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What's Your Problem? · August 13 · 36 min

Can We Slow Down Aging?

Nir Barzilai is a physician and a researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, where he runs the Institute for Geroscience. Nir’s problem is this: How can we use lifestyle changes and drugs to slow the process of aging? In this episode, Nir explains: The search for biological markers of aging The existing drugs that might reduce the risk of diseases associated with aging The four key lifestyle factors that every researcher in the field agrees on What he learned by studying the genes of people who lived to 100 What “geroscience” means, and why it doesn’t have a Wikipedia page Connect with us: Follow Jacob Goldstein on LinkedIn, X and Instagram Email us at problem@pushkin.fm Follow Pushkin on Instagram, LinkedIn or X Listen to Jacob’s other show, Business History To listen to the show early and ad free, sign up for Pushkin+ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Nir Barzilai is a physician and a researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, where he runs the Institute for Geroscience. Nir’s problem is this: How can we use lifestyle changes and drugs to slow the process of aging?

In this episode, Nir explains: 

  • The search for biological markers of aging
  • The existing drugs that might reduce the risk of diseases associated with aging
  • The four key lifestyle factors that every researcher in the field agrees on
  • What he learned by studying the genes of people who lived to 100
  • What “geroscience” means, and why it doesn’t have a Wikipedia page 

Connect with us:

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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