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90‑119 Min Weekly Resistance Training Cuts Mortality Risks
SocialJun 14, 2026

90‑119 Min Weekly Resistance Training Cuts Mortality Risks

New in the British Journal of Sports Medicine: 90-119 minutes a week of resistance training is associated with a 13% lower risk of dying from any cause -- and 27% lower neurological disease mortality. (1/4)

By Robert Lufkin, MD
Air Pollution Diminishes Exercise’s Mortality Benefits
SocialJun 14, 2026

Air Pollution Diminishes Exercise’s Mortality Benefits

Does ambient PM2.5 reduce the protective association of leisure-time physical activity with mortality? A systematic review, meta-analysis, and individual-level pooled analysis of cohort studies involving 1.5 million adults https://t.co/RvmcmIfJD8

By Michael Lustgarten, PhD
SuperAgers' Brains Generate Twice as Many New Neurons
SocialJun 14, 2026

SuperAgers' Brains Generate Twice as Many New Neurons

Twenty-five years of Northwestern's SuperAger Program produced one of the most counterintuitive findings in modern neuroscience. SuperAgers, adults over 80 with the memory of people three decades younger, generate new hippocampal neurons at roughly twice the rate of typical older adults....

By Robert Lufkin, MD
Exercise's Antidepressant Power Explained by New Framework
SocialJun 14, 2026

Exercise's Antidepressant Power Explained by New Framework

From movement to motivation: a proposed framework to understand the antidepressant effect of exercise https://t.co/fUsPto3XIM https://t.co/QnQhhN1bpM

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Probiotics Boost Sleep by Balancing Gut‑Brain Axis
SocialJun 13, 2026

Probiotics Boost Sleep by Balancing Gut‑Brain Axis

Your gut microbiome drives your sleep quality. Recent human studies, including randomized trials and meta-analyses, show that probiotics improve sleep quality. People fall asleep faster, sleep longer, and report better overall sleep. Your gut and brain are in constant communication through...

By Dave Asprey
Mitochondrial Transfer Advances Stem Cell Therapies
SocialJun 13, 2026

Mitochondrial Transfer Advances Stem Cell Therapies

The progress of mitochondrial function and transfer in stem cell regulation and therapy https://t.co/rltLeBPkHU https://t.co/WreIarDoAo

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Elite Sports Research Fuels Health and Longevity Breakthroughs
SocialJun 13, 2026

Elite Sports Research Fuels Health and Longevity Breakthroughs

This World Cup Highlights the potential of science and technology in elite sports. https://t.co/5hAZybS1eM Biomedical breakthroughs often come from studying disease. But understanding how elite athletes optimize physical, cognitive, and emotional performance, and recover from injury may unlock strategies to improve health,...

By Satchin Panda
DNA Damage Drives SIRT1 Relocation, Sparking Epigenetic Aging
SocialJun 13, 2026

DNA Damage Drives SIRT1 Relocation, Sparking Epigenetic Aging

Good question. Back in the 2000s, Phillip Oberdoerffer, a postdoc in our lab, published that DNA breaks cause epigenetic drift in mammals, not just yeast, consistent with the Information Theory of Aging Summary of the 2009 study ICYMI: One of the...

By David Sinclair, PhD
Tiny Tweaks in Sleep, Activity, Diet Extend Lifespan
SocialJun 13, 2026

Tiny Tweaks in Sleep, Activity, Diet Extend Lifespan

Minimum combined sleep, physical activity, and nutrition variations associated with lifeSPAN and healthSPAN improvements: a population cohort study https://t.co/5q1WnJhN78

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Rank Your Meetings by Stress Using Oura Data
SocialJun 13, 2026

Rank Your Meetings by Stress Using Oura Data

Used Fable 5 to connect my @ouraring with my Google calendar to see which people stress me out the most. 🤣 Saw this yesterday and had to build my own. It was as easy as screenshotting the X post and letting...

By Eric Siu
One Gene Can Halt Cellular Aging, Hinting at Reversal
SocialJun 12, 2026

One Gene Can Halt Cellular Aging, Hinting at Reversal

Scientists like Hayflick once viewed replicative senescence as a complex, multifactorial form of cellular wear and tear. So when a single gene manipulation (telomerase expression) was shown to prevent replicative senescence, it came as a surprise. Aging is more...

By João Pedro de Magalhães, PhD
Boosting SIRT6 Reverses Liver Aging and Restores Youthful Genes
SocialJun 12, 2026

Boosting SIRT6 Reverses Liver Aging and Restores Youthful Genes

This study suggests that increasing SIRT6 can reverse age-related changes in liver cells, restoring a more youthful gene expression pattern by reducing inflammation, improving metabolism, and rejuvenating chromatin structure. https://t.co/eEUz3KACvO

By Liz Parrish
Vitamin K2 Directs Calcium to Bones, Protects Arteries
SocialJun 12, 2026

Vitamin K2 Directs Calcium to Bones, Protects Arteries

You take calcium and vitamin D for your bones thinking that’s the end of the story. Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium from food and move it into your bloodstream. But once calcium is in circulation, your body still has to...

By Dave Asprey
Morning Sunlight Advances Sleep Timing and Boosts Quality
SocialJun 12, 2026

Morning Sunlight Advances Sleep Timing and Boosts Quality

New in BMC Public Health (2025): every extra 30 minutes of morning sunlight before 10 AM was associated with sleep schedules shifting 23 minutes earlier and improved sleep quality. This is observational data -- it shows association, not causation. But the...

By Robert Lufkin, MD