Can humans really do anything to prolong life? A recent article by Christopher Wanjek in the Washington Post said “Humans can reap no such benefits from the continuing flood of anti-aging potions and precepts, which are at best naively optimistic and at worst fraudulent and harmful. Wanjeck goes on to say that “every book, powder or pill that promises a fountain of youth….. is just plain wrong.” “There is no intervention that has been proven to slow, stop or reverse aging. Period,” says Leonard Hayflick, professor of anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco, a leader in the study … Continue reading Can We Live Longer?