How Long Can We Live?

Re:How Long Can We Live? by neaden on Monday May 03, 2021 @04:27PM (#27030220)

I mean, sure if someone invents a wonder drug that will be different. But for now we have people advocating for taking off label medications like metformin to increase longevity despite no trials showing that.

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Re:How Long Can We Live? by DennisP on Monday May 03, 2021 @05:10PM (#27030686)

They're doing that because diabetics on metformin have been living longer than non-diabetics. The TAME trial in progress now is trying it on healthy people; it's the first such trial because until now the FDA wouldn't approve trials for anti-aging treatments.

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Re:How Long Can We Live? by pyryt on Monday May 03, 2021 @04:36PM (#27030315)

Medicine still has a long way to go. I wish there were way more studies exploring the fundamentals of aging processes vs unproven miracle drugs

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