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Definitive Science on Covid-19 and Benefit of Vitamin D Supplementation

I've been harping loud and long about supplementing vitamin D3 for optimal aging and for preventing severe damage or death from Covid-19. I typically use 5000-10,000 IU in summer, (because I don't get much sun) and 15,000 to 20,000 IU in winter, and have been doing so...

Correlating the Onset of the Diseases of Aging with the Increase of Senescent Cell Population – Interesting!

A group of researchers has been building of model of aging, correlating the onset risk of the many diseases of aging (heart disease, cancers, dementias, organ failures, etc.) with with the now known increase of senescent cells as we age. When they tweek the variables...

An Update on Cartilage Repair

Can an 81 year old gym rat regrow knee cartilage? It seems so. In July 2020, I was ramping up my leg-press load to see if I could get back to 10 plates per side (1000 lb including the sled). When I got to 8 plates per side on my last set that day, my left knee really...

Year-end Review of the Scientific Progress in Fighting Aging

Here is a very exhaustive review of scientific progress aimed at arresting and reversing aging from our friend Reason at FightAging.org; not yet accomplished, but there are many promising pathways leading forward. A Look Back at 2020: Progress Towards the Treatment of...

Maintaining Muscle Mass into Advanced Age Reduces All-cause Mortality

The study that triggered this article is titled "Mechanisms by which Calorie Restriction Delays the Onset of Sarcopenia", which I think misses the point entirely. The article points out that CR is very effective at life extension in short-lived species, but not nearly...

Testosterone therapy improves sexual function after uterus and ovary removal

Testosterone improves verbal learning and memory in postmenopausal women

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Definitive Science on Covid-19 and Benefit of Vitamin D Supplementation

Correlating the Onset of the Diseases of Aging with the Increase of Senescent Cell Population – Interesting!

An Update on Cartilage Repair

Year-end Review of the Scientific Progress in Fighting Aging

Maintaining Muscle Mass into Advanced Age Reduces All-cause Mortality

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