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Aging
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Hemoglobin just over the anemia cutoff linked to more deaths in half a million UK adults
University of Glasgow researchers followed 477,876 UK Biobank adults for a median 13.6 years. Death risk was lowest 1 to 3 g/dL above the WHO anemia cutoffs, but the study cannot say whether low hemoglobin does harm or signals illness.
Sep 14, 2026
MYTH diet score tracked 21% lower aging-related death risk, level with an older healthy-eating index
China Medical University researchers had machine learning rank the foods eaten by 191,689 UK Biobank adults. Most of the 10 rules that emerged match familiar advice; the exceptions reward refined grains and a large glass of wine a day.
Sep 14, 2026
Vitamin D at 1,600 or 3,200 IU a day did not cut fractures in older adults, most of whom were not deficient
University of Eastern Finland researchers gave 2,495 older adults a placebo or one of two vitamin D3 doses for five years. The higher dose matched placebo on fractures; the lower one came with an unexplained excess.
Sep 14, 2026
Blood mutations that accumulate with age tracked faster progression to advanced heart and kidney disease
Most people over 60 carry some cells with age-acquired mutations, usually treated as harmless. Following 451,460 adults for a median of 13.5 years, some of those mutations lined up with organ damage.
Sep 8, 2026