Also on Slashdot today is this story about the discovery of a gene that kills cells. It could be used to kill cancer or potentially keep patients alive forever.
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The Life Extension Foundation has posted its top ten life extension drugs. The number one drug? Asprin!
- PIRACETAM
- DHEA
- VINPOCETINE-HYDERGINE
- LIFE EXTENSION DRUG GH3 or K.H.3
- CENTROPHENOXINE
- PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE
- DEPRENYL
- ACETYL-L-CARNITINE
- MELATONIN
- ASPIRIN
(link via Memepool)
Conspiracy theorists may be familiar with the beliefs that aspirin may help ward off cancer and AIDS. Yahoo! Daily News is reporting that aspirin helped reduce the heart attack death rate over the past 20 years. Good stuff.
Update: Above link is dead, but here’s an American Heart Association article on aspirin and heart disease.
Update 2: Both links are working now.
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