That’s What Biological (Epigenetic) Aging Clocks Are Measuring

A Gaping Lack of Evidence for Health Benefits

A new survey found that 8 in 10 Americans were taking vitamins, protein powders or other supplements. But experts said many offer little to no benefit.

Objective We aimed to assess the association between COVID-19 vaccination status and COVID-19-related hospital admissions, need for mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECM...

Wellness clinics are shooting people up with vitamins, but is the point to actually feel better — or the opposite?

How Two Large Outcome Trials Based on Surrogate Metrics Failed

Hundreds of millions of people have long-term conditions as a result of an infection. Researchers are working out how to help them.

In this Perspective, Christopher Winchester and colleagues discuss how open access options for publishing commercially-funded research are often restricted, examine the consequences of this inequity, ...

Long Covid saps the strength and vitality of patients, who have little recourse to fight it. A team of specialists—including an afflicted researcher working mostly from her bed—is looking for answers

here are the papers! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10939-0 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt8307

Lead Authors Julia Belk and Nathan Zemke Discuss and Translate their Findings

The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.

Weight-loss drugs, peptides, I.V.F. As sharps migrate out of doctors’ offices, even needle-phobics are willing to embrace shots.

Emerging evidence indicates the functional importance of the thymus in adult health and may influence oncological outcomes, yet current radiotherapy (RT) practice does not consider the thymus as an or...

Eric Topol is a prominent cardiologist known for his research into deploying AI and other technologies to improve healthcare. He considers himself a Demis Hassabis superfan, and when I spoke to him, h...

Podcast Episode · Ground Truths · August 23 · 59m

The Sick Until Proven Healthy Trap

The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier

Physical activity has geroprotective properties, yet its role in ovarian aging is incompletely understood. Here, a cross-sectional analysis of human cohorts links lower physical activity with menopaus...

Landmark independent studies challenge longstanding dogma for brain aging