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Erectile dysfunction is a strong predictor of death in men with cardiovascular disease
From CNN:
Men with cardiovascular disease and ED were twice as likely to die from all causes than men who did not have erectile dysfunction. And those with ED were 1.6 times more likely to suffer from a serious cardiovascular problem such as a heart attack or stroke.
Erectile dysfunction is something that regularly should be addressed in the medical history of patients; it might be a symptom of early atherosclerosis.
Men with ED who are going to a general practitioner or a urologist need to be referred for a cardiology workup to determine existing cardiovascular disease and proper treatment. ED is an early predictor of cardiovascular disease.
References:
Study: Erectile dysfunction may indicate heart disease, death risk - CNN.com.
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Bosch VitaFresh
Bosch has been marketing their new “fountain of youth”, VitaFresh with a clever ad campaign depicting freshly sealed dinosaur, mammoth, and sabertooth meats. You can watch a video of their supermarket experiment here. Pretty gross, and totally awesome.
[via The Daily What]
On Mitohormesis
A little stress improves our biochemistry: “Recent evidence suggests that calorie restriction and specifically reduced glucose metabolism induces mitochondrial metabolism to extend life span in various model organisms, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans and possibly mice. In conflict with Harman’s free radical theory of aging (FRTA), these effects may be due to increased formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within the mitochondria causing an adaptive response that culminates in subsequently increased stress resistance assumed to ultimately cause a long-term reduction of oxidative stress. This type of retrograde response has been named mitochondrial hormesis or mitohormesis, and may in addition be applicable to the health-promoting effects of physical exercise in humans and, hypothetically, impaired insulin/IGF-1-signaling in model organisms. Consistently, abrogation of this mitochondrial ROS signal by antioxidants impairs the lifespan-extending and health-promoting capabilities of glucose restriction and physical exercise, respectively. In summary, the findings discussed in this review indicate that ROS are essential signaling molecules which are required to promote health and longevity. Hence, the concept of mitohormesis provides a common mechanistic denominator for the physiological effects of physical exercise, reduced calorie uptake, glucose restriction, and possibly beyond.”
View the Article Under Discussion: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20350594
Read More Longevity Meme Commentary: http://www.longevitymeme.org/news/
KrioRus in the Press
Russian cryonics provider KrioRus is starting to receive the sort of mixed press attention that Alcor did five years ago or so: “‘I don’t ever want to die… It wouldn’t suit me,’ said Innokenty Osadchy. Fortunately, the 35-year-old investment banker is certain he has found a loophole out of death. Osadchy is ready to pay a small fortune to freeze his brain until future technology allows him to continue his life – after being transplanted into a new body and resuscitated. ‘Why do I have to die in a couple decades? I don’t see any logic in this. It won’t be another life, it’ll be the continuation of my life. I don’t ever want to die ever. Not in a year, not in a million years.’ Osadchy and other clients of Russian cryonics company KrioRus believe the brain operates like a computer hard-drive and its contents can be frozen and stored for the future. ‘We know that the personality is stored in the brain. So when a person’s body is old, there’s no reason to keep it,’ said Danila Medvedev, who runs KrioRus, the first cryonics outfit outside the United States. … Since its 2005 launch, KrioRus has been building new vats, in anticipation of the 30 clients, like Osadchy, with whom it already has contracts.”
View the Article Under Discussion: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcee6gk4tTAqxAfRk1MhcG5dMELw
Read More Longevity Meme Commentary: http://www.longevitymeme.org/news/
The Seasteading Institute July 2010 Newsletter
- The Seasteading Institute July 2010 Newsletter -
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TSI News
- State Of The Floating Micro-Nation Movement: Patri’s Mid-Year Update
- Sign up for the 2011 Reason Cruise
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In the World
- The BP Oil Spill - A Political Engineering Problem Solved by Seasteading
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Call to Action
The World is my Jungle Gym
From bungee jumping in Acapulco to riding the roller coasters at Great America (Gurnee, Illinois), Brendan van Son accommodates his “adrenalin junky” alter ego. He also taps into his more serious side – the one which finds true wonder in this great big universe or ours.
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End of week one
Hi everyoneJust a quick update. Week one has started and finished very well. We have 20 students so far and one more guy is to start on Monday.Theyrsquore a great bunch who are sacrificing a lot to commit to the next 3 months so your prayers for them would be greatly valued. Many have reorganised working schedules businesses etc to take the time to discover more of God. Wersquore trying
Trekking Chiang Mai
After 1 nights stay in chiang Mai we took a 3 day trek to see some waterfalls etc and also stay in a hill trible village. Wjilst it was nice to once again break the habbit of just observing things to actually doing things this trip turned out to be a bit of a mix of good and bad. The first day we left late as seems to be the theme in Thailand. This emant that we would later be doing uphill trek
WE THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OVER
SA doesnrsquot fail to surprise. Just as we were getting into going home mode we decided to do the Stellenbosch wine route. My Lord what an experience. We started out by popping into a couple of wine estates just to get an idea of the procedure etc. We thought it might be a case of hard sell to buy wine but I can assure you it wasnrsquot. The staff in the wineryrsquos were really please
Last Day at School
Gorgeous weather today. Students had their final lessons at school this morning and then headed off to a Chinese restaurant for yum cha.In the afternoon the students were presented with their certificates and enjoyed afternoon tea of scones and cup cakes
Tallin Estonia A quick day
Well dear blog readers we have to admit that we knew nothing of Tallin Estonia before today We were so surprised at how much we loved it. Talllin is on the Baltic Sea and has an ldquoOld Cityrdquo behind walls and a new city with skyscrapers. We walked through the old city with a guide taking us on a tour of places where Peter the Great had impact on Tallin. Peter was 6'7 and could s
Cairo Egypt
Hello America and how was your last 3 days been cause mine have been FREAKING AMAZING lolHey guys hope all is well back home with all of you. I landed now 3 days ago and the time has flown bye I cant believe how interesting this place is I took off July 6th at 1241pm from LAX got through security real fast and just relaxed and got my book ready for along trip to the desert. My first flight w
Day 78
The Gold Coast bulletin want us to go back up to the Gold coast when we are in Brisbane next week for an interview as They want to do a piece on inspirational Phil. must be a slow news week.We spend the morning sorting out our next run san Francisco and the one after that the great north. will someone takes Forrest Gumprsquos trainers off him. People we know from back home are starting to arri
Day 77
Well marathon running and Inter state flying and hob knobbibg with the everton fans finally took its tool on Philip who didnt fall out of bed till gone 2pm. Just in time to deal with the world most stupid bank who managed to fed ex the new bank card to Philips house back home and are being little or no help to our plans Philip now has three cards waiting for him when he gets home stunning imcomp
The Old Saigon City…
Finally after a long brutal and excruciating flight from Toronto we arrived at Ho Chi Minh City which was the old Saigon... I remember leaving Canada really cold so I was really excited on our trip to a warm country such as Vietnam...So we got up and did our usual airport routine we waited till our luggae arrive in that conveyer just like everyone else standing and staring what seemed like an e
Planes and Automobiles
Day One.....or is it TwoOur trip started off as usual me running around trying to get everything done and Rich at his computer saying Ten More Minutes...........Ten More Minutes. Finally the Limo driver arrived to take us to the airport and some how Rich was packed and dressed. The man literally packed one hour before departure. Off to the airport we go. Getting to the gate was non eventful
Hockey Nation even in July
So I missed the trip to Elk Island to see deer bison etc because I thought I wouldnt get back in time to make my flight little did I know. I was also a bit bummed to miss hockey season in Canada thinking no one cares about hockey when it's 85 degrees and sunny until 11 pm. Then I found out about Oilers Prospect Camp. I made my way to a small local hockey rink in Clareview to watch 2 hours o
Day 4 Los Angeles
Today we had a day of looking around some of the local shops. We can't get over the fact that at every set of traffic lights you come across there are shops there. I'm sure it isn't like that all over America but it is quite amazing how many shops there are here. The first thing we did today was go and buy Dad his peanut brittle he better love itThen we were on a mission to buy the girls
Fort Stevens Camping Trip Day 2
I was the first to get up around 630 and the sun already started to shine. I started fire and the girls woke up around 7. We cooked some pancakes from a mix I made on Monday and fried up some smart bacon yes 'smart' bacon.The first daily activity was to go to Battery Russell... it's an abandoned Army battery used during World War II... here's some history about it. After playing around in t