Aubrey de Grey thinks that people born in the next century may live to the age of 5,000. Ray Kurzweil believes that when the age of intelligent nanobots arrives, people may well live forever. Read more in
"The Immortality Race" by William Powers.
Medical enhancement is ideally suited for consumer capitalism. The market creates the conditions for which it then sells a cure. See
"Medicine Goes to the Mall" in
Virtual Mentor.
Which is worse: clinical depression or an hour on the Stairmaster? A new study in the
American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests that the symptoms of mild to moderate depression can be relieved with exercise. See "
Sweating Depression Away."
Depressed? Having trouble sleeping? Then why not try an implantable electronic device designed to treat epileptic seizures? See more at "
F.D.A. May Approve an Implant as a Treatment for Depression."