Thursday, October 23, 2014

Humans could soon regularly live to 120 years old, claims expert.

Speaking at a Legal and General Conference in London, 70-year-old Professor Sir Colin Blakemore (pictured) claimed 120 years ‘might be a real absolute limit to human lifespan’.
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23 October 2014

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This is another confirmation, Phillip
We had many centurion in Ceylon( lanka) once there was a study, and the results, I did not see(over 50 yrs ago)
My mother lived 96 yrs and we had 3 grand , great grand parents upto 102/104/106
And refusing western medicine, though many were family doctors , 
The records of births  , deaths , property was very bad until 50/100 yrs ago.
Deeds, birth and death records
Many people. All over the world , knew v little about exact dates of birth and dear.
Until 50/150 yrs ago, the records were inaccurate or non existent.

Bilingual literacy is still rare. And even in the more literate countries , , it's common for people to know only one language as in Europe , USA, Canada
Russia, china , Australia, and most of Africa and parts in Indian subcontinent.

With increased awareness literacy, jaela th, medical care will continue to improve, and we can easily reach 120 , but hopefully with fair health and not just survive , and be almost unable to function, as we see in nursing and elders homes.
Quality of life is more important than longitude.
With failing mind and body, the quality of life , measured by longevity, may not be that desirable
Drbdes

Berny.

Romanian headteacher donates his own SKELETON for students.

A Romanian school has been told they can keep the bones of their former headmaster who donated his body to science to teach future students about anatomy.
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23 October 2014

Scientists recover the oldest complete human genome.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, took the DNA from a bone discovered near the settlement of Ust’-Ishim in western Siberia (pictured).
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23 October 2014

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Sunrise at Vakarai.

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The dog who got her walkies back.

Tara fitted with two prosthetic legs
Vets were forced to amputate Tara’s two front legs to save her life after she was found close to death in the grounds of a Romanian hospital after being poisoned.
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21 October 2014

Sugary drinks could age the body as much as SMOKING.

People who drank the amount of sugar found in of two cans of cola a day had DNA changes of cells 4.6 years older, say researchers at the University of California at San Francisco.
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21 October 2014

The reading glasses worn INSIDE your eyes

The Kamra inlay, developed in the US, measures 3.8 millimetres in diameter and is implanted into the cornea to restore patients' near vision.
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21 October 2014