Issue #73

Color therapy to live longer?

October 19, 2023

October 19, 2023 | Issue #73

Hello! What colors have you exposed yourself to today?

In this week's newsletter:🌈 Longevity and Chromotherapy đŸ’° Gero Grabs More Funding🌐 Sex Prevents Dementia?   

Lights, Colors, Longevity! The Connection Between Longevity and Chromotherapy

“We also offer chromotherapy. You can set the color of the lights to enhance certain health benefits you’re looking for!” Um, come again? The receptionist at the local infrared sauna studio was giving me a tour of the sauna booth when she said this. I asked her which light color was best for boosting immunity, and she said yellow. Yellow it is, then!At the time, I didn’t understand how a specific color of light could result in certain therapeutic effects, but I was willing to press the “I believe” button. The additional service didn’t cost more, as it was already included as part of the sauna experience, so I figured, why not?As my sauna session finished up, though, I started to wonder: was there any merit to this chromotherapy, or in other words, color therapy? Red light therapy is already an FDA approved therapy for a variety of health issues, and blue light therapy is used on newborns with jaundice.What about other colors? What can they do? 

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  • Gero, a biotechnology company focused on aging and chronic diseases, has closed $6M in a Series A extension round. This funding round positions Gero to continue internal drug development programs, grow its scientific team to boost platform technology development, and expand its US presence. The round was led by Melnichek Investments, with participation of from VitaDAO and Leonid Lozner.

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  • Sexual satisfaction may be key to delaying onset of dementia (StudyFinds)

  • Getting Into This Fitness Trend Is Simple. Just Pack a Bag. (WSJ)

  • A walk before bedtime may be the secret to a better night’s sleep—these 4 tips can supercharge the benefits (Fortune)

  • The Psychology of Aging (Psychology Today)

  • School of Medicine creates new aging initiative (Yale News)

  • Steep physical decline isn’t inevitable. This type of exercise can change the trajectory of aging, one expert says (Fortune)

  • Pharma Nation: Americans will spend half their lives taking prescription drugs, study predicts (StudyFinds)

  • Scientists built the largest-ever map of the human brain. Here's what they found (NPR)

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