Comments on: Longevity Research :: Stop Aging In Its Tracks

By: Jimmy Eriksson

Jimmy Eriksson — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:30:37 +0000

Research on anti-aging and longevity is a very interesting field. I do solemnly believe that our lifespan is currently only touching the roots of our full potentials.

I do belive that technology will help us to live much longer than 80 years. There are several thousands of people who believe that human immortality is possible. For example, hundreds of people have been cryonised. Even famous researchers like Aubrey De Grey believes that human immortality will be reached in the ‘future’

Some field of longevity research that i believe in:
1. SENS (Aubrey De grey’s effort to fight accumulating waste)
2. Cyborgs (integrating technlogy to human body structures)
3. Longevity medicine – but with the need of rejuvenating therapies to sustain the body for at least a thousand years.

Regards
Jimmy E

By: G N

G N — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:03:29 +0000

Hmmmm… I have to say I tend to disagree with the “paying profession” bit. Geriatric nurses, and other geriatric medicine professionals, are in high demand because they generally are paid less than professionals in other fields of medicine. It really boils down to Medicare- since geriatric health professionals are paid by Medicare, they miss out on the big bucks.

But I would tend to agree with the idea of aging being a natural process. I don’t want to live forever, but I would like to be healthy while I do live. (However long or short that may be!)

G Ns last blog post..How will the next president�s policy affect geriatric nursing?

By: derek

derek — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:46:19 +0000

Charlie, thanks for adding your thoughts on the topic. I’d agree with you that the quality of the life that we have worked to extend has not received enough attention.

What do you think could be done to improve on the quality of life?

By: Charlie Grugan

Charlie Grugan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:42:28 +0000

I came across your post about longevity. I agree with you. Though I do offer a counter argument.

I feel that so far we’ve only extended life in a (pardon my French) Half assed manner. We’ve extended the time we live, but not the quality. I’m not afraid to die, I just love life.

I believe that we are halfway there. We need to understand that longevity alone will not make a happy life.

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:06:56 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. We have interfered enough with everything natural. We need to stop somewhere.

By: Brewster

Brewster — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:22:30 +0000

I too disagree with this research. At the moment I think that there are too many over populated countries in the world.

By: Derrich

Derrich — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:28:01 +0000

I’d love to stay young. But if I could find a way to have abs forever instead of a muffin top, I’d take that!

By: Home Recording Studio

Home Recording Studio — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:22:21 +0000

Derek, I understand your point of view and am not getting you wrong. On the contrary, I believe as you do, that this is a forum where we can express our views and learn from each other.

Barring prevention, modern medicine as we know it has addressed itself to treating the symptoms. The aging process can surely be slowed by proper living as has been medically proved. This does guarantee one thing, that the healthy and fit longevity lets one die with his or her dignity intact. Let us take treatment for cancer, most cases, post treatment have such louzy quality of life that they wish that they had not undergone the torture of the treatment. The experience of the cure has been mostly worse than the disease.

The same with diabetes, cardiac problems, arthritis, etc etc. These are all the result of our way of living – modern, sedentary, and self indulgent. If we relearn to live like our grand parents did, the aging process would automatically be a healthy and fit one for all concerned.

Time and again, medical researchers advise changing life styles as the panacea, to no effect. So, instead of treating the disease, someone comes along with another idea for attending to the symptoms and we have another research project, well funded, and offering hope to a lot of people who will be better off just changing their life styles.

I think that both Futon-Matt and ms danielle too,are saying more or less the same thing in a different way.

By: ms danielle

ms danielle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:49:56 +0000

i think stopping the aging process is altering the natural course of human nature more than an issue of religious beliefs, since i see it as being more of a cosmetic issue. you mentioned it’s about stopping the aging process, not prolonging life which are completely different. but that’s just me. i might like to have the wisdom of a 50-year old and the face and figure of a 25 year old. but it would be creepy if my daughter and i looked the same age…

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:51:16 +0000

I think death is as much a part of life as birth, society avoids that subject like the plague. At the moment my wifes terminally ill grandmother has moved into my home with us so she can pass at home. Let’s just say that being 92 and afraid of death is not an easy thing to see. She can’t really move far on her own, is miserable most of the time, but she still wants to continue her existence. So, she fights and fights. She would definitely be interested in a program like this, especially if they could rejuvenate all that she’s lost.

I for one, don’t like the idea myself but I’m not on the verge of dying so what do I know.

Ok, I’m off my soap box now. Rant over.