Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Chronic pain is known to shorten lifespan, and pain tends to increase with age. But is there a relationship between pain and longevity? Researchers have found that mice lacking the capsaicin pain receptor live around 14 percent longer than other mice, and they retain a more youthful metabolism as well. Receptor blockers could not only relieve pain, but increase lifespan, improve metabolic health and help diabetics and the obese.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140522123509.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140522123509.htm