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Life expectancy will soon exceed 90 years for the first time, scientists have predicted, overturning all the assumptions about human longevity that prevailed at the beginning of the 20th century.
Women born in South Korea in 2030 are forecast to have a life expectancy of 90, a study has found. But other developed countries are not far behind, raising serious questions about the health and social care that will be needed by large numbers of the population living through their 80s.
The findings are from an international team of scientists funded by the UK Medical Research Council and the US Environmental Protection Agency, and come with caveats. It is impossible to accurately forecast the natural disasters, disease outbreaks or climate changes that may take a toll of lives around the world.
But the study in the Lancet medical journal shows a significant rise in life expectancy in most of the 35 developed countries studied. A notable exception is the US, where a combination of obesity, deaths of mothers and babies at birth, homicides and lack of equal access to healthcare is predicted to cause life expectancy to rise more slowly than in most comparable countries.
Among developed nations, South Korea is likely to see the largest increase in life expectancy, with women born in 2030 averaging 90.8 years, 6.6 years longer than those born in 2010
Boys born in 2030 in the US may expect to have similar lifespans to those in the Czech Republic, the study suggests, and girls will have life expectancy similar to those in Croatia and Mexico. Life expectancy for babies born in the US in 2030 is predicted to be 83.3 in 2030 for women and 79.5 for men, a small rise from the 2010 figures of 81.2 and 76.5 respectively.
The authors point out that the US is the only country in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development without universal healthcare coverage. “Not only does the US have high and rising health inequalities, but also life expectancy has stagnated or even declined in some population subgroups,” write the authors.
Wow ! Look at all this knowledge that God has bestowed on mankind to create all this technology !!!!
In the last days man's knowledge will increase.
Daniel 12:4
3"Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. 4"But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase." [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefshrink:
Wow ! Look at all this knowledge that God has bestowed on mankind to create all this technology !!!!
In the last days man's knowledge will increase.
Daniel 12:4
3"Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. 4"But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."
Considering the Earth's population has doubled the last 60 years, and now people are not gonna die as fast, so it's going to explode even further, I could definitely see all the terrible shit in Revelations not being too far behind. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefshrink:
Wow ! Look at all this knowledge that God has bestowed on mankind to create all this technology !!!!
In the last days man's knowledge will increase.
Daniel 12:4
3"Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. 4"But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."
There is an entirely separate forum for this. I'm not personally against religion here, but if we're going to have rules about political talk, then the same should go for these types of posts. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
There is an entirely separate forum for this. I'm not personally against religion here, but if we're going to have rules about political talk, then the same should go for these types of posts.
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
There is an entirely separate forum for this. I'm not personally against religion here, but if we're going to have rules about political talk, then the same should go for these types of posts.
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
There is an entirely separate forum for this. I'm not personally against religion here, but if we're going to have rules about political talk, then the same should go for these types of posts.
Thank you. Already on ignore, but nice to see this kind of thread derailment addressed before it happens. [Reply]
If this is the real deal,let's hope the pharmaceutical companies don't try to get it outlawed because you can't patent a naturally grown substance and this is what they do when something natural really works wonders. [Reply]
Regarding EBC-46.... it's another potential PKC treatment. Protein Kinase C. It's not really so much a treatment as a potential attack target for treating cancer and an entire host of other ailments. It's actually been around for quite some time. But you won't find many recent EBC-46 success stories or anything. It's still completely unproven. Other PKC treatments have shown to be effective, but exhibiting fatal side-effects in humans.
Protein kinase C (PKC) has been a tantalizing target for drug discovery ever since it was first identified as the receptor for the tumor promoter phorbol ester in 1982. Although initial therapeutic efforts focused on cancer, additional diseases, including diabetic complications, heart failure, myocardial infarction, pain and bipolar disease were targeted as researchers developed a better understanding of the roles that PKC’s eight conventional and novel isozymes play in health and disease. Unfortunately, both academic and pharmaceutical efforts have yet to result in the approval of a single new drug that specifically targets PKC. Why does PKC remain an elusive drug target? This review will provide a short account of some of the efforts, challenges and opportunities in developing PKC modulators to address unmet clinical needs.
A recent article published in Medical Express last week touts the impressive findings of a pre-clinical study on the experimental drug EBC-46 (pictured above). In the article, they claim that EBC-46 is able to effectively destroy tumors by destroying the blood vessels that supply it with oxygen and nutrients. It is important, however, to remember that the work they are reporting on is very preliminary and has yet to be shown to be safe or effective in humans. Many promising candidate drugs fail very early on in clinical trials because of an unforeseen side-effect or because the drug simply does not work as well in humans as in animal models.
Furthermore, EBC-46 may be a novel drug, but its target is nothing new. EBC-46 targets a protein called Protein Kinase C (PKC) that, when inhibited, prevents tumor cells from making proteins that help them live. PKC has been targeted by several compounds, with one, PMA getting a phase I clinical trial (safety and efficacy in a limited group of people with cancer). Unfortunately, PMA caused severe and life-threatening side effects and the trial was stopped.
Given the questionable history of PKC inhibitors, it has yet to be seen if EBC-46 will be safe to use in humans.
Originally Posted by Fish:
Regarding EBC-46.... it's another potential PKC treatment. Protein Kinase C. It's not really so much a treatment as a potential attack target for treating cancer and an entire host of other ailments. It's actually been around for quite some time. But you won't find many recent EBC-46 success stories or anything. It's still completely unproven. Other PKC treatments have shown to be effective, but exhibiting fatal side-effects in humans.
On 5 to 14 April 2017, the team behind the Event Horizon Telescope hopes to test the fundamental theories of black-hole physics by attempting to take the first ever image of a black hole's event horizon (the point at which theory predicts nothing can escape).
