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Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf... by orangepurple on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:06AM (#32663019)
It's generally not maximizing lifespan people are interested in but rather maximizing health span which is the period of time you are healthy and able to operate at a high level. If done correctly you die with minimum time spent disabled.
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Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf... by kiba on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:09AM (#32663082)
If you max health span, you're going to live longer.

If you die, you're probably not healthy to begin with, or you die to very sudden trauma.

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Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf... by bosie on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:40AM (#32663649)
any brain disease that makes you mentally unhealthy but lets your body survive comes to mind
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