What is BLSA?The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) started in 1958 and is conducted by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the longest-running study of aging and longevity in the world, has involved over 3,000 participants and resulted in hundreds of scientific publications. Majority of the studies on aging are cross-sectional: they compare participants in one age group to participants in another age group. The supremacy of BLSA is that it observes over decades changes in health of the participants thus reducing the distortion from external factors. The BLSA is considered a gold-standard for longitudinal and aging research. Objectives of the studyThe core focus of the study is finding and defining what 'normal aging' is. There is a difference between disease later in life that results from improper lifestyle, nutrition etc and 'normal' aging - healthy tear-and-wear. Another major goal is to identify the relationship between aging and disease. As the National Institute of Aging put it, the idea is to establish "the true effects of aging and how to separate factors such as disease, socioeconomic disadvantage, [...] from the underlying biological or other mechanisms common to human aging". People age differently, yet scientists were able to establish age-related changes that will be experienced by almost everyone. The value of the BLSA findings for those who are interested in increasing their own life span and health span is, among other things. in pinpointing the areas that may benefit from early intervention above and beyond simply healthy lifestyle. It is always easier to prevent than to correct. Some of the Main and Most Interesting Findings
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