How To Live Forever: Meet the Extreme Life-Extensionists
The GuardianSome sleep on electromagnetic mats, others pop up to 150 pills a day. But are ‘life extensionists’ any closer to finding the key to longevity?
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At what age does adding another birthday candle go from a thrill to slog? Society’s obsession with turning back the clock has brought us everything from pricey face creams and injectable toxins to cryogenic chambers and “miracle” diets. Explore this collection of great reads on some of our most quixotic attempts at staying forever young.
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Some sleep on electromagnetic mats, others pop up to 150 pills a day. But are ‘life extensionists’ any closer to finding the key to longevity?
The peat found in some anti-oxidant-rich wetlands has preserved the youthfulness of thousand-year-old corpses. Can it do the same for those who are still alive?
If this controversial idea gains acceptance, it could radically change the way we treat getting old.
Some researchers have cast doubt on the record of the celebrated supercentenarian.
It’s based on the substance that causes botulism. That’s part of what protects Allergan’s $2.8 billion Botox empire.
Brands are still selling the idea of trying to look younger—they’ve just changed the vocabulary.
At the dawn of a new decade, I wondered: How many more decades can I live?
Five years after her mother’s death, while still grieving and suddenly middle-aged, one writer turns to beauty products to cure what ails her.
An argument that society and families—and you—will be better off if nature takes its course swiftly and promptly.
I went to Florida recently to follow the traces of the traces of the legend of Juan Ponce de León.