#41

I don’t personally like the em dash.

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#42

I agree with your general points but a significant modulating consideration is recent evidence that the increases in life and generally healthspan we have seen since since medicine began to embrace scientific reasoning are plateauing. As one researcher put it, “We may have picked all of the low hanging fruit.” As further support of this position, we are now seeing lifespans tick down in nations in association with their social and cultural problems. Such is the case in the US. Substance abuse and depression are proximate causes of the decline but underlying drivers implicate side effects of a strong populist movement and the impact of an economy that has marginalized a significant portion of the working class leading to the growth of anti-scientific, anti-vax movements among disaffected non-college educated males.

Overall, the data suggest that we will not see much if any increase among advanced nations in the coming few years and we may even see a slight decrease due to the effects of geopolitical changes on human health.

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#43

I do like them but it seems uninspiring and irrelevant to be commenting on someone’s writing style. I’ve seen that kind of henpecking before in this group.

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#45

Wouldn’t make a difference if they did find some super aging miracle- it wouldn’t be available unless you pay big bucks… Today photomodulation for AMD costs 6000. With this treatment seeing a line better on the eye chart is reported in the studies. It’s FDA approved. I was told it would be a few years at least before it might be covered by insurance. The miracle drugs would be patented and sold only to those who could afford them and would not be available to the average person due to the exorbitant cost to develop the drugs and the profit motive.

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