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- Cognitive and Mental Health
- Emerging Evidence
add more life to your life
De Grey's position imagines the possibility (50% chance in next few decades) of a "Methusalarity" a moment in which we begin to reverse some aspects of "aging" , primarily via "damage repair" at such a rate that we are able to repair damage in the body as fast as or faster than that damage is occurring. More concretely defined, it can be thought of as 20-30 years more of expected healthy life at age 60 when anti aging therapies begin.
Among the preamble to this definition, he calls out some important caveats:
Recently, Tufts University published a research paper that looked at the effect of price incentives on health cost savings. (Paper: here).
This was brought to my attention via a new headline that read:
"“Prescribing” fruits and veggies would save $100 billion in medical costs"
-Fast Company January 2021: LINK
$100 billion sure seems like a lot! And these are the kinds of statements that get my inner actuary all fired up. Where did this number come from? I will unpack this bit by bit (or maybe bite by bite?) and please allow me a few rants.