Longevity Articles & Studies
Apple Health Age: what it means if you wear WHOOP, Oura or Garmin
Apple's new Health Age turns your Watch's VO2 max, resting heart rate, sleep and HRV into a health age. We checked how good those inputs are and whether switching pays off if you wear a WHOOP, Oura or Garmin.
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Apple Health Age: what it means if you wear WHOOP, Oura or Garmin
Apple's new Health Age turns your Watch's VO2 max, resting heart rate, sleep and HRV into a health age. We checked how good those inputs are and whether switching pays off if you wear a WHOOP, Oura or Garmin.
ByMaurice LichtenbergSeptember2
The Blue Zones case file: what our data check reveals
Saul Newman says the Blue Zones' age records are bookkeeping errors. We recounted 672 deaths in six Sardinian villages: no hoax, no miracle, but from age 90 a trail nobody has explained.
18 minblue zones
What your grip strength quietly says about your lifespan
A handshake is not just a greeting. Across 139,691 people in 17 countries, how hard you can squeeze predicted death better than blood pressure. Here is what the science shows, why it works, and why buying a hand gripper misses the point.
10 mingrip strength
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Are sweeteners bad for you?
Observational studies say sweeteners make you sick. Randomised trials say the opposite. Both findings sit in the same new umbrella review. The difference is study design, and it explains almost every sweetener headline.
32 minsweeteners
What actually fixes jet lag (and what only feels like it)
Nine hours west to Los Angeles, six hours east back to Munich, and one long nap that cost me three days. What the circadian research says about light timing, melatonin and how fast a body clock really moves.
28 minjetlag
How GitLab's Founder Used AI to Fight His Cancer
When doctors had nothing left to offer, GitLab founder Sid Sijbrandij went founder mode on his osteosarcoma: maximal diagnostics, AI as analysis engine and treatments built for a single patient. His playbook is public, and parts of it cost less than a gym membership.
10 minai
The Same Bedtime Beats More Hours in Bed
A study of nearly 61,000 adults found that when you sleep matters more than how long. Regular sleepers had up to 48 percent lower mortality risk and it costs nothing.
10 minsleep
Is longevity only for the rich?
Men in Germany's poorest income group die 8.6 years earlier than the richest. Yet the strongest longevity evidence sits with the free stuff, not the 10,000 euro clinics.
14 minlongevity
The Pentagon is testing testosterone. A low number is not a diagnosis.
The Pentagon will test soldiers aged 30 and up for low testosterone every year. What the evidence says for and against it and why the split between temporary and true deficiency matters most for soldiers.
6 mintestosteron
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Longevity and Living More
Discover how vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) supports longevity by improving sleep, stress resilience, exercise recovery, metabolism, and social connection.
11 minvagus nerve stimulation
Skin Longevity - True Beauty Begins Within
Discover the science of skin longevity through nutrition, sleep, mindfulness, and skincare for healthy aging and radiant skin.
8 minskin longevity
Why Medicine Still Reacts Too Late
Prevention works, yet incentives, billing, short consultations and weak funding keep medicine reactive. Why the system waits, and what a better model needs.
6 minpreventivehealth
Not Forever Young, but Better Old
Franz is 102, freshly in love, and has no gadgets or pills. Why relationships, purpose and a calm view of aging may be longevity's most ignored evidence.
9 minlongevity
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