Are There BUMPS in our Aging Years?

While I was exploring some podcasts I listened to a Doc talk about 'Sedentary Death Syndrome'. Yeah, I know, sounds terrifying. What is it? It is the fact that we Americans DON'T MOVE. We don't exercise. We don't move. Over 60% of the chronic diseases we have could be treated and ...  Show more

In the first episode of this year, we look at the Trump Administrations proposed new health care plan. At this time we are not sure just how it will affect us, but interestingly they have had 5 years to come up with this plan. We are not PRO or ANTI anyone candidate or administra ...  Show more

Human beings are living longer than ever. Thanks to advances like vaccines, antibiotics, pasteurized milk and clean water, we’ve added more than 30 years to the average lifespan over the last 120 years. That’s more than was added in the previous 10,000 years combined. More recent ...  Show more

What if the biggest challenge of our time isn’t living longer, but living better? 

In this episode, we’re tackling one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments—and perhaps its most overlooked challenge: longevity. As more people live past 100, our systems—healthcare, finan ...

Our scientific understanding of the aging process may be expanding, but is our cultural thinking about aging keeping up? In the new season of The Atlantic’s popular How To series, co-hosts Yasmin Tayag and Natalie Brennan explore the cultural gamification of aging, the obsession ...  Show more

Can taking special supplements help us to live longer? It's the 100th episode of Sliced Bread and to mark the occasion we're investigating the pills and supplements that claim to help us live longer - and more healthy - lives. Listener Soly has heard about so-called 'biohackers' ...  Show more