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Heart health
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Vitamin K2 slowed artery calcium in a two-year trial
A JAMA Cardiology randomized trial gave 180 patients with coronary artery disease vitamin K2 or placebo for two years and found calcium buildup progressed more slowly on the supplement.
Jul 26, 2026
Childhood fruit juice tracks with high blood pressure at 36
A Circulation study followed 25,749 Americans from age 12 to age 36 and found daily sugary drinks and daily fruit juice both tracked with higher rates of high blood pressure, while whole fruit did not.
Jul 25, 2026
Sleep and exercise curbed mutant blood stem cells
A Nature study combining human data and mouse experiments found that exercise and unbroken sleep restrained the spread of age-related blood cell mutations, but only for some mutations.
Jul 25, 2026
A blood 'fitness signature' tracked much lower death risk
A pattern of blood molecules that mirrors physical fitness tracked much lower death and disease risk across about 354,000 UK Biobank participants over nine years. The pattern travels with fitness; shifting it may not change outcomes.
Jul 24, 2026