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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by ZephyrBlu on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @09:12PM (#28465071)
> Aging is natural the same way heart disease and cancer are natural

How are heart disease and cancer not natural?

Aging is also slightly different in that it's how our bodies are supposed to work as far as I understand it, which is not very well (Possibly as a cancer prevention mechanism).

Telomeres and Aging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Association_with_agin...

Telomeres and Cancer prevention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Telomerase

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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by kelnos on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:15AM (#28467463)
> How are heart disease and cancer not natural?

The parent isn't claiming that; they are pointing out that heart disease and cancer are just as natural as aging. We spend a lot of effort to cure heart disease and cancer, so why not do the same with aging?

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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by SV_BubbleTime on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:47PM (#28471734)
Because aging is not a disorder. No one expects heart disease or cancer. everyone expects to get older… regardless if you’d like this or not.
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