The Longevity Paradox: A Radiation Oncologist’s View on Biological Durability

Send us Fan Mail The Longevity Paradox: Why Living to 100 Doesn’t Mean Getting Sicker Most people assume that living to 100 means spending decades fighting off illness. But a massive new 2025 study from Sweden challenges everything we thought we knew about the oldest old. Analyzing over 50 years of data from 170,000 individuals, researchers set out to answer a critical question: Do centenarians reach age 100 by surviving disease, delaying it, or avoiding it altogether? In this episode, we bre...