Old Dogs, New Research and the Secrets of Aging

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Post by gmays » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 3:17 PM UTC

Old Dogs, New Research and the Secrets of Aging
nytimes.com

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Post by asdf333 » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 5:34 PM UTC

I've noticed more health and aging related articles on this site. I wonder if its a sign the HN community is getting older. :)

Re: Old Dogs, New Research and the Secrets of Aging

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

asdf333 wrote: post #2

I've noticed more health and aging related articles on this site. I wonder if its a sign the HN community is getting older. :)

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Post by jonas21 » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 5:49 PM UTC

It's unfortunate that the chart in the NYT article shows the incorrect Labrador:Tom Hanks mapping. The figure from the paper with the correct mapping is here:

https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/cms/attachment/f65cb...

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Post by melling » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 5:52 PM UTC

asdf333 wrote: post #2

I've noticed more health and aging related articles on this site. I wonder if its a sign the HN community is getting older. :)

The site is almost 15 years old so it’s possible.

People become a little more self-aware as they get older.

First you know someone famous that died young from a horrible disease.

Next you personally know someone who died from a disease.

Then you get older and wonder if the “1 in 3 people” might be you.

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Post by rantwasp » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 7:00 PM UTC

aging (and anti-aging medication) has the potential to become the next big thing.

My dog is part if the DogAgingProject and it’s really exciting to see some focus on something that impacts all of us.

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Post by perardi » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 7:01 PM UTC

asdf333 wrote: post #2

I've noticed more health and aging related articles on this site. I wonder if its a sign the HN community is getting older. :)

Could be that “pandemic” thing making people a bit more cognizant of mortality.

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Post by rostifar » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 7:17 PM UTC

It's odd that this article doesn't mentioned Celevity, which is definitely one of the big players in this field.

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Post by throwaway201103 » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 7:21 PM UTC

perardi wrote: post #7

asdf333 wrote: post #2

I've noticed more health and aging related articles on this site. I wonder if its a sign the HN community is getting older. :)

Could be that “pandemic” thing making people a bit more cognizant of mortality.

The people dying of COVID are for the most part over age 70. Many are over 80. This is an age where death and disease are unremarkable.

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Post by asdfman123 » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 7:24 PM UTC

The best thing I learned from this article: to calculate a dog's human age, you don't multiply their age times 7 (7x). You use the following formula:

ln(x)*16+31

It makes sense, because a 1-year-old dog definitely seems much more grown up than a 7 year old kid.