Living To 150

Researchers in Canada found that orange juice taken alongside a drug for hayfever - fexofenadine - reduced its absorption by half.  It is likely that there would be similar effects on many other drugs.
The researchers suggested that the spike in blood sugar was the mechanism which caused the reduction in drug absorption. In [...]

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Researchers at Georgia Tech, Atlanta have managed to target cancer cells by attaching magnetic nanoparticles into them.
Having attached the magnetic nanoparticles, a magnet applied at the skin surface attracts the cancer cells to the skin surface. In this position it is much easier to deal with them in a safe way.
The trick used [...]

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The Alexander Technique in action
The Alexander Technique has very successfully treated recurring back pain in a study of 500 people. The British Medical Journal reports the study.
Researchers in the UK universities of Southampton and Bristol asked doctors to select a total of 500 patients for the study. They had a history of back pain [...]

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Anti-aging researchers in New York have successfully blocked the aging process in the livers of mice livers by impeding the build-up of harmful proteins inside the liver. This has tremendous implications for the extension of healthy aging.
As humans - and mice - age, the cells have more and more trouble disposing of damaged proteins. [...]

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Drug companies researching Alzheimer’s Disease have focused on two of the probably causes involving the presence of the two proteins beta-amyloid and tau. 
It is thought that beta-amyloid may well be the starting point of Alzheimer’s. Two drugs aimed at this protein have, after considerable research, been dumped. another drug being developed by a Scottish [...]

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The blog at www.fightaging.org gives some interesting food for thought about the healing methods which are very likely in the 2030s. For example:

Cancer: cancer will generally be curable, and with few side effects. Nanotechnology will be of great value in treating cancer.
Replacement organs: these will be grown from your own tissue, and so will not [...]

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