Researchers at the University of East Anglia recently announced they’re working on software that will accurately tell people how many years of life they have left (helping them plan things like their pension) – but if you tried it and it predicted you’ll live to over 100, would you be happy or concerned? If you’re US oncologist Zeke Emanuel, the answer is ‘concerned’. ‘Seventy-five. That’s how long I want to live [until],’ he wrote in a much-discussed piece in The Atlantic magazine. His theory is this is the perfect age by which to have lived a complete life, and before which the body declines enough to reduce your ability to function. However, ‘I meet 55-year-olds with the health of 70-year-olds anti-ageing scientists say age is just a number – and decline is not inevitable.
‘I don’t see how anyone can decide they want to die at a certain age,’ says Dr Richard Siow, a specialist in ageing from Kings College London. – and 75-year-olds in amazing shape. And, what we’ve learned from epidemiology, is that if you reach 75 in good health, there’s a good chance you’ll reach 95 in good health, too.’ Dr João Pedro de Magalhães, a specialist in ageing at the University of Liverpool, agrees. ‘When we look at centenarians, most tend to have good health until very shortly before they die – it’s those who die in their 70s and 80s who have more health problems in the years prior.’
Leggete l'articolo completo e molti altri in questo numero di
Healthy Magazine
Opzioni di acquisto di seguito
Se il problema è vostro,
Accesso per leggere subito l'articolo completo.
Singolo numero digitale
August 2016
Questo numero e altri numeri arretrati non sono inclusi in un nuovo
abbonamento. Gli abbonamenti comprendono l'ultimo numero regolare e i nuovi numeri pubblicati durante l'abbonamento. Healthy Magazine