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Blood Proteins and Disease Risk: What a New Study Found
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A large study found blood proteins improved prediction of 17 diseases. What it means for your next routine blood test. Read more…
Should You Get Your Hormones Tested? A Framework
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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…
Testosterone After 40: What Normal Actually Looks Like
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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…
HRT and TRT: Separating Evidence from Marketing
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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…
Expired Medicine: What the Date Means and What FDA Says
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FDA says not to use expired medicine, and this post explains what the date means, where the real risks are, and how to store and dispose of old bottles. Read more…
In Aged Mice, Exercise Lowered the Activity of a Gene Tied to Muscle Aging
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In fruit flies, mouse muscle cells and aged mice, Duke-NUS researchers linked a gene called DEAF1 to muscle aging, and found exercise lowered its activity in aged mice. There are no human data yet. Read more…
