Tag
Aging
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Rationed sugar in infancy tracked younger biological age
A Nature Communications study of 64,809 UK Biobank participants found those whose first 1,000 days fell under postwar sugar rationing had less age-related disease decades on, and organ clocks reading about a year younger.
Aug 3, 2026
Zinc: uses, evidence, dosing and safety
Zinc has three evidence-backed uses: a lozenge for an adult's cold, a high-dose formula for existing macular degeneration, and children in places where deficiency is common. The daily immune capsule is not one of them.
Aug 3, 2026
Daily aspirin did nothing for healthspan in 19,114 older adults
The ASPREE trial randomized healthy over-70s to low-dose aspirin or placebo and tracked the first serious illness. The two groups were indistinguishable.
Aug 2, 2026
A missed melanoma cost patients 8.2 years of life on average
Germany's melanoma registry tracked 9,063 patients for up to 28 years. The 206 whose cancer was initially missed waited two years for the right diagnosis, and it showed.
Aug 2, 2026