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[Droplet]

One about dementia patients being denied sexual expression. May be room for a comment about them retaining their youth etc.
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...a-sex-life.html

Dementia is not a normal part of aging - perhaps someone should post that aging full stop shouldn't be regarded as "normal or "right."
http://www2.hernando...ging-ar-421183/

Interesting article about simulated dementia so that people can see what it is like to live with it. Perhaps Longecity being able to take something like this to cities/towns would help:
http://www.therepubl...virtualdementia

One about the aging world being something to look forward to. Slow and painful death is obviously something to aspire to for some people then. Someone REALLY needs to tell them it's not going to be fun, another set of rose-tinted glasses to smash:
http://www.post-gaze...ive-for-642259/

Edited by Droplet, 28 June 2012 - 06:03 AM.

[Droplet]

A really good one to throw some comments in on. A BBC presenter said that he'd rather take his own life when he gets too old and ill. That is just begging for comments from the people on this team about how no one HAS to suffer it. I've posted multiple links to this, as it so needs comments:
http://www.guardian....s?newsfeed=true
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml
http://www.independe...ge-7888678.html
http://www.mirror.co...hed-kill-941432
http://www.telegraph...ring-wreck.html
http://www.huffingto...l?utm_hp_ref=uk

The creator of Thunderbirds has alzheimers. He expresses how it affects him. Again famous person = more people will possibly be likely to read about it and see the comments:
http://www.mirror.co...-creator-944320
http://www.telegraph...y-Anderson.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk...dshire-18614483

Edited by Droplet, 28 June 2012 - 09:53 PM.

[Droplet]

Aging gymnasts still competing. Space for a word about life extension making that more common.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_20968098

"Aging Adults Wants Food To Support Health Now, Treat Conditions Later." Could give them some food for thought and mention our cause perhaps:
http://www.foodprodu...th-now-tre.aspx

[Droplet]

Drug from Easter Island may slow aging of the mind:
http://www.scienceco...life_span-94252

Caffeine could provide a boost to elderly muscles:
http://www.dailymail...-supergran.html

[Droplet]

Testing available for aging drivers in Alberta:
http://www.calgarysu...r-aging-drivers

Coping with the challenges of dementia in Carroll County:
http://www.carrollco...ccd4ba9890.html

IFT: Aging populations focused on preserving health now and treating health issues later:
http://www.chiroeco....nditions later/

[Droplet]

Aging Boomers need new healthcare law in Montana:
http://www.ktvq.com/...ealth-care-law/

[Droplet]

Wave of retirement forcast at University of Michigan:
Longer, more detailed article with other comments: http://www.annarbor....f-michigan-may/
http://www.themornin...in-next-5-years

[Droplet]

Dementia failing to be spotted by GPS and people waiting up to a year for a diagnosis:
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml
http://www.telegraph...sis-report.html

Sunderland dementia patients set to leap by 40%:
http://www.sunderlan...group-1-4700995

A book about the link with Mad Cow disease and dementia:
http://www.ctvnews.c...mentia-1.859794

Aging matters: living is about more than existence. This one is asking for a comment:
http://www.kansas.co...g-is-about.html

Witth boomers coming, hospice industry diversifies in Houston. They are already preparing for the generartion to lay down and die:
http://www.chron.com...ies-3679062.php

[Droplet]

Something about Hollywood Stars at 50. Okay so it's not a scientific theme but lots of people are likely to read such an article so a comment could be a good idea.
http://uk.movies.yah...ared-slideshow/

[Droplet]

Nurses treat fewer than half of dying patients with dignity:
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

Eating 40% less food could extend your life by twenty years. There are some "why live longer" comments on these that need a comment from someone here:
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml
http://www.express.c...sts/view/330636
http://www.independe...ts-7904465.html

Chronic infection in early life "could leave brain vulnerable to Alzheimers"
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

Care home in Scotland criticised over death of resident:
http://www.heraldsco...sident.18051047

Closure of a grocery store in Tulsa is causing issues for elderly residents. If only they weren't in that state to begin with:
http://www.newson6.c...-homeland-store

Bees may have ability to reverse the aging process:
http://www.thebunsen...-aging-process/
http://www.csmonitor...te-their-brains
http://guardianlv.co...g-on-the-brain/

[Droplet]

Posted in other places but will put it here too...BBC "When I'm 65" season should give a fertile ground for comments regarding our cause:
http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/p00tt325

[Droplet]

Terrified Alzheimer's patient cuffed on an ambulance trip:
http://www.mirror.co...ce-trip-1133066
http://www.dailymail...ys-coroner.html

Something about aging baby boomers:
http://www.cbs6alban.../vid_1767.shtml

Secret Chinese formula may hold the key to reversing aging:
http://www.clickorla...dk/-/index.html

[Droplet]

I know it's not aging-related as such but it is about the amazing things in space that could be seen if we live long enough. Aliens may be like jellyfish with orange bottoms. could be room for a comment about how we may be able to live to see this :
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

One about care for the elderly being rationed:
http://www.telegraph...tudy-shows.html

Age related decline in bees reversed by social involvement:
http://www.huffingto..._n_1651085.html

Naked mole rats may hold the key to human longevity.
http://www.huffingto...html?ref=topbar

Aging Matters: a checklist for turning 65. It should include trying to cure the disease!
http://www.heraldonl...cklist-for.html

Debt crisis in Euro zone may be exacerbated by an aging population:
http://www.bloomberg...uro-credit.html

New customer service line set up in Pensylvania to help the aging population. We should re-route it to here. :
http://www.sacbee.co...t-of-aging.html

[brokenportal]

Debt crisis in Euro zone may be exacerbated by an aging population:
http://www.bloomberg...uro-credit.html

New customer service line set up in Pensylvania to help the aging population. We should re-route it to here. :
http://www.sacbee.co...t-of-aging.html

I commented on the last two.

I think that even just this index of articles youre creating is valuable. Its a record of thoughts on aging at this time, and I think it might help with SEO too.

And they are here so we can all comment on them. I think that a comment or three with a pro indefinite life extension orientated theme can really go a long ways with a lot of these articles. I think the people writing them must be checking a lot of those comments, and I think that then likely ups the percent of likelihood that they will bend future articles in our favor if even just a little bit. They might cover more similar issues, reference more of this kind of stuff, write about this more, criticize it less, support it more, etc.

[Droplet]

An article about "aging in place" in Boulder County. Basically about staying independent into old age:
http://www.bcbr.com/...ITION/120709952

Department of Aging visits Mount Sterling senior centre. There is a bit about how the old people fear dependency. So do I and it's why I want to eradicate old age:
http://www.recordher...rticleID=143795

Anti-Aging site announces new vitamin report:
http://www.digitaljo...l.com/pr/784275

[Droplet]

£200m boost for elderly care sector in UK:
http://www.telegraph...he-elderly.html
http://www.guardian....-care-charities
http://www.independe...ed-7922544.html

Something about mechanical legs. Could be space for transhumanist/life extension spin on the comments there:
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml
http://www.telegraph...nical-legs.html

[Droplet]

National minimum standard of care to be introduced for elderly in the UK:
http://www.guardian....d?newsfeed=true

Postcode lottery that denies care to elderly to be abolished in uK:
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

One about Bees staying young again but this time in a national UK newspaper:
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

New aging: Lives kept in motion. How the elderly in US are keeping fit and young with the use of yoga:
http://www.courier-j...?nclick_check=1

Aging "cowboy" still racing at Ellis Park.
http://www.courierpr...ark-hedy-herey/

Aging Boomers may change view of life's end in Ventura County. Would be nice if they changed it to aging being a horrible thing:
http://www.vcstar.co...w-of-lifes-end/

[caliban]

I think that even just this index of articles youre creating is valuable. Its a record of thoughts on aging at this time, and I think it might help with SEO too.

Hm, yes and no. The current indexing effort is great Droplet but very low impact. There are two things that would help:

1) Actually post an LE-friendly or challenging comment on the external site (with a reference to longecity or some other initiative where possible)

2) Post more than just the link and the headline: post an excerpt of a section you found particularly interesting, and a few lines of commentary. In that case, each entry would merit its own tread in the relevant sub-forum.

[Droplet]

Hm, yes and no. The current indexing effort is great Droplet but very low impact. There are two things that would help:

1) Actually post an LE-friendly or challenging comment on the external site (with a reference to longecity or some other initiative where possible)

2) Post more than just the link and the headline: post an excerpt of a section you found particularly interesting, and a few lines of commentary. In that case, each entry would merit its own tread in the relevant sub-forum.

Thanks for the suggestions. I actually do things this way due to time constraints....I'm literally doing this before work in the morning.

Limit TV watching to two hours in order to live longer. We could try perhaps mention extending life in other ways:
http://www.telegraph...scientists.html

About an aging author called Gabriel Garcia:
http://www.nydailyne...iters-condition

Only the state can provide the care needed in old age in UK:
http://www.guardian....te-old-age-care

A very expensive care home with only one resident:
http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

Elderly patients are being denied food and water so that they die quicker. Disgusting! :(
http://www.dailymail...tals-money.html

Edited by Droplet, 10 July 2012 - 06:07 AM.

[caliban]

Thanks for the suggestions. I actually do things this way due to time constraints....I'm literally doing this before work in the morning.

BP will yell at me for demotivating volunteers, but let me put it more bluntly: There is a real risk you are wasting your precious time.
Instead of posting 5 links that no one will read, it would have taken the same time to post just 1 either
- as a separate post at LongeCity or
- or as a short link here with your comment attached to the story, thereby motivating other internetworkers

[Droplet]

BP will yell at me for demotivating volunteers, but let me put it more bluntly: There is a real risk you are wasting your precious time.
Instead of posting 5 links that no one will read, it would have taken the same time to post just 1 either
- as a separate post at LongeCity or
- or as a short link here with your comment attached to the story, thereby motivating other internetworkers

There is nothing wrong with honesty, Caliban.

I don't actually put the comments in myself, just find articles for people on this team. I usually leave that for smart people to do. I could try just finding one article a day but after quoting it etc. I'd probably not even have the time to put in a comment after skim reading the whole thing and copying bits. Wish I had more time to volunteer but sadly I don't. :( You have to go through the bother of registering to comment on most sites, which takes up time.

Edited by Droplet, 11 July 2012 - 06:05 AM.

[Droplet]

An article in the Daily Mail. Could be space for a comment about curing diseases of old age:

The next time someone offers you a glass of wine, be grateful – it could save you from the agony of arthritis.
Women who indulge in moderate drinking halve the risk of certain forms of the illness, researchers have found.

Around 400,000 Britons are affected by this type of arthritis and the majority are women, aged 40 to 70.
It causes pain and swelling in the hands, wrists and feet and can make everyday tasks almost impossible.
Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz20I608t5B

Another example of disease given to you as a prize for lasting on Earth from Mother Nature.

Aging Workforce a tsunami in waiting:

What does our long-term forecast for Canada say? It confirms that a slow-motion demographic tsunami is about to arrive. We expect that Canada’s underlying growth potential will begin to fade over the next few years, just as the growth potential of other aging industrial nations like Japan and Italy has slowed sharply in recent years.
We estimate that after 2015, sustainable growth in Quebec and in much of Atlantic Canada will have slowed to around 1.5 per cent in real terms (i.e., with the impact of inflation removed). Ontario’s sustainable growth rate will fall below two per cent after 2015, as we recently re-estimated in our study Ontario’s Fiscal Outlook: Challenges Ahead. Western provinces will fare a bit better, but even they will see their collective growth potential fall to around 2.5 per cent as the effects of aging demographics kick in.

Read more: http://www.vancouver...l#ixzz20I7HKS00

How sad that these people are being seen as a problem/burden just because they have a disease that could be potentially cured.

Edited by Droplet, 11 July 2012 - 06:06 AM.

[Droplet]

I put the following comment on the article about elderly being denied food. Know not if it'll get published but if this is a job best left to smart people, just tell me:

Whilst I agree that we should respect our elders a lot more, I also think that we should be doing more to help to eradicate the misery of old age from humanity altogether. The suffering brought about by age-related conditions is an outrage and more people/governments need to realise this and fight against it instead of just accepting it. If you had any other malady, you'd soon want a cure so why not the same thing for aging?

Organisations such as Longecity.org and MPrize.org are already working to try to make this day a reality and I am so grateful that such groups exist.

Posted this on the wine and arthritis comments:

Arthritis is yet another painful condition that time and age bring onto us. However, it's no use preventing temporarily and just blocking up the holes, we need to work towards completely curing age-related degeneration. Longecity.org and MPrize.org are examples of two organisations where scientists are working to make this a reality. I sure hope that aging is cured ASAP.

Comment on the article about the care home with only one person:

I am glad that this lady is receiving good care, as we hear about so many horror stories. However it is a shame when anyone no longer has their independence. I feel that if governments and individuals worked together to fully eradicate the misery of aging from our world, it would save so much on medical care and the need for care homes. However, I am talking about a world where people stay healthy even into old age, not where frailty is prolonged. Also, it would not cause overpopulation as some may believe, as longer lives = lower birth rates.

If you too share this dream of a world without suffering of senescence, please visit Longecity.org to get involved.

I would appreciate some of the others here leaving comments to back me up!

Edited by Droplet, 11 July 2012 - 05:30 PM.

[Droplet]

I left a comment on an article in The Guardian about a genetic defect causing Alzheimers as follows:

It is wonderful that we are begining to unravel the nature of this terrible disease even if we've not yet got a cure. However, we should really work to eradicate every single malady arising simply from inhabiting this planet for a long time. Old age is a misery that needs removing from humanity.

Thankfully organisations like Longecity.org are working on making this day come sooner.

The article is here: http://www.guardian....tion-alzheimers

Caliban said that doing this would motivate other internetworkers but I see nothing... Come on folks!!

Edited by Droplet, 12 July 2012 - 06:03 AM.

[Droplet]

Posted the following to an article in Huffington Post ( http://www.huffingto..._b_1668405.html ) :

An aging demographic is an issue that does need to be tackled and I say that we tackle it by deleting the very problem that puts it there in the first place - old age. By curing that curse, we would keep the wisdom of the old AND their ability to contribute to society.

Organisations such as Longecity.org are already fighting to bring this day closer.

If someone else wants a stab at commenting and is in US, here's a good one: http://blog.seattlep...g-baby-boomers/

Edited by Droplet, 13 July 2012 - 05:55 AM.

[Droplet]

Left the following comment:

DEmentia is indeed cruel and it's a good thing that people are being given the opportunity to realise how nasty it truly is.

However, we should be looking to completely cure the misery of old age. Sites such as Longecity.org and MPrize.org have scientists dedicated to doing just that.

Story here: http://severnapark.p...gh-virtual-tour

Posted the following quote in The Telegraph:

Trying to provide the correct drugs for the elderly is all well and good However, this is just plugging up the gaps and not dealing fully with the curse that is human aging.
Ideally, we should be looking to cure it completely like groups such as www.longecity.org and www.mprize.org
I strongly recommend that everyone reads The Dragon Tyrant by Nick Bostrom as a wonerful fable and illustration of why we MUST cure aging.

Full article here:
http://www.telegraph...he-elderly.html

Left the following on Daily Mail:

It's good that people are living longer and healthier. However, sooner or later they will start the rapid decline that is the curse of old age. If enough support is gathered, we can fight this curse once and for all.

Imagine a world where getting old doesn't have to mean being ill and where wisdom is valuable...groups such as www.longecity.org and www.mprize.org are trying to bring this day forward.

Full article here: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174617/Pensioner-boom-Census-figures-reveal-aged-65.html

[Droplet]

Left the following comment:

It's great that people are finding new ways to extend life. However, we really need to just get to the root of the real issue here: the scourge of human aging. If we could cure that, we would do away with all of these cruel conditions.

Places like www.longecity.org and www.mprize.org are working towards such a goal.

For those who think that it would be a terrible thing to be free of time inflicted suffering, I strongly recommend that you read Nick Bostrom's The Dragon Tyrant: http://www.nickbostr...ble/dragon.html

Full article here: http://www.telegraph...althy-life.html

Left the following on The Daily Mail but know not if it'll get published:

These inequalities are horrible but what's more horrible is that ALL of us have limited lifespans. However, something can be done about this as there are groups such as www.longecity.org and www.mprize.org trying to unravel the scourge of aging once and for all. For those of you who think that this is a bad idea, I strongly recomment the fable of The Dragon Tyrant by Nick Bostrom, which can be found here: http://www.nickbostr...ble/dragon.html

Full article here: http://www.dailymail...al-station.html

Edited by Droplet, 21 July 2012 - 05:33 PM.

[Droplet]

Posted the following that may or may not be published:

I don't think aging should be allowed to happen full stop. It's cruel, degrading and with enough support technology can fix it once and for all.

Groups such as Longecity.org and Mprize.org are just two groups dedicated to providing cutting edge solutions to the maady and misery of human aging.

I am aware of my glaring typo of "malady."

Full article can be read here: http://www.huffingto..._b_1696091.html

Edited by Droplet, 24 July 2012 - 06:00 AM.

[Droplet]

Posted the following on an article about potential cure for MS, Parkinsons and Alzheimers. May or may not be published:

For those saying it's "only for the rich"...even if it turns out that at first, only the rich can get it at least it's out there and exists providing some hope. Antibiotics were one only available to the rich. Should they have not been invented/available?

Alzheimer's Parkingsons and other aging diseases need deleting from humanity full stop! If you'd like to contribute to this, please visit www.longecity.org or www.mrprize.org to get involved.

Yes..another damn typo but I have to rush this cos I only have fifteen minutes before work. :( Full article here: http://www.dailymail...-sclerosis.html

[Droplet]

Left the following on an article about knitting for the elderly:

I am really happy that we are doing something to help our elderly. However, we should try to alleviate their suffering once and for all by curing old age.

Groups such as www.mprize.org and www.longecity.org are working towards a future where wisdom is treasured and getting old doesn't have to mean pain and illness.

Full article here: http://www.thisisglo...ml?logout=true