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I’m not suggesting autophagy cures aging, but there’s at least plenty of studies on genetically similar species that shows fasting can extend average lifespan.
by randomacct3847 8y ago
I’m not suggesting autophagy cures aging, but there’s at least plenty of studies on genetically similar species that shows fasting can extend average lifespan.
- gerdesj 8y agoSo does decent, affordable (or "free"), healthcare. On balance I'll take NHS over autophagy.
- barry-cotter 8y agoRandomised controlled trials disagree. Healthcare spending has amazingly small effects on outcomes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Health_Insurance_Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Health_Insurance_Experime... An early paper with interim results from the RAND HIE concluded that health insurance without coinsurance "leads to more people using services and to more services per user," referring to both outpatient and inpatient services.[5] Subsequent RAND HIE publications "rule[d] out all but a minimal influence, favorable or adverse, of free care for the average participant"[6] but determined that a "low income initially sick group assigned to the HMO... [had a] greater risk of dying" than those assigned to fee-for-service (FFS) care.[7] The experiment also demonstrated that cost sharing reduced "appropriate or needed" medical care as well as "inappropriate or unnecessary" medical care. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Medicaid_health_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Medicaid_health_experim... Approximately two years after the lottery, researchers found that Medicaid had no statistically significant impact on physical health measures, but "it did increase use of health care services, raise rates of diabetes detection and management, lower rates of depression, and reduce financial strain."[4][5]