See past newsletters here SHORT NOTES How old are you really? Models of aging were reworked into 15-question long surveys available at Young.AI to enable people to find out estimates of their psychological and subjective age; Minimalism – on Netflix, a great path to happiness; Think Zinc! Fighting Infection and Boosting Your Immune System- lean meats, seafood, nuts, whole grains; requirement 14 mg/day; useful up to 40mg/day MAX; Reactive Oxygen Species: Drivers of Physiological and Pathological Processes; [Get your vitamin C from Triumph and Mito-C]; Moving school start time from 8 to 9am is associated with longer sleep, better diurnal sustained attention, attendance, and improved academic performance; Poor sleep health was positively associated with serious psychological distress, and the magnitude of the association was generally stronger among racial/ethnic minorities;
COVID: Vaccines Matter – If you run into someone who thinks that vaccines don’t matter, refer them to this chart; Reader question — My husband was taking melatonin — 3 mg — regularly as he has difficulty sleeping – but then stopped because he saw a study showing it can reduce serotonin levels and mess with your mood. ROC response: A 2018 review similarly found that melatonin helped reduce depression symptoms for some people. In addition, a small 2006 study suggests that melatonin may be more beneficial for seasonal affective disorder (SAD). In addition, people taking melatonin are less likely to get COVID! the fat-busting treatment Fenofibrate (Tricor) proved to kill Covid-19. 1500 Covid-19 patients showed fast recovery and no deaths; Patients receiving opaganib had significantly reduced dependence on ventilators and faster time to discharge;
Progress Towards the Treatment of Aging as a Medical Condition
LONG NOTES
Minimalism – on Netflix, a great path to happiness
Positive results for Covid-19 treatment. Preliminary data from Phase 2 trials of opaganib from Israel’s Redhill (reported here previously) on 40 hospitalized Covid-19 patients showed positive results. Patients receiving opaganib had significantly reduced dependence on ventilators and faster time to discharge.
https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/redhill-s-phase-2-3-covid-19-candidate-opaganib-reduces-ards-related-blood-clotting-in-preclinical-model-813822864l
THE Association Between School Start Time and Sleep Duration, Sustained Attention, and Academic Performance
Authors: Alfonsi V, Palmizio R, Rubino A, Scarpelli S, Gorgoni M, D’Atri A, Pazzaglia M, Ferrara M, Giuliano S, De Gennaro L
https://www.dovepress.com/article_60184.t129094975
SLEEP Health and Serious Psychological Distress: A Nationally Representative Study of the United States among White, Black, and Hispanic/Latinx Adults
Authors: Goldstein SJ, Gaston SA, McGrath JA, Jackson CL
https://www.dovepress.com/article_59932.t129094975
REACTIVE Oxygen Species: Drivers of Physiological and Pathological Processes
Authors: Checa J, Aran JM
https://www.dovepress.com/article_59902.t129087916
Hi Roc — My husband was taking melatonin — 3 mg — regularly as he has difficulty sleeping – but then stopped because he saw a study showing it can reduce serotonin levels and mess with your mood. During Covid 19, it’s been a struggle to keep an upbeat attitude as it is…. so he quit taking the melatonin. Do you have any ideas on this? No rush in getting back to us — Enjoy your holiday –
A 2018 review similarly found that melatonin helped reduce depression symptoms for some people. In addition, a small 2006 study suggests that melatonin may be more beneficial for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which involves depression that follows a seasonal pattern.
Fat treatment proved to kill Covid-19. Hebrew University scientists have completed a study of 1500 Covid-19 patients receiving anti-cholesterol treatments. The study showed fast recovery and no deaths. Now a full clinical trial is to commence on the fat-busting treatment Fenofibrate (Tricor) (reported here previously).
https://campaign.huji.ac.il/news/could-fibrates-turn-effects-corona-little-more-common-cold
Vaccines Matter – If you run into someone who thinks that vaccines don’t matter, refer them to this chart. It very graphically shows that over time, immunizations for measles, mumps, rubella, polio and a garden variety of other diseases – over time – have been managed effectively through the use of vaccines.
The models presented in the publication were reworked into 15-question long surveys available at Young.AI to enable people to find out estimates of their psychological and subjective age. At 72, I tested at 66. Disappointing.
Think Zinc! Fighting Infection and Boosting Your Immune System, from Linus Pauling Institute; lean meats, seafood, nuts, whole grains; requirement 14 mg/day; useful up to 40mg/day MAX
A Look Back at 2020: Progress Towards the Treatment of Aging as a Medical Condition
