WHAT if we could rid the world of AIDS? The notion might sound like fantasy: HIV infection has no cure and no vaccine, after all. Yet there is a way to completely wipe it out – at least in theory. What’s more, it would take only existing medical technology to do the job.
Here’s how it [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease, News on March 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia appears to have no detectable HIV in his blood and no symptoms after a stem cell transplant from a donor carrying a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS, according to a report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
“The patient is [...]
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For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the government reported Wednesday. The increase is due mainly to falling mortality rates in almost all the leading causes of death, federal health officials said. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2006 was about four months greater than for children born in [...]
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I was surprised to see such a high estimate in the rise. I mean it seems more things are coming up that will shorten life then extend it. For example more cars and more people making it harder to get somewhere and more polluted air. Also drugs are being used more commonly and sports are [...]
Filed under: Centenarians, News on September 18th, 2007 | No Comments »
We found a old National Geographic in 2005 covering the CENTENARIAN. Here’s an abstract on the issue: What if I told you I could add up to ten years to your healthy lifespan? A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you adopt [...]
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