fixagingfixing aging, via advocacy and actionCongestive heart failure and disability- February 27, 2008 Heart disease not only has a high risk of death it also carries with it a huge quality of life burden. So even though medical breakthroughs have allowed heart attack survivors to get extra years, it also means that increasing numbers will end up with disability or have to live in a ...http://www.fixaging.com/congestive-heart-failure-and-disability/ Cosmetic Surgery Risks- February 26, 2008 Cosmetic surgery has gone from being something which only a minority of people do to something which is much more socially acceptable and affordable. In the UK in 2005, 300,000 cosmetic treatments were performed while in the following year 577,000 were performed (an increase of over 90%) and a market analyst ...http://www.fixaging.com/cosmetic-surgery-risks/ Sedentary life associated with accelerated aging- February 20, 2008 Having an active lifestyle appears to make people biologically younger, this is from a report from the January 28th issues of the Archives of Internal Medicine. This reinforces what many take for granted, but it is important to back up common sense with actual data. Regular exercises have the following traits; lower rates ...http://www.fixaging.com/sedentary-life-associated-with-accelerated-aging/ Aging and age related diseases- February 18, 2008 I think it is important for serious money to be put into fixing the problems of aging, aging needs to have the same stature as other diseases such as Cancer, Heart Disease and Alzheimers. These other disease are all aging related diseases as the number one indicator of whether you are likely ...http://www.fixaging.com/aging-and-age-related-diseases/ Repairing the eye- February 16, 2008 More than half a million people in the uk have irreversible blindness which is caused by macular degeneration. This is close to 1 percent of the whole population. A large portion of these are the elderly. The disease is one where there is a progressive loss of vision in the center due ...http://www.fixaging.com/repairing-the-eye/ Regenerative medicine for horses- February 15, 2008 Regenerative medicine has the potential to change the face of medicine. It stretches from repopulating skin, to regrowing whole organs. A new heart could be grown from your own stem cells, or muscles could be repopulated countering sarcopenia. It is difficult to understate the importance of this technology. It may seem odd that ...http://www.fixaging.com/regenerative-medicine-for-horses/ Cure for flu (ACAM-FLU-A)- February 14, 2008 There may be potentially a single treatment which could provide protection against all types of flu. This would be a huge boost as many age related deaths are caused as the immune system is already weak and then being unable to cope with illnesses which at a younger age would be shrugged ...http://www.fixaging.com/cure-for-flu-acam-flu-a/ Infra red could help with dementia- February 13, 2008 Research has been pioneered at the University of Sunderland which shows that exposure to safe low levels of infra-red light can improve the cognitive functions of the brain. The current state of play with medical treatments for dementia is that they slow the deterioration of the brain, while this treatment could ...http://www.fixaging.com/infra-red-could-help-with-dementia/ |