How Aging Research Is Changing Our Lives
Great article, this is the first one on aging I&#x27;ve read in a while that has it&#x27;s head on straight and isn&#x27;t trying to make weasel arguments that suggest aging cures are just around the corner. Happy to see a clear distinction between lifespan and longevity, so many people like to leverage confusion between those concepts to argue that medical advancements have improved longevity, like Ray Kurzweil does.<p>&gt; People talk about healthcare, but in essence what we have right now is not healthcare. It’s sick care. Some people see their physician when they’re well, but most people don’t because there’s not much advice that they can give you other than not to smoke and to exercise and all that.<p>I feel like I identify with this; I want to have conversations with my doctor all the time about routine advice seeking kind of stuff, but I don&#x27;t because there&#x27;s nothing wrong, plus it costs a lot. I would love to have a health care plan where conversations during and about being well were expected and included, but I don&#x27;t see it coming any time soon.