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Aging
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One in three healthy middle-aged adults was prefrail
A GeroScience study of 117,163 UK Biobank participants with no diagnosed chronic disease found 32.8% met criteria for prefrailty, alongside changes across nine body systems.
Aug 6, 2026
Iron supplements: uses, evidence, dosing and safety
Iron is the one supplement where taking it without a blood test is genuinely unwise. It fixes a diagnosed deficiency well, and the same dose in the wrong person accumulates with nowhere to go.
Aug 6, 2026
Habits predicted healthy aging; blood markers did not
In 401 dementia-free adults aged 83 to 87, habits and psychological resilience predicted cognition, mood and walking speed. None of the 120 blood markers measured accounted for the link.
Aug 6, 2026
The exercise that protects muscle depends on your frailty
Following 10,871 Canadians for six years, gentle activity tracked with less muscle loss in frailer adults, while only strenuous activity did so in robust ones.
Aug 6, 2026