Laura Deming
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- Milken Institute59 min
The Roadmap to Longevity | Global Conference 2025
Gadi Schwartz, Dan Buettner, Laura Deming, Richard Isaacson, Eric Verdin, Vonda Wright
Panels including Dan Buettner, Laura Deming, and Dr. Eric Verdin emphasized a paradigm shift from extending mere life span to maximizing health and brain span through lifestyle interventions that determine 93% of longevity outcomes. While no single "hack" exists, experts project that combining optimized nutrition, walkable urban design, and emerging precision medicine could push healthy life expectancy to 90–95 years, with the first FDA-approved longevity drug anticipated within the next five years. Despite this potential for breakthrough therapies, the consensus highlights a critical funding crisis threatening US biomedical research and calls for systemic reforms to democratize access to preventive care rather than reactive sick care.
- Milken Institute57 min
Want to Live to a Healthy 100?
Paul Irving, Elizabeth Blackburn, Dan Buettner, Laura Deming, Arianna Huffington
Panelists including Dan Buettner, Liz Blackburn, and Arianna Huffington synthesized data on Blue Zone environments, telomere biology, and stress management to redefine longevity as an ecosystem driven by social connection, plant-based diets, and natural movement rather than individual willpower. The discussion highlighted that while specific biological markers like telomere length strongly predict mortality, systemic factors such as zip code and access to healthy environments create a twenty-year life expectancy gap that current healthcare spending fails to address. To bridge this divide, the experts advocated for a policy shift toward the "Wisdom Quotient" and environmental redesign, aiming to compress morbidity and democratize healthspan across all demographics.