Debunking the myths of longevity: what the evidence says about rejuvenation
A careful, evidence-graded tour of the interventions sold as rejuvenating, decade by decade, separating what is proven from what is promised.
- Duration
- Four live sessions of 120 minutes over two weeks
- Format
- Live online (Zoom Webinar) with reading lists graded by evidence level, maximum 40 participants per language cohort
- Who it is for
- Clinicians, allied health professionals, health journalists and scientifically literate professionals who advise, treat or are simply asked about longevity.
Introduction from the faculty
A short faculty introduction will be added here.
A sceptical, evidence-graded review of the techniques marketed to slow or reverse ageing: caloric restriction and fasting regimens, exercise prescriptions, senolytics, NAD+ precursors, metformin and rapamycin, hormone therapies, plasma exchange and young blood, stem-cell and gene-based approaches, biological-age tests and supplement stacks. Each is placed against the biology of ageing and the human evidence that exists, with a dedicated session on what matters in your thirties, forties, fifties, sixties and beyond. Decade-specific editions follow.
Learning outcomes
- Describe the hallmarks of ageing and how proposed interventions map onto them
- Grade the human evidence behind popular rejuvenation claims
- Recognise the marketing patterns and study flaws that inflate longevity claims
- Prioritise the interventions with the strongest evidence for each decade of adult life
- Discuss longevity questions with patients and clients without over- or under-promising
Curriculum
01The biology, and the business, of ageing
- Hallmarks of ageing in plain language
- Lifespan, healthspan and what trials can measure
- Biological-age clocks: what they do and do not tell you
- How longevity claims are sold
02Interventions under the microscope
- Caloric restriction, fasting and dietary patterns
- Exercise: the intervention with the strongest evidence
- Metformin, rapamycin, senolytics and NAD+ precursors
- Hormones, plasma exchange, stem cells and gene therapies
03A decade-by-decade guide
- Thirties: foundations, and cardiovascular risk that starts early
- Forties and fifties: blood pressure, lipids, glucose, sleep and the menopause
- Sixties: muscle, bone, cognition, oral health and vaccination
- Seventies and beyond: frailty, polypharmacy and what still helps
04Talking about longevity
- Reading a longevity study critically
- Supplements: evidence, quality and interactions
- Consumer testing and direct-to-consumer therapies
- Honest conversations about risk, cost and uncertainty
Sessions
Delivered via Zoom Webinar with EU data-residency settings.
English session
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Polish session
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