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It has come to this.
With six different healthcare providers and two different labs, I have had to create an Excel spreadsheet just to keep track of my doctor's appointments and the lab test appointments for the doctor's appointments.
Random Post-It notes and reminder cards on the fridge are not cutting it anymore.
Getting old is a full-time job, my friends.
#Aging
#AgingGratefully

My mother in law is yet again injured, old age isn't going well for her. My parents are still roughly okay. How about you?

For alive parents, how many of them are still generally okay and don't need your constant support?

We are closer to 3/4 and pretty happy that is all it is so far.

Abajo en español...

ENG: The Benefits of Daily Cannabis for the Middle-Aged Brain. Chronic low-dose oral or inhaled cannabis may improve working memory. By Gary Wenk Ph D. Published June 29, 2025 in PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

psychologytoday.com/us/blog/yo

ESP: "¿Por qué puede ser beneficioso el cannabis en la edad madura?
Durante el envejecimiento normal, el número de receptores cannabinoides endógenos disminuye. La pérdida de estos receptores cannabinoides se correlaciona con un mayor nivel de inflamación en varias regiones cerebrales y pérdida de neuronas en el hipocampo.

Esto es importante porque el hipocampo es fundamental para el aprendizaje y la memoria. La pérdida de receptores cannabinoides puede contribuir a las alteraciones de la memoria asociadas a edad avanzada.

Estudios realizados en mi laboratorio han demostrado que la estimulación diaria de los receptores cannabinoides disminuía la inflamación cerebral y aumentaba significativamente la neurogénesis hipocampal en cerebros viejos. Estos cambios se asociaron a una mejora del aprendizaje y la memoria. Estos resultados indican que los beneficios potenciales del cannabis para el cerebro envejecido están probablemente relacionados con la reducción de la neuroinflamación regional y la estimulación de los receptores cannabinoides disponibles en las células madre latentes."

#cannabis #thc #cbd #marijuana
#cannabismedicinal #aginggracefully
#aging_geriatrics #aginggratefully
#aging #EfectoSéquito #entourageeffect #thca #cbn
#alzheimers #neuroscience

Psychology TodayThe Benefits of Daily Cannabis for the Middle-Aged BrainEven daily use of low-level cannabis does not have a negative impact on cognition in older adults, recent research finds.

"The Creeping Man" (1923) is often mentioned as one of the worst Sherlock Holmes stories. It's about a 61-y-o man who marries a much younger woman and starts acting like an ape. He's been taking ape-testicle extract for his flagging virility. Ridiculous story, but after 50 I can totally understand his problem. Though fit & healthy, I'm quite happy these days that nobody's demanding that we do the deed five times a week. Which is a little confusing!

#shrooms #aging

"Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, extends the lifespan of human cells, a lab study suggests. Researchers also found that the psychedelic compound slows certain hallmarks of aging in older mice while improving their fur quality.

The findings, published July 8 in the journal npj Aging, provide the first experimental evidence of psilocybin's potential anti-aging properties.

'The study provides a unique look at the potential of psychedelics to promote healthy aging and provides a provocative mechanism to explain how they do it,' Scott Thompson, a professor in the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry who was not involved in the research, told Live Science in an email.

However, 'much additional work will be required to take these findings forward in a way that will reveal whether or not the findings are applicable and adaptable for human health,' Thompson said.

Recently, studies have explored psilocybin's therapeutic potential for treating various conditions, such as anxiety, depression and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease. Some of this research has led to clinical trials with promising results. But researchers haven't yet pinned down exactly how the psychedelic achieves its benefits.

One theory, dubbed the 'psilocybin-telomere hypothesis,' proposes that psilocybin preserves the length of telomeres, the protective caps of repetitive DNA sequences located at the ends of chromosomes. Researchers have long understood that telomeres shorten with age, and the rate of that shortening correlates to the rate of aging."

livescience.com/health/ageing/

Live Science · 'I was floored by the data': Psilocybin shows anti-aging properties in early studyBy Jane Palmer

Very sad to find out (while looking for a picture of him for something) that Fauja Singh, who was probably 114, was killed in a hit-and-run. :(

That is not the way anyone should go, but especially a supercentenarian.

bbc.com/news/articles/c2d0yep9

Fauja Singh rests after a run near his home in Ilford, England, Saturday, April 10, 2004. He's wearing a blue tracksuit and sitting with arms folded, smiling at the cameras.
www.bbc.comFauja SIngh: Driver held over hit-and-run death of world's 'oldest' marathon runnerFauja Singh was out on his afternoon walk on Monday when he was hit by a speeding car. Police have arrested the driver.