Issue #69

But there is a good kind of stress!

September 21, 2023

September 21, 2023 | Issue #69

Hi... How are you managing your stress?

In this week's newsletter:😣 Stress -> Age 💰 age1 Launches New VC Fund🌐 Lessons From Elite Athletes   📉 Longevity Stock Index Hits ATL

Are We Stressed Because We’re Aging? Or Aging Because We’re Stressed?

We all understand stress is bad, but how bad is it really?Can it kill you?Turns out, it can.In a study conducted at Yale, researchers discovered that chronic stress can accelerate one’s biological clock, shortening a person’s life.In fact, it can shave up to three years off a person’s life expectancy. But not all stress is bad. A low level amount of cellular stress can actually reverse cellular aging and reset one’s lifespan.Learn about how stress impacts your health and how the $20 billion stress industry is addressing this global problem...

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  • Cody Shirk, Founder/CEO, Spannr

  • Stephanie Dainow, Executive Director, Lifespan.io

  • Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D., President and CSO, LEV Foundation

  • Dr. Matthias Breugelmans, CEO at Elastrin Therapeutics Inc.

  • Phil Newman, Editor in Chief, Longevity.Technology

  • Dr. Halland Chen, The Longevity Doctor

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  • Regeneron is hiring for hundreds of positions VIEW HERE.

  • Browse thousands of jobs in the longevity industry, updated daily, in Spannr's new Jobs database HERE. 

  • VC firm age1 announced that it had raised $35 million to invest in "therapeutics, tools, and technologies targeting aging and age-related disease that will help extend healthy lifespan." The fund was co-founded by Laura Deming (founder of The Longevity Fund) and Alex Colville (PhD and previous investment manager at Starbloom Capital and the Amaranth Foundation). 

  • Explore Spannr's Longevity Investor database HERE.

  • The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever (Time)

  • Hard-Core Sleepers Obsess Over Their Snoozing Stats (WSJ)

  • 3 foods in this Costa Rican blue zone diet that help residents live to 100 (Fortune)

  • The No. 1 personality trait linked to a long life: ‘The effects of just being positive are overstated,’ psychology expert says (CNBC)

  • Elite Athletes Swear by These Extreme Treatments. Scientists Think They Could Boost Your Health, Too. (WSJ)

  • Having a Hobby Might Lead to a Healthier Life (Lifespan.io)

  • Weight Maintenance For Women Is Linked to Exceptional Longevity, New Research Shows (MBG)

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