Precision Longevity is the body pillar: muscle as a retirement plan, and biomarkers that tell you what’s actually happening under the hood instead of what a bathroom scale implies. This page lists every post in the cluster, newest first — it updates on its own as new ones publish.
Jargon on this page defined in The Bettering Me Glossary.
Pickleball is social and accessible — it’s also injury-prone for 40+ players. Here’s the prep work that keeps you on the court long-term. Read more…
120 minutes per week in nature is the threshold where health and wellbeing benefits become significant. Here’s what the research shows and how to get there. Read more…
Perimenopause is a hormone-fluctuation transition defined by cycle-length changes, not hot flashes — and the cognitive symptoms it causes are the ones most often misdiagnosed as stress or burnout. Read more…
A practical framework for deciding when hormone testing is actually warranted, which version of the test to order, and how to read a result that overlaps heavily with other common midlife symptoms. Read more…
The 1-2%-a-year decline story oversells itself. Here’s what the actual data says about testosterone and age 40+, and the diagnostic steps that matter more than the number. Read more…
The WHI scare and the FDA’s testosterone caution both trace back to specific, narrower findings than the headlines suggested. What the timing hypothesis and the TRAVERSE trial actually changed — and where hormone marketing still outruns the data. Read more…
The FDA is weighing legal access to BPC-157, TB-500, and other peptides. Easier access is not the same as proven efficacy — here is what the evidence actually says. Read more…
Expiration dates mean different things for different drugs. Here is which ones you can be flexible with and which ones you should never gamble on. Read more…
A study of adults 80+ found the fastest walkers had roughly half the cognitive decline risk of the slowest. Here is what that correlation actually means. Read more…
A microRNA that protects cartilage under load, and a new nonprofit betting on unglamorous basic aging research — this month’s longevity science roundup. Read more…
Women with sleep apnea report worse symptoms than men despite similar airway obstruction — and those symptoms look a lot like burnout. Read more…
A network meta-analysis of 55 trials shows resistance and aerobic training lower different inflammatory markers — pick your modality accordingly. Read more…
A geroscience review argues cardiovascular disease should be treated as an aging problem, not an isolated condition — with healthspan as the real goal. Read more…
A network-medicine study maps existing, already-approved drugs onto the Hallmarks of Aging to find faster longevity-drug candidates. Read more…
A new UK Biobank analysis shows muscle loss and bone loss move together — and more muscle isn’t always better for bone. Read more…
A Duke-NUS study identifies DEAF1 as the gene that blocks muscle repair with age — and shows exercise suppresses it, restoring the mTORC1 pathway aging muscle needs to rebuild itself. Read more…
A hemoglobin A1c of 5.2% is considered excellent by clinical standards. Normal glucose. Low diabetes risk. Pass the physical. Your doctor tells you everythin… Read more…
The standard lipid panel that your doctor orders – total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, triglycerides, and sometimes VLDL – was designed in the Framingham er… Read more…
Epigenetic clocks and biological age panels are the wellness industry’s latest anxiety product. They cost between $200 and $500, spit out a single number – … Read more…
Wearable HRV tracking has created a generation of people who feel bad about a number they do not understand. A low HRV reading in the morning triggers a casc… Read more…
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