healthy aging

Longevity

Frailty Is the New Cardiovascular Risk Factor — And Researchers Are Learning to Engineer Against It

A global expert consensus on exercise for healthy aging arrives alongside trials testing very different anti-frailty levers — from blueberries and protein to a growth-hormone-releasing peptide. Together they reframe frailty as something we can actively push back on.

Protocols

The 250-Step Hour: Behavior-Change Science Targets Habitual Movement in Aging

Two new trials reframe exercise as a habit-engineering problem — one nudging dementia caregivers to walk every hour, the other asking which workouts actually extend healthspan.

Performance

Train the Body, Save the Mind: New Trials Lock In Fitness as Cognitive Medicine

Baseline IGNITE data tie cardiorespiratory fitness to sharper thinking in older adults — and three new trials are testing whether lifting, finger drills and rural exercise programs can turn that link into real cognitive gains.