Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 18 Aug 15

There’s a reason that exercise feels good, and its formal name is actually “irisin”. A report in the Cell Metabolism journal this week has confirmed the existence of the so-called “exercise hormone” which was found using mass spectometry to be “significantly increased in individuals undergiong aerobic interval training”. Researchers from the Dana- Farber Cancer Institute say that using the state-of-the-art technology they have “proven beyond doubt that irisin is real”. First discovered in 2012, there have apparently been divisions in the scientific community about the authenticity of the hormone. Irisin is potentially important because it has been seen as giving a clue as to why exercise keeps people healthy. Could there be a clue to longevity in the life of 26-year-old Corduroy - an American cat which has just been documented as the oldest living feline in the world? Corduroy was born on 01 Aug 1989, and is now more than ten years older than the average cat. According to owner Reed Okura, “the secret has been allowing him to be a cat - hunting and getting plenty of love”. Apparently Corduroy loves chasing mice and eating cheddar cheese - a fine life indeed. It’s not the first time he has held the title of oldest living cat - Corduroy was listed in the Guinness Book of Records in 2013 but lost his crown when the owners of another cat, Tiffany Two, managed to prove that their animal was older. Tiffany Two died last year at the age of 27, while the oldest living cat ever was Texas-based Creme Puff who died in 2005, aged 38.

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