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You may not need 10,000 steps after all

Food & health

Eating well in midlife may pay off at 70

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Lonely in your fifties? You have more company than you think

Everyday health

Could your sleep aid be causing other problems?

Everyday health

Is 134 over 84 really “close enough”?

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Fatal falls are rising among older adults. Aging alone does not explain it

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Longevity Runway LEV Preparedness Bio Age Expanded BioAge Survey Biomarker Trend Analyzer Invisible Age Functional Resilience Wearable Synthesis Command Center

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LEV Bridge Insolvency Medical Black Swan Extreme Inflation Singularity Sequence

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The Independence Horizon Global Data Atlas What America’s Life Expectancy Hides Country Systems Atlas Mismatch Analyzer Sync Paradox Global LEV Index

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1. Bridge Strategy 2. LEV Primer 3. The Death Gap 4. Financial Planning 5. Biomarkers

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2026 Longevity Horizon Report ↗Biomarker Essentials ↗Biomarker Mastery ↗

Longform

Sleep Fragmentation as an Aging Mechanism↗Could a Medication Be Raising Your Fall Risk?↗Colon Cancer Screening: Choosing a Test You Will Complete↗The Urine Test That Can Reveal Kidney Risk Early↗Lung Cancer Screening: When a Scan Helps and When It Does Not↗Bone-Density Screening: Who Should Get Tested?↗Who Needs an RSV Vaccine in 2026?↗The New Lp(a) Era: Who Should Test Once and What the Result Can Change↗ApoB Adds a Risk Signal LDL Can Miss↗Midlife Blood Pressure Predicts Later Cardiovascular Risk↗Grip Strength by Age: What It Reveals About Functional Risk↗VO2 Max by Age: What It Measures and How to Raise It↗

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What America’s Life Expectancy HidesExplore U.S. survival patterns, years remaining at your age, and differences between women, men and population groups.↗US Health Services Spending versus Health OutcomesCompare health-care services consumption with age-adjusted adult health measures across states and D.C.↗California Health, County by CountyExplore seven age-adjusted mortality measures across all 58 California counties.↗All special features →

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