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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.
It's not a great movie but this really does remind me of Elysium, in that we're truly heading for a world where those with means can live indefinitely. And those without means...
It's a cruel that our best friends and most loyal companions live such short lives as it is. Giving them top nutrition is a small price for the added years.
As to how this applies to humans? If you want to live a long and healthy life: avoid processed foods.
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.
That makes no sense either. My 1 year old dog is definitely not a 31 year old adult as far as behavior goes (incidentally, I am myself ~31,).
I'd put 1 year approximately equivalent to a teenager, depending on the size of the breed (12 year old for larger breeds, late teens for small breeds)
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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.
I take anti-aging drugs for about 10 years. I heard about them at HN.
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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.
I take anti-aging drugs for about 10 years. I heard about them at HN.
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.
I've noticed more health and aging related articles on this site. I wonder if its a sign the HN community is getting older. :)
I think a lot of it is that we're just now starting to get to where we need to be as a civilization for anti-aging to start to become something that not only sounds feasible, but is feasible. I've noticed interest steadily increasing over the last 5 or so years, and think this will be a huge topic in the next few decades.
The reason it's only starting to emerge now is as far as I understand that molecular biology is a relatively new field, and the related technologies simply didn't exist not so long ago.
From my grandparent to me, there has always been German Shepherds in our family. Starting the 80's all of our dogs started dying much earlier, ~6-7 of cancer. In the early 2000's, we switched to raw diet from premium store bought kibble to raw. Sure enough, not only did their coat improve not a single cancer death under age of 13. I know it's anecdotal, but in my dog world circle and family, we've all observed simila…
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.
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Anecdotally I'm assuming this equation must be breed-specific because I've had a number of dogs 8+ years old that did not appear to act or look very senior.
Playing around with the numbers a bit, I think it's pretty seriously wrong. A 6-month old dog is still a child, in dog terms. This formula says they're nearly 20 years old; I'd be inclined to say that the "right" answer is more like 15 years, if not less. A 1-year old dog is beyond adolescence but is still maturing, but this formula says they're 31 years old, well into adulthood. A 5-year old dog is in the prime of t…
This behavior mainly noted for cocker spaniels and Korean jindos