Tag: old
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Young age, instead of old, is now a risk factor for stroke…even without predisposing conditions
Just a week or so ago I did a post on the unfolding epidemic of cancer in…
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Striking accumulation of PUFA in aged cells
Peat has written many times about the changes that occur in “aged” cells. Those changes are virtually…
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Millennials will likely die earlier than Gen X due to poor(er) health
This study is perhaps the pearl in the crown of at least 20 studies that have come…
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Poverty makes people dumb and prematurely old
A common debate in public policy is whether people slide into poverty because they are stupid or…
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New science blooms after “stars” die
As the article aptly quotes Max Planck, the running joke in physics for the last 100+ years…
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If current trends hold, within a decade the entire population may become autistic
Peat published a newsletter not long ago in which he presented evidence that not only are autism…
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Deficiency of vitamin K involved in age-related disability / frailty
A nice study illustrating that vitamin K deficiency may be one of the reasons people become frail…