Last week, a patient told me, “I feel like I’m vanishing in pieces.” Her words stayed with me. They echoed long after I left the exam room. And they inspired the essay I published this morning: “We Don’t Die All at Once.”... Read More
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Longevity: Role for Elders
Are you a giraffe with an especially long neck, a structure that allows you to feast on leaves others cannot access? With more food, you are more likely to survive to reproduce and pass your propensity to have a long neck on to your offspring. Your friends with shorter necks are less likely to survive to pass on their genes to future generations.... Read More