Is depression related to shorter telomeres in girls?

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For today’s #WebinarWednesday, I want to briefly mention a study linking depression in 10 to 14-yo girls with telomere shortening. Of course, I don’t actually subscribe to shorter telomeres being a direct proxy for “rapid aging” but here it is anyway.   http://tinyurl.com/l4rtmor   The research in this field tended to reject the link between depression and shorter telomeres but … Read More

Is depression related to shorter telomeres in girls?

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For today’s #WebinarWednesday, I want to briefly mention a study linking depression in 10 to 14-yo girls with telomere shortening. Of course, I don’t actually subscribe to shorter telomeres being a direct proxy for “rapid aging” but here it is anyway.   http://tinyurl.com/l4rtmor   The research in this field tended to reject the link between depression and shorter telomeres but … Read More

Better to smoke than to drink a Coke?

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  For #ScienceSunday, I feel compelled to discuss a study that got a fair amount of press linking shorter telomeres to sugary soda consumption. In a brilliant yet tragic attempt to sell copy, some news outlets proclaimed sodas to be worse than smoking. Here is the TIME magazine article.   http://tinyurl.com/sodastelomeres And here is the link to the actual study. … Read More

Honor Columbus on this Day? I’d rather let Washington football fans keep their name…

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For today’s #MondayMusing, I regret to burden you with the truth. This is a truth that I didn’t fully know before tonight so I’m not asserting any moral superiority here.  We all had the nagging suspicion that Conquistadors weren’t such mensches, but how bad could they be? If you don’t want to know, then don’t read further.   “Where ignorance … Read More

World’s Richest Man predicts 3-day workweek – (Poorer billionaires predict an apocalypse)

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For today’s #PhilanthrophyFriday, I was inspired to revisit the theme of abundance and human evolution. Last night, I was helping my 11-yo son with his history assignment: a comic, showing the evolution of mankind from the stone age, to the neolithic, to the modern industrial phase.  In Oliver’s last panel, his Homo sapiens sapiens concluded that the efficiencies of a … Read More

Look forward to going back! (or the more things change, the LESS they stay the same)

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#Theatrical(and throwback)Thursday finds us reading from my own motorscooter diary.  Perhaps as a subconscious response to this scathing review of my book, “Telomere Timebombs: Defusing the terror of aging”, I have decided to open the throttle on my tedious and narcissistic writing.   One of my one-star reviewers writes: The narcissism that I had to endure in order to find … Read More

Is Telomerase Good or Bad?

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Ask a stupid question, get a confusing answer. To turn a much-used NRA phrase, “wrenches don’t take apart machines, people take apart machines” For #WesbinarWednesday, I want to explain something confusing but basic. The cute but mangy Yorkies will help.   Last week, a study was publicized linking longer telomeres with Melanoma risk. But wait!  It was a large, retrospective … Read More