Last November saw the launch of The Longevity Forum, with an event at the Wellcome Collection, London.
The New York Times – Marc Freedman is not here to give advice on how to squirrel away dollars and cents for a leisurely retirement.
The Longevity Forum is a not-for-profit initiative committed to achieving longer, healthier and more fulfilled lives for as many people as possible.
An inspiring read for staying connected during restrictions and the rise of virtual volunteering
"Resilient Community Spirit, With Added Health Benefits" by @jrandellkhan
https://thelongevityforum.com/2020/11/12/resilient-community-spirit-with-added-health-benefits-by-julia-randell-khan/
#longevity #lockdown #ageingsociety #gen2gen
A step forward for diagnosing future Alzheimer's - "We can now very accurately predict the risk of developing clinical Alzheimer's disease in the future, with a simple blood test on symptom-free individuals with subjective concerns" @ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210106115725.htm
We need to always optimize our daily lives for the benefit of our future. Great takeaways from this year for acting towards a long, healthy life. "17 Best Longevity Tips Experts Taught Us in 2020" @iamwellandgood
https://www.wellandgood.com/best-longevity-tips-2020/
Clean meat is a sustainable, healthier and cheaper alternative to harmful agricultural practices. Discover more on this tech w/ Bruce Friedrich, co-founder The Good Food Institute in this webinar video: https://youtu.be/DM8IDrVtKJc
Moo's Law Book: https://mooslawbook.com/
A tech start up founded by 83 year old Han van Doorn "AreYouOkayToday" has designed a system that learns the pattern of the electricity consumption of each individual device in the home to help older people live independently. @Siftedeu
https://sifted.eu/articles/agetech-startup-83-year-old/
#ageing
Study of more than 1 million people finds high levels of iron in the blood can lead to a shorter lifespan which can also help explain how a red meat diet can lead to age related conditions such as heart disease.
https://www.sciencealert.com/study-of-more-than-1-million-people-finds-intriguing-link-between-iron-levels-and-lifespan
@ScienceAlert #longevity #aging #healthuk
With COVID vaccines being administered around the world - you can view the history and learn about the Oxford Project from our Longevity Forum lecture with Prof Sarah Gilbert
WATCH NOW>>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqVhkHK0fI
"Some older folks are still sharp as tacks and dementia-free well into their 80s and beyond. Now German researchers have uncovered a possible reason why: Their genes may help them fend off protein build-up in the brain."
https://medicalxpress-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-super-agers-alzheimer-mental-decline.amp
#longevity #ageing #healthuk
Longer lives and more older people are leading to major changes in how we think of time. Christmas too is about time – about how the year is structured and what we do during this period.
New festive blog post @ProfAndrewScott Christmas & Ageing Society
https://thelongevityforum.com/2020/12/18/silver-bells-what-do-christmas-and-an-ageing-society-have-in-common/
Guidance from Prof Sarah Gilbert on returning to normal possibly this summer if UK avoids 3rd COVID wave
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/normal-by-summer-if-uk-avoids-third-coronavirus-wave-says-vaccine-scientist-hlpf09pkz
More from Prof Sarah Gilbert from her recent lecture at The Longevity Forum on the COVID-19 Vaccine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqVhkHK0fI
A review on Ageless by @statto "What we call ageing and see as inevitable is in fact just disease and can be prevented" @thetimes
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ageless-by-andrew-steele-review-what-if-we-had-a-cure-for-getting-old-kmhg76vkd?shareToken=cb08ea661a9430f040224b9f23b08577
To hear more, watch our authors panel from UK's longevity week:
https://youtu.be/PEATIDd9RI0
For the history of vaccine technology - watch Prof Sarah Gilbert, the Oxford Project Leader on our channel from The Longevity Forum 2020
WATCH ON YOUTUBE >>>
https://youtu.be/9lqVhkHK0fI
#longevity #lifespan #healthuk
"Economics generally pays surprisingly little attention to demography, even though the ageing and shrinking of the population in so many parts of the world is a striking and new phenomenon in human history."
https://www.ft.com/content/fcbccad8-491e-4f5b-a859-6622bc368e5c?shareType=nongift via @financialtimes
Keep up a healthy lifestyle during Covid! Our podcast, with Prof Norman Lazarus of King's College is a motivating talk on how we can stay resilient and healthy at any age - never give up!
Listen on Apple Podcasts >
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-is-not-destiny-resilient-lifestyle-prof-norman/id1495909954?i=1000498311269
If you missed the Prof Sarah Gilbert lecture on the COVID-19 Vaccine, we've posted the recording as well as other webinars from Longevity Week 2020 online.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE >>>
https://youtu.be/9lqVhkHK0fI
#longevity #lifespan #healthuk
An informative chart from @StatistaCharts on USA deaths and population infected based on age
https://www.statista.com/chart/23694/covid-19-deaths-in-the-us-by-age/
#covid #virus #healthuk
Stanford @LongevityCenter is hosting a virtual Century Summit to discuss the impact of people living longer lives
Restructure work
Reorganize our cities
Enhance lifelong learning
Create new financial security
Promote greater health
Starting 9 Dec >
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/century-summit-virtual-conference-tickets-120392827187
For those registered in the next 3 days, the new Longevity Medicine course will be Free with a certificate on Udemy. We are allowed to make these 3-days campaigns only twice a month. Currently, 600+ advanced physicians are taking the course, join them!
https://www.udemy.com/course/introduction-to-longevity-medicine/?couponCode=3800A05D9D15D29E1E55
How people feel living into their 90's? A great compilation of interviews from @60Minutes on groundbreaking factors that can lead to a long + healthy life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKfL3z5yM4&feature=youtu.be
#lifespan #Longevity #healthuk
If you missed the Prof Sarah Gilbert lecture on the COVID-19 Vaccine, we've posted the recording as well as other webinars from Longevity Week 2020 online.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE >>>
https://youtu.be/9lqVhkHK0fI
#longevity #lifespan #healthuk
Targeting the ageing processes to prevent multimorbidities would also help with COVID-19 - an interview with Dr Lynne Cox @LongevityTech
https://www.longevity.technology/lets-initiate-trials-of-potential-geroprotective-therapies/?utm_source=ZohoCampaigns&utm_campaign=Longevity.Tec
#longevity #ageing #healthuk #ageinguk
RT @oxford_ageing: Five Innovative Trends in #Ageing - some insights from the
@Longevity_Forum's #longevityweek by @realdelia
#OxAgeBlog
https://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/blog/Five-Innovative-Trends-in-Ageing
Don't forget to check out our podcast on Economic Resilience w/ Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at The Bank of England + Andrew J Scott, co-founder of The Longevity Forum
APPLE PODCAST >>>
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/economic-resilience-during-covid-19-andy-haldane-andrew/id1495909954?i=1000497733257
#longevity #economy #covid19 #lifespan #covideconomy
An interesting look at the Covid-19 resilience rankings @Bloomberg which looks at countries' containment success w/ the least amount of social and economic disruption
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-24/inside-bloomberg-s-covid-resilience-ranking?sref=zBoGxaNV
#resilience #healthuk #covid19
Diet is a large contributor to a longer lifespan - cutting down on sugar is a great way to start. UK chocolate makers are struggling to reach 20% sugar reduction goal @WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chocolate-makers-are-having-a-hard-time-cutting-down-on-sugar-11605967201
#healthuk #lifespan #longevity #dietuk
RT @oxford_ageing: Five Innovative Trends in #Ageing - some insights from the
@Longevity_Forum's #longevityweek by @realdelia
#OxAgeBlog
https://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/blog/Five-Innovative-Trends-in-Ageing
Great article in @thetelegraph about Prof Sarah Gilbert's resolute work on the COVID-19 vaccine
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/427/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/427/pub/427/page/21/article/105926
For our recent lecture with Prof Sarah Gilbert as part of Longevity Week, watch the video here >>>
https://youtu.be/9lqVhkHK0fI
Longevity Week webinar recordings and podcasts are live! Don't miss the lecture by Prof. Sarah Gilbert, webinar on the New Agrarian Revolution, our Longevity Authors Panel and more!
WATCH ON YOUTUBE >>>
https://youtu.be/9lqVhkHK0fI
#longevity #lifespan #healthuk
"‘Healthy Longevity For All’ Wins The Vote For The Global Health Reset": great article by @TinaWoods in @Forbes on how people across academia, medicine and business see #COVID19 resetting the #globalhealth agenda
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tinawoods/2020/11/18/healthy-longevity-for-all-wins-the-vote-for-the-global-health-reset/?sh=33d74ddc5041
Fantastic lecture by Prof Sarah Gilbert (our Longevity Forum Person of the Year recipient) on the COVID-19 Vaccine.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE >>>
https://youtu.be/9lqVhkHK0fI
#longevity #lifespan #healthuk
Great discussion with Jane Portas (Insuring Womens Futures & Centre for Ageing Better) and Dawid Konotey-Ahulu (Co-founder Redington & Mallowstreet) on 6 Moments that Matter in Financial Lives of Black People in the UK and the effects of COVID.
PODCAST >
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/six-moments-that-matter-in-financial-life-journeys/id1495909954?i=1000498133354
Fascinating podcast on the Impact of Covid-19 on ESG Agenda & Future Resilience with Gillian Tett (US Editor FT) + Marisa Drew (Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head SSAF Credit Suisse)
LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS >>>
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/impact-covid-19-on-esg-agenda-future-resilience-gillian/id1495909954?i=1000497944892
#longevity #esg #SocImp
Don't miss the lecture recording of Prof Sarah Gilbert, The Longevity Forum Person of the Year for her work on the COVID-19 Vaccine
WATCH ON YOUTUBE >>>
https://youtu.be/9lqVhkHK0fI
#longevity #lifespan #healthuk
Retirement doesn't have the same meaning it used to. Many people over 60 are working for longer and finding other meaningful opportunities "Anyone no matter their age, seeks meaning and purpose - and we all want to be seen" @Telegraph
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/407/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/407/pub/407/page/106/article/99556
#longevity
If you missed the Prof Sarah Gilbert lecture on the COVID-19 Vaccine, we've posted the recording as well as other webinars from Longevity Week 2020 online.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE >>>
https://youtu.be/9lqVhkHK0fI
#longevity #lifespan #healthuk @OrielOxford @OxfordVacGroup
A great article on how we need more innovations for our ageing society: Why no products for older people?
https://innovateuk.blog.gov.uk/2020/11/10/why-no-products-for-older-people/
@UKRI_News #longevity #lifespan #ageingsociety #ageinguk #healthuk
It's not just about living longer but living HEALTHIER FOR LONGER - @thesundaytimes "The longevity paradox: how to live better" written by our co-founder @ProfAndrewScott
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-longevity-paradox-how-to-live-better-ltkc3msv5
#longevity #healthuk #health #lifespan
Don't miss the many @UK_SPINE events coming up in the 2020 conference on subjects ranging from immune resilience in the older population to government policies to aid healthy ageing
https://www.kespine.org.uk/events/conference-2020-free-flow-knowledge-accelerate-innovation-healthy-ageing
#ageing #ageinguk #healthuk #longevity #healthpolicies
Last chance to register for @longevityleader event at 10:00 GMT - Never too late to prepare for financial wellness and a secure retirement - "Tumultuous times – Financial Wellness for Over 50’s"
REGISTER NOW >>>
https://www.lsxleaders.com/longevity-leaders-congress/webinars-phoenix-financial-wellness-for-over-50s
#pensions #retirement #health #ukpensions
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