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Elysium Creatine+: A Three-Ingredient Stack Targeting Strength, Recovery, and Longevity

Elysium Health's new Creatine+ combines creatine monohydrate with HMB and pomegranate-derived urolithin A precursors — a longevity-focused formulation co-developed with a Stanford longevity researcher.

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Sky Labs' CART BP Pro Ring Heads to Europe After 260K+ South Korean Prescriptions

Sky Labs is launching its cuffless blood pressure monitoring ring in Europe and the UK, backed by CE-MDR certification and a 260,000+ prescription track record in South Korea.

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Geroscience Is Rewriting the Logic of Disease Prevention

Thirty percent of centenarians escape major age-related disease entirely — not by treating conditions as they arrive, but by aging differently. Geroscience targets the shared biological mechanisms underlying multiple diseases simultaneously. Here's where the clinical evidence stands in 2026.

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The Breast Cancer Screening Framework Peter Attia Uses — And Why Standard Mammogram Advice Falls Short

Risk-stratified screening starts with a formal risk assessment by age 25 — not when your doctor first orders a mammogram at 40. Peter Attia's framework explains why, and what the implementation failure actually looks like at scale.

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The World's First Human Kidney Regeneration Surgery Is Scheduled for July 2026

Rokit Healthcare has clinical approval to begin the first human kidney regeneration trial using AI-assisted 3D bioprinting and robotic surgery with the patient's own omentum-derived cells — a milestone that sidesteps transplant waiting lists entirely.

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China Launches the World's First 2,000-Person Stem Cell Antiaging Trial

Beijing's 301 Hospital is running the largest stem cell trial ever attempted for aging prevention, shifting longevity science from disease treatment toward systemic intervention.

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Immorta Bio's Combination Therapy Reports 70%+ Lifespan Extension in Animal Models

A peer-reviewed study combining senolytic immunotherapy with stem cell regeneration shows dramatic lifespan gains. What the animal data does and doesn't tell us.

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Evipedia: 500+ Longevity Interventions, One Evidence Standard

The Forever Healthy Foundation's Evipedia organizes longevity science across 500+ interventions using AI-assisted audit-based reviews — a practical research tool for practitioners navigating the evidence problem.

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Longevity Tourism: A Practical Guide to Health Destination Travel in 2026

From $899 MRI screenings to $85K concierge memberships — a framework for evaluating longevity travel destinations, what each protocol tier actually delivers, and how to calibrate spend against evidence quality.

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Biological Optionality: Why Freezing Your Younger Cells Now Is a Bet on Future Medicine

Acorn Biolabs harvests mesenchymal stem cells from hair follicles and cryopreserves them—banking the secretome of a healthier version of you against therapies that don't exist yet.

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Alamar's Dried Blood Spot Kit Makes Hospital-Grade Proteomics Work on a Fingerstick at Home

Alamar Biosciences' NULISA DBS Extraction Kit extends proximity ligation proteomics to dried blood spot samples—85–95% detectability, compatible with Capitainer and Mitra devices, ships standard mail.

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VERVE-102 and the Beginning of the End of Atherosclerosis

A Phase I trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows VERVE-102, a one-time base-editing gene therapy, can cut PCSK9 protein levels by up to 88% and LDL cholesterol by up to 62% — potentially permanently — in high-risk cardiovascular patients.

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InsideTracker Pivots to AI Platform: What the Terra Shift Means for Biohacking

InsideTracker is becoming Terra, a B2B AI platform licensing biomarker-based health guidance to wellness and healthcare companies. The consumer brand isn't gone — it's becoming infrastructure.

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Oura Ring 5: The Smallest Smart Ring Gets Serious About Health Data

Oura Ring 5 launches 40% smaller with a month-long charging case, blood pressure signal detection, and GLP-1 medication insights. What's genuinely new and who the upgrade makes sense for.

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Plasma Exchange Cuts Blood Microplastics by 60%: First Clinical Data

A May 2026 study in the Journal of Clinical Apheresis found therapeutic plasma exchange reduced blood microplastic levels from 52.2 to 21.1 particles per 100µL — the first peer-reviewed data on clinically removing microplastics from circulation.

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Elysium Health Launches Physician-Led Longevity Program — Moving From Supplements to Clinical Care

Elysium's new Elysium Longevity Institute combines NAD+ protocols, peptides, and longitudinal data tracking under physician oversight. The shift signals a broader move in longevity from consumer supplementation to integrated clinical programs.

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Oura Ring 5: The World's Smallest Smart Ring Adds Blood Pressure Signals and GLP-1 Insights

Oura Ring 5 launches 40% smaller than its predecessor with rebuilt sensors, blood pressure monitoring signals, and a portable charging case. Here's what's new and who the upgrade makes sense for.

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Sleep Pharmacology: Why Most Sleep Drugs Don't Deliver What You Think

Peter Attia's Episode 394 tackles which sleep medications actually work and which only sedate. The core insight — sedation is not sleep — reframes how to think about every drug in this category.

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77% of Max Strength Gains With Light Weights Twice a Week

A meta-analysis of 192 studies finds that light-load, multi-set training twice a week captures 77% of maximal strength gains. The gap between optimal and accessible is far smaller than the fitness industry suggests.

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resbiotic Makes Shotgun Metagenomics an At-Home Gut Test

resbiotic's at-home gut health test uses shotgun metagenomic sequencing — the same method clinical researchers use — with HSA/FSA eligibility and a 60-90 day retesting cadence built around lifestyle optimization.

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Battery-Free Brain Implant Leaves the Lab: ABILITY Neurotech's ALS Trial

ABILITY Neurotech's optical-link BCI received approval for chronic home use in ALS patients — the first time this class of device moves from controlled demonstrations to real-world daily use.

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Wearables: When Your Fitness Tracker Becomes a Medical Device

WHOOP's 2025 FDA warning revealed a hidden boundary inside wearables. As brands add clinical features, the wellness exemption is under pressure — and the implications run far beyond WHOOP.

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Growth Hormone for Injury Recovery: The Evidence Gap Between Clinics and Clinical Trials

hGH reliably raises IGF-1. IGF-1 drives anabolic signaling. Somewhere between that mechanism and the recovery outcomes being sold in wellness clinics, the evidence breaks down.

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Wearables Are Writing Checks the FDA Can't Cash: The Regulatory Gap Getting Harder to Ignore

WHOOP earned $34.5M in federal backing. Apple Watch won an ECG clearance. And the FDA's framework for governing what these devices claim is still built for episodic care, not continuous monitoring.

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