Forgot your password?  Keeping Cool May Be the Key To Longevity
224  Posted by Zonk from the everybody-be-cool-you-be-cool dept.
merryprankster writes "New Scientist reports that Scripps
Research Institute scientists have found that lowering the body
temperature of mice by just 0.5C extends their lifespan by
around 15%. Until now the only proven way of increasing
longevity has been calorie restriction — but as this also causes
a lowering of body temperature the researchers speculate that
this cooling may be the underlying mechanism retarding aging. In
this study mice with a defect in their lateral hypothalamus,
which has the side effect of cooling body temperature, not only
lived longer but also ate normal amounts."  Keeping Cool May Be
the Key To Longevity  Comments Filter:   • Sweet! (Score:3,
Funny)      by Aadain2001 (684036) on Friday November 03, 2006
@04:16PM (#16707981) Journal     Alaska, here I come!     •
Confusing title (Score:3, Insightful)        by Gregory Cox
(997625)       Despite the title,