or five women centenarians for every one man over 100. It must be in those two X chromosomes, right? That’s what I thought until […]
