Frank Whittemore on December 31st, 2009

Famed inventor and futurist tells scientists gathered at the 2009 Longevity Conference that we are “very close to a tipping point in human history.” According to his projections, in 15 years we will be adding more than one year every year to YOUR lifespan. Click here for more from Ray Kurzweil. Happy New Year to [...]

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Frank Whittemore on December 29th, 2009

Recent Findings Support Need for Maintaining Stem Cell Health… Click here for the complete CNN article documenting the recent findings.

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Frank Whittemore on December 28th, 2009

Advances in antiaging drugs, acoustic brain surgery, flu vaccines–and the secret to IQ… Click here for the complete article found on the MIT Technology Review website. Click here for more information on the antiaging drug rapamycin. If you like Blogging Life Extension, please remember to bookmark it for future reference or subscribe to it with [...]

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Frank Whittemore on December 27th, 2009

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Frank Whittemore on December 26th, 2009

A conviction that he was right and a sense of urgency surrounding the importance of reducing the burden of ulcers — which affected about 10 percent of Americans at some point in life — led Dr. Barry Marshall to famously use himself as an animal model… Click here for the complete report found on the [...]

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Frank Whittemore on December 25th, 2009

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics… Click here for the complete article found on the Eurekalert website.

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Frank Whittemore on December 24th, 2009

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Frank Whittemore on December 23rd, 2009

Doctors Pick the Top Medical Advances of The Decade… Click here for the complete report documented on the ABC News Health website.

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Frank Whittemore on December 22nd, 2009

Nader Jalili, an associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University, is working to create a controlled nanorobot that will be capable of… Click here for the complete article found on PhysOrg.com.

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Frank Whittemore on December 21st, 2009

Life expectancy for Americans by 2050 will surpass government projections by as much as eight additional years for women and five for men, with disastrous implications for a country unprepared for an explosion of elderly, a new study released today says… Click here for the complete study results as documented on The Chicago Sun-Times website. [...]

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