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You have probably heard the usual advice. Get 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week, or 75 minutes of hard exercise, and you have done your part. That advice is…
Imagine that every fixable part of aging got fixed tomorrow. Worn-out cells cleared away on schedule. Cell batteries running like new. The protective caps on your chromosomes restored. Inflammation quieted,…
If you are living with cancer, you have almost certainly heard about CBD. A friend swears by it. Someone in a support group mentioned it. A website promised the world.…
Two large studies published this year suggest the same handful of numbers your doctor already collects predict far more than heart attacks. One links them to cancer. The other puts…
New research in older adults finds that keeping regular hours for waking, eating, and seeing people is linked to lower body weight, less pain, and fewer depressive symptoms. And it…
The case for the pattern with the strongest human evidence and the fewest trade-offs Almost every person newly diagnosed with cancer asks some version of the same question: what should…
New aging research suggests we may be eating too much protein, and that where it comes from matters more than we thought Protein is having a moment. It’s in the…
In 2013, five researchers published a paper in Cell that did for aging what a good filing system does for a chaotic desk. Aging research had accumulated decades of findings…
A randomized trial tested the same activity before a meal, immediately after it, and thirty minutes later. Only one of those timings affected blood sugar. We’ve all heard the advice:…
New Research Suggests That Practicing Virtues Like Compassion, Patience, and Self-Control May Boost Your Well-Being For thousands of years, philosophers have debated a fundamental question about human nature: Does being…