{"product_id":"the-longevity-delusion","title":"Seamus O'Mahony: The Longevity Delusion [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe search for a world in which old age is a curable disease, and death is optional, unites Elon Musk, Bryan Johnson and Gwyneth Paltrow. The 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 skeptical 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 to sell 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 this industry is unlikely to find a real solution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO'Mahony's investigation will dive deep into this world as he attends longevity conferences and meets some of its infamous figures in their natural habitats. He has a gift for witty caricatures exposing the ridiculousness of powerful individuals in this space: including \u003cb\u003eAubrey de Grey\u003c\/b\u003e (tall, stick-thin, Rasputin-like beard and hair, drawling old-Harrovian accent), David Sinclair (professor of genetics at Harvard medical school, and huge fraud), \u003cb\u003ePeter Diamandis \u003c\/b\u003e(entrepreneur, multimillionaire, space tourism pioneer and author of aspirational business books), \u003cb\u003eBryan Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (multimillionaire and case study for longevity mania), and \u003cb\u003ePeter Attia\u003c\/b\u003e (celebrity doctor to Gwyneth Paltrow and Elon Musk).\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","brand":"O'mahony, Seamus","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54970568409427,"sku":"9781035921904","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/o-mahony-seamus-seamus-o-mahony-the-longevity-delusion-2026-9781035921904-1259182110.jpg?v=1789705512","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-longevity-delusion","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}