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Lee Hood's company Arivale showed us how to do preventive, personalized health care. His book explores the science—and the missed opportunity.

Organ-specific biological clocks are the latest tool for predicting and treating both chronic disease and overall aging.

A new functional sparkling water from the founders of Fiji Water and Oatly claims to manage metabolic health by helping avoid blood sugar spikes after meals.

Mounting evidence shows a paradoxical link between the pursuit of joy and depression.

Harvard’s new Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health aims to explore how the ephemeral could change physical and mental health.

Inspired by Arctic fish, scientists are developing frost-fighting methods to keep organs viable for as long as possible.

Getting geroprotective drugs to market for specific disease applications is the first step in eventually making them available for healthier aging.

This mysterious end-of-life energy surge could teach us about memory, cognition, and the search for dementia treatments.

Autism is highly heritable—but is it a disease? Should it be cured? Could screening for it lead to eugenics? We explore the complicated landscape.

Oregon’s grand experiment in training psychedelic facilitators is facing a tangle of ambiguity and red tape.

How a daring team of parents and doctors forged a new path for medicine.

Fauna Bio mines squirrel genomes for clues to developing new drugs for humans.

Researchers have designed a light-activated genetic kill switch to prevent male chicks from hatching, since they have no economic value.

Survival in extreme environments hinges on collaboration—not competition.

Elite athletes have used this tech for years, and now it’s going mainstream—but does the science back it up?