BBC REALIZES THAT LONGER LIVES ARE GOOD FOR ECONOMY. Thousands of days longer? This BBC article barely skims the surface of this topic, but it recognizes that longer healthspans and working careers are good for the economy. The author draws…

WORLD POPULATION TO BEGIN FALLING BY END OF CENTURY. UN admits it (and Malthus) were wrong. This Pew Research Center report about the UN population projection is wrong. The article begins, "For the first time in modern history, the world’s…

CONDITIONAL APPROVAL BILL INTRODUCED TO US HOUSE AND SENATE. Plan would dramatically reduce drug costs and time to market. US Rep. Bruce Westerman and US Sen. Mike Braun have introduced legislation that would create an accelerated pathway for drug approval…

AGING WILL KILL THE BUGDET, ECONOMY, AND YOU (UNLESS IT IS SOLVED). Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report. Essentially half of the US federal budget is transfer payments to the aged, with mandated increases in Medicare driving the deficit…

INFLAMMAGING BEING RECOGNIZED BY MEDICAL MAINSTREAM. Researchers point to inflammation-related conditions as the cause of roughly 50 percent of all deaths worldwide. Italian scientist Claudio Franceschi coined the term "inflammaging" over a decade ago to describe the acceleration of aging…