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December 14, 2021

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Increased Longevity and Lost Motivation

Some people worry that increasing human longevity will reduce motivation. Of all the concerns and objections that I’ve bumped into as a rejuvenation advocate, saying that healthy longevity would deprive us of motivation in life is by far the most bizarre. I have a hard time believing this concern is so widespread that it needs discussing, but […]

December 14, 2021

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Increased Longevity and Immortal Dictators

Some people worry that increasing healthy human longevity will create a gerontocracy. Suppose there was a country ruled by an evil dictator. Further, suppose the entire world was plagued by a terrible disease affecting 100% of the population. The disease isn’t infectious, but it is congenital. It progresses extremely slowly over the course of several […]

Jeanne Calment the Longest Lived Human

December 14, 2021

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Jeanne Calment is commonly known as the person who has lived the longest, reaching 122 years old before her death in 1997. Born on February 21, 1875, she watched the Eiffel Tower being built, she sold blank canvases to Van Gogh for him to paint, she was nearly 40 years old when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was […]

Questions & Answers

QAlex L.

What is the best type of exercise to alleviate and prevent back pain?

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by Doctor Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD of Atlantic Spine Center

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Also, we can relate to clinical conditions. For example, if a patient’s back pain is caused by being overweight, the best is to exercise, probably to lose weight. If the back pain is caused by abnormal posture, then the patient’s exercise is just to correct the position of the spine. It depends on what kind […]

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QDaniel F.

When I have an episode of back pain, how long should it typically last?

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by Doctor Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD of Atlantic Spine Center

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Back pain is very common. It can be acute, chronic, episodic. A lot of patients do have episodic pain. So each episode has different nature, it depends on what type of back condition it is. Let’s say if it is chronic or episodic back pain, typically the pain can last a few weeks and then […]

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