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Ultra-Processed Food and Dementia Risk: What a Study Found
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A US study of 5,370 older adults linked the highest ultra-processed food intake to higher dementia risk. What it shows and what it can’t. 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…
Why Normal HbA1c Can Hide Metabolic Stress
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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…
Why Standard Lipid Panels Can Tell an Incomplete Story
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The standard lipid panel your doctor orders reports how much cholesterol is carried in different lipoproteins. Prevention raises a related but different question: how many particles are carrying it? Read more…
Three Measurements Worth Asking Your Clinician About
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Epigenetic clocks and biological age panels are the wellness industry’s newest anxiety product. They produce a single number, and a single number invites more certainty than the research supports. Read more…
How to Build Muscle Reserve in Your 40s
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The muscle loss that determines your quality of life at 80 is not the dramatic wasting of old age that we associate with nursing homes and walkers. It is the… Read more…
