David Sinclair· PhD
A person who lives past 100 dies faster, costs 1/3 to care for, and was likely playing tennis at 80.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
A person who lives past 100 dies faster, costs 1/3 to care for, and was likely playing tennis at 80.
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Here’s Nir Barzilai MD explaining the lower healthcare costs of people who live past 100.