[extropy-chat] Live Higher & Longer ?

[Ian Goddard]

Perhaps the new finding that the people in this study
living in mountains lived longer than others living
below them [1] might be related to the surprising
findings of increased longevity associated with
low-dose radiation exposure [2] given that background
radiation increases with elevation. [3]

UPI (3/14/5): "A University of Athens, Greece, study
has found people who live in mountainous areas tend to
live longer than people in low areas." 

[1] J Epidemiol Community Health (April 2005):
"Residence in mountainous areas seems to have a
'protective effect' from total and coronary
mortality."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15767379

[2]
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.life-extension/msg/88fb0cba8ad67f6a

[3] "[A] person living on the Atlantic coast receives
about 65 mrem of natural background radiation per
year, while a person in Denver, Colorado, receives
about 125 mrem, excluding radon. The difference in the
natural background radiation is due in large part to
Denver's higher elevation." 
http://www.nuc.umr.edu/nuclear_facts/radiation/radiation.html
http://www.nuc.umr.edu/nuclear_facts/dosechart/dosechart.html

http://IanGoddard.net

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