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Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever (Rodale Books, ISBN 1-57954-954-3) is a book authored by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman published in 2004. The basic premise of the book is that if middle aged people can live long enough, until approximately 120 years, they will be able to live forever—as humanity overcomes all diseases and old age itself.
Longevity insurance, [1] describes the process of mitigating longevity risk.In the United States, such risk mitigation is often achieved using a longevity annuity [2] or Tontine [dubious – discuss], qualifying longevity annuity contract (QLAC), [3] deferred income annuity, [4] an annuity contract designed to provide a regular income for life starting at a pre-established future age, e.g. 85 ...
The Longevity Project is a 2011 book on the social and psychological characteristics associated with long human longevity. Written by Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin, the book is based on a 20-year study extending the 60 years of Lewis Terman 's Genetic Studies of Genius research.
The law makes the dependent-coverage extension effective for new health plans that begin on or after Sept. 23. But employers have wiggle room because many group plans have start dates that ...
This concept has been referred to as longevity escape velocity. Biomedical gerontology , also known as experimental gerontology and life extension, is a sub-discipline of biogerontology endeavoring to slow, prevent, and even reverse aging in both humans and animals.
International Longevity Alliance; LEV Foundation [1] Life Extension Advocacy Foundation; Life Extension Foundation; Methuselah Foundation – non-profit organization dedicated to extending the healthy human lifespan by advancing tissue engineering and regenerative medicine therapies. It was co-founded in 2003 by Aubrey de Grey and David Gobel ...
In addition to medical expense insurance, "health insurance" may also refer to insurance covering disability or long-term nursing or custodial care needs. Different health insurance provides different levels of financial protection and the scope of coverage can vary widely, with more than 40% of insured individuals reporting that their plans do ...
They are the health promoting factors found in one's living and working conditions (such as the distribution of income, wealth, influence, and power), rather than individual risk factors (such as behavioral risk factors or genetics) that influence the risk or vulnerability for a disease or injury. The distribution of social determinants is ...