Longevity

Health expert Dr. Andrew Weil offers advice on healthy aging and ways to live long and live well.

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco and colleagues report a game-changing advance in stem cell science: the creation of long-term, self-renewing, primitive neural precursor cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) that can be directed to become many types of neuron without increased risk of tumor formation.

Watch as Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes you inside the operating room during a total knee replacement.

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals co-founder David Sinclair says that aging is a disease that can be treated.

Researchers in Canada have reportedly found a new way to transform human skin cells into blood cells. Jay Dow reports on what could be a medical breakthrough.

Maggie Rodriguez speaks with Dr. Jennifer Ashton about everyday health tips to boost longevity.

A healthy baby boy was born from an embryo that was frozen for almost 20 years.

Michael J. Fox says the argument over stem cell research was more over politics, not health.

Dr. Anthony Atala explains why he thinks that it could be possible that human beings can regenerate vital organs.

Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe talks about how genomic testing can give consumers an active voice in health care.

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CNN's Elizabeth Cohen discusses a woman who went against her doctors intial assesment and discovered tissue regeneration.

- Stem Cells harvested to repair achy joints.
- The cells start as one type and changed to another to treat arthritis, tendon, and ligament damage.
- 20% of the cases show no improvement, 1/3 of the dogs need treatment again in a year.

- Stem cells can be coaxed into becoming the hair cells deep inside the ears that are destroyed in hearing loss.
- 15 percent of Americans between 20 and 69, or 26 million people, have high frequency hearing loss caused by noise.

- ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
- The first FDA approved clinical trial of fetal stem cell in adults that is making history.

The key to repairing our tissues and growing new organs could be physical forces.
- The video shows scientists growing hearts, arteries, and bone linked to the stem cell need for physical forces.

Experts are saying there is a possibility that the more bored you are the more likely you are to die early.
- people who reported being bored a lot were more likely to die young or earlier.
- social activity and exercise reduces boredom which helps people to live a longer life.