Amid Declining Life Expectancy, Researchers Explore Strategies to Extend Healthy Lifespans

AUSTIN, Texas - Dec. 30, 2024 - PRLog -- Public Health Officials Report that Life Expectancy in the US Declined Significantly in 2021. Are We Headed in the Wrong Direction?

Life expectancy in the US increased significantly throughout the nineteenth century. However, we seem to have reached a plateau around the year 2010, followed by a very slight downward trend.

Then the Covid pandemic hit in 2020, which has led to a sharp decrease in life expectancy.

If we zoom in on the data from the chart above, the life expectancy for U.S. women born in 2021 dropped below 80 years.

The outlook is worse for men.

Men born in 2021 are only projected to live until 73.5 years of age – a 2.8-year decrease from 2019.

Some Individuals are Spending Hefty Sums to Reverse the Aging Process

Hopefully, the increased mortality from the Covid virus won't repeat any time soon, and statistical life expectancies will quickly return to pre-Covid levels.

Nevertheless, the once widely-held optimism of public health and healthcare providers – many of whom once claimed that living to 100 or beyond would be commonplace by now – has tempered significantly.

But that doesn't mean that individuals aren't trying to break the lifespan barrier; indeed, there is a new class of "age avoiders" that, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, believe "outliving your peers is now a competitive sport."

Leading the charge for living an extended life is David A. Sinclair, PhD, whose book "Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To" is a bible among longevity advocates – and a lightning rod for Sinclair's many critics.

What are some of the anti-aging protocols promoted by longevity advocates?

• Full Body MRIs

The company Prenuvo is offering full-body MRI scans to identify any potential early-stage tumors or other anomalies. The estimated cost is circa $2500. Early backers of the company include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and supermodel Cindy Crawford.

• Anti-Aging IV Ozone Injections and Supplements

One of the most prominent members of the "biohacker" longevity community is Bryan Johnson, a tech company billionaire who purportedly spends $2 million a year on treatments, including massive stem cell injections. (Johnson also wants to build a "don't die" nation-state dedicated to the longevity lifestyle.)

Other newly popular anti-aging treatments include "ozone therapy," in which a patient's blood is drawn, supplemented with dissolved ozone, and returned to the patient via an IV drip.

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