About the Reading Room

The Longevity Reading Room is a slow, written record of what is being offered in the name of longevity around the world: where it is offered, by whom, at what price, and what the published evidence behind it actually supports. It is editorial writing, not guidance. It exists to describe and to weigh claims rather than to promote them.

Most coverage of longevity tends toward either uncritical enthusiasm or blanket dismissal. This reading room tries to do something quieter: look at the claim, find the source, and report what that source actually says. Sometimes the evidence is promising. Often it is thin, indirect, or absent. The aim is to make that distinction visible.

Each post draws on three kinds of material:

• Primary literature: peer reviewed studies, regulatory opinions, and clinical trial registers that are directly relevant to the claim being discussed.
• Public records: approved health claims registers, adverse event databases, marketing authorisations, and official guidance published by regulators.
• Publicly advertised material: clinic websites, product pages, press releases, and social media posts that show what is actually being promised to readers.

Where a source is online, the post links to it. Where a claim cannot be traced to a named document, that is noted too.

Every article is drafted from original reading, then checked against the sources it cites. Claims about regulation, safety, or evidence are verified against the original document rather than a summary. If a source is paywalled or unavailable, the post says so.

The text is then reviewed for tone: no recommendation to buy or try anything, no patient or clinical framing, no promotional language. Any statement that could be read as advice is rewritten or removed.

Finally, the piece is checked against the house rules: no em dashes or en dashes, no prices or doses, no links to booking or sales pages, and no second person address to the reader. Only then is it published.

The Reading Room is written by a physician in a personal capacity, whose recognised specialties are Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. The writing reflects a reading of the primary literature and of what is publicly advertised or reported. It carries no institutional voice.

Disclosure: the author also practises clinically. This publication is kept strictly separate from that practice. It does not represent it, does not advertise it, and does not refer readers to it. No treatment, product or service is sold here, and no payment is accepted for coverage.