Insufficient sleep duration during the early postpartum period may accelerate biological aging, adding to the evidence that sleep is as vital to our health as diet or exercise.

Researchers find that a “fatty acid fingerprint” better predicts older adults’ mortality risk than currently used markers, with higher amounts of 3 fatty acids boosting lifespan by almost five years.

In the next year, Special Operations Command expects to move into clinical trials with a pill that may inhibit or reduce some degenerative effects of aging and injury to support optimal human performance.

Improving how we age by expanding the years we live in good health, even by one year at the population level, has significant value — on the order of tens of trillions of dollars.