Frank Whittemore on September 30th, 2009

Dr. Manny and the “Medicine Hunter” Chris Kilham go in search of foods to help them live longer…

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Frank Whittemore on September 29th, 2009

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Frank Whittemore on September 28th, 2009

Even in the “oldest old,” a little physical activity goes a long way, extending life by at least a few years for people in their mid- to late 80s, Israeli researchers found…
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Frank Whittemore on September 27th, 2009

Scientists are finally starting to find medical information of value…
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Frank Whittemore on September 26th, 2009

There’s just a couple of weeks to go until the next Health 2.0 conference on October 6th and 7th in San Francisco at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center. With nearly over a hundred speakers and plenty of new live demos and technologies on display on stage and in the exhibit hall, you’ll get a [...]

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Frank Whittemore on September 25th, 2009

“This is the first experimental study that clearly shows that disrupted sleep may contribute to the disease process,” says Peter Meerlo, a neuroscientist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. “What makes it exciting for me is that it shows that chronic sleep loss, over time, changes the brain in ways that may contribute [...]

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Frank Whittemore on September 24th, 2009

An experimental vaccine prevented HIV infections for the first time, a breakthrough that has eluded scientists for a quarter century.
A U.S.-funded study involving more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand found that a combination of ALVAC, made by Paris- based Sanofi-Aventis SA, and AIDSVAX, from VaxGen Inc., of South San Francisco, cut infections by 31.2 [...]

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Frank Whittemore on September 23rd, 2009

What is regenerative medicine? Dr. Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest’s program, shows Dr. Oz how his team is working to create cells, tissues and organs for patients who may need them…

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Frank Whittemore on September 22nd, 2009

Some of you know that in addition to posting on Blogging Life Extension, I also post on a website called Blogging the Singularity. The accelerating rate of technological change is the driving force behind both blogs.
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Frank Whittemore on September 21st, 2009

New Blood Tests Promise Simple Cancer Detection -
The tests, one developed by the Belgian biotech firm OncoMethylome and another by scientists in Germany, use blood samples to detect specific genetic signals of the disease and could help predict whether it is likely to spread…
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