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ARPA-H will deliver breakthroughs for mental health measurement, diagnosis, and treatment
By Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health - ARPA-H is a U.S. federal agency that will deliver breakthroughs for mental health measurement, diagnosis, and treatment. "Demystifying the field of mental health." This is a vast unmet need. The Healthspan Action...
Interviews of 2025: The Big Issues
By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology - Healthspan as a universal right, the need for new regulation, the age of mitochondrial therapies and 7 shifts to accelerate longevity. As we reflect on some of the interviews we’ve conducted over the past 12 months, it’s...
Creativity Might Be the New Longevity Tool for Your Brain
By Karen E. Todd - sPychology Today - Creativity may slow brain aging. Here is what this new study reveals. Key points: Creative activities were linked to brains that appeared years younger than expected. Greater expertise in dance, music, art, or gaming showed...
New organ-on-a-chip models ageing immune response for cancer vaccines
By Drug Target Review - Scientists have developed an organ-on-a-chip platform that replicates age-related immune decline, offering a long-missing tool for testing cancer vaccines in older adults. Researchers at the Terasaki Institute have announced a pioneering...
Scientists boost lifespan by 70% in elderly male mice using simple drug combo
By Science News - A simple two-drug combo restored youthfulness and greatly extended life—but only in old male mice. Summary: Scientists found that combining oxytocin with an Alk5 inhibitor revitalized extremely old male mice, boosting their lifespan and strength....
Reversing lysosomal dysfunction restores youthful state in aged hematopoietic stem cells
By Science Direct - Cell Stem Cell - Summary Aging impairs hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), driving clonal hematopoiesis, myeloid malignancies, and immune decline. The role of lysosomes in HSC aging—beyond their passive mediation of autophagy—is unclear. We show that...
The Ultimate Wellness Hack: Slowing Aging
By George S. Everly, Jr. PhD, ABPP, FACLP - Psychology Today - Should we focus more on slowing down the aging process? Key points Biological aging can be measured by examining the telomeres of living cells. Telomere length is associated with increased longevity and...
If you’ve done these 8 simple things since your 40s, your body is aging better than most
by Jordan Cooper - VegOut - Aging well isn’t about luck. It’s about the small choices you’ve been making for years. If you’ve spent your 40s staying curious about movement, eating more plants, protecting your sleep, managing stress, nurturing good relationships,...
A Treatment for Hypertension Extends Lifespan and Slows Aging, According to an Animal Study
By Fortua - A groundbreaking discovery is shaking up our understanding of aging. Researchers have managed to extend the lifespan of adult mice by 33 percent simply by reducing one amino acid in their diet. Could this breakthrough pave the way for increased human...
GLP-1s could end up being ‘the first true longevity drug’ as the world battles a rising obesity crisis
By Angelica Ang - Fortune - GLP-1s are the hottest drugs on the market. While doctors have prescribed these drugs to treat type-2 diabetes for decades, these treatments broke into the public consciousness when they started to be used for weight loss. U.S. approval of...
Grip strength is linked to longevity. Here are 2 easy exercises to boost yours.
By Julia Pugachevsky - Business Insider - Grip strength is associated with greater longevity and lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Grip strength is also linked to strength training, such as pulling or carrying heavy weights. Exercises like farmer's carries and...
Machine learning predicts lifespan and suggests underlying causes of death in aging C. elegans
By Nature } Communications biology - Abstract Aging leads to age-related pathology that causes death, and genes affect lifespan by determining such pathology. Here we investigate how age-related pathology mediates the effect of genetic and environmental interventions...