{"product_id":"the-longevity-delusion-9781035921911","title":"The Longevity Delusion: Money, Myths and Bad Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe search for a world in which old age is a curable disease, and death is optional, unites billionaires, politicians and celebrities. \u003c\/b\u003eThe longevity industry is a vast, pseudo-medical enterprise that has spawned countless bestselling books, social media frenzies and a huge network of conferences and pharmacological research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeamus O'Mahony casts his sceptical and acerbic eye over this landscape in his brilliant quest to uncover the truth behind an industry – largely funded by Silicon Valley billionaires – which feeds off the gullibility of rich investors and death-phobic consumers. The antidotes: expensive drugs, stem cell therapy, gene therapy and intermittent fasting. He draws upon real scientific evidence to cut through the nonsense and to make a serious case for why longevity is a delusion, and why this industry is unlikely to find a real solution to the inevitability of ageing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis narrative takes O’Mahony’s investigation deep into the world of longevity ‘experts’ as he attends their conferences and meets these infamous figures in their natural habitats. He has a gift for witty caricatures, stunning anecdotes and countering misinformation with clarity, reason and research. This is investigative writing at its best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCan Medicine Be Cured?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An exceptionally strong polemic – one that might even persuade Miley Cyrus to start eating wheat again’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A book on health that everyone should read this year... A fascinating read for patients, medics and anyone who cares’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent \u003c\/i\u003e(Dublin)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A deeply fascinating and rousing book' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What makes this book a delightful, if unsettling read, is not just O'Mahony's scholarly and witty prose, but also his brutal honesty' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 October 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 245 mm; Width 162 mm; Thickness 29 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781035921911\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Seamus O'Mahony","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":67646017536250,"sku":"9781035921911","price":14.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781035921911.jpg?v=1791243570","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-longevity-delusion-9781035921911","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}