25,000+ women tracked 25 years: closely following a Mediterranean diet = 23% lower risk of dying from any cause 🫒 (JAMA Network Open) www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health... #MediterraneanDiet #Longevity #Nutrition

New Nature Aging study: it's not just your epigenetic age that predicts survival — it's how fast it's changing. Accelerating biological age = higher mortality risk, regardless of starting point 🧬⏱️ #EpigeneticClock #Longevity #AgingResearch

Good news for the under-slept: UK Biobank study of ~84,000 adults found moderate weekend "catch-up sleep" (1-1.5 hrs) was linked to LOWER dementia risk 😴 Recovery may matter. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... #SleepHealth #Dementia #BrainHealth

Myth bust: massive BMJ meta-analysis (69 trials, ~154K older adults) found calcium + vitamin D offer NO meaningful fall/fracture protection for most people 💊 Strength training matters more. www.medicaldaily.com/calcium-vita... #BoneHealth #MythBusted

Social connection = a mortality risk factor. New meta-analysis: loneliness raises death risk 14%, social isolation 35%, living alone 21% 🤝 Relationships aren't just nice — they're medicine. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... #SocialConnection #HealthyAging

Massive meta-analysis (482K dementia cases): hearing loss shows a clear dose-response link to dementia risk — the worse the hearing, the higher the risk 👂 Getting it treated may protect your brain. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... #BrainHealth #Dementia #HearingLoss

25,000+ women tracked 25 years: closely following a Mediterranean diet = 23% lower risk of dying from any cause 🫒 (JAMA Network Open) www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health... #MediterraneanDiet #Longevity #Nutrition

Why does fasting extend lifespan? A 2026 Nature Comm study found it's about how efficiently cells shut off lipid-burning after a fast — get that right, lifespan jumps 60%+ in worms 🔬 doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Longevity #Fasting #AgingResearch

Landmark study of 9,000+ people: as we age, our gut microbiomes become more unique to us — and the people with the MOST distinctive microbiomes lived longer & healthier 🦠 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33619379/ #GutHealth #Microbiome #Longevity

Early human trials (SToMP-AD, STAMINA) tested senolytic drugs in older adults to clear "zombie cells" linked to brain inflammation & Alzheimer's. Early days, but a hot research front 🧠 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... #AlzheimersResearch #Senolytics #GeroScience

2026 pilot study: 13 weeks of spermidine improved vaccine antibody responses in adults 65+ by reversing signs of immune cell aging 💉 Especially helped people who initially responded poorly. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ImmuneHealth #HealthyAging #GeroScience

New Nature Aging study: it's not just your epigenetic age that predicts survival — it's how fast it's changing over time. Accelerating biological age = higher mortality risk, regardless of starting point 🧬⏱️ www.nature.com/articles/s43... #EpigeneticClock #BiologicalAge #Longevity

5,400+ women 63+, tracked for years: stronger grip = 15% lower death risk per 7kg increase. Faster chair stands = 9% lower risk per 6 sec improvement. Independent of activity level 💪 www.health.harvard.edu/bones-and-jo... #Longevity #StrengthTraining #HealthyAging #MuscleMatters

Middle-aged people with long-lived parents develop heart/metabolic disease ~13 yrs later than partners without that genetic edge, per new Leiden research 🧬 Longevity runs in families — science is figuring out why. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #Longevity #AgingResearch #Genetics

NAD+ = the molecule behind energy, DNA repair & cell signaling. Levels drop as we age — and it's one of the top longevity trends physicians are watching in 2026 ⚡ honehealth.com/edge/longevi... #NAD #CellularHealth #LongevityScience #HealthyAging #Biohacking #AgingWell #Metabolism

Independence isn't just a 4th of July thing — it's a longevity goal 🇺🇸 The freedom to move, think clearly & thrive at 70, 80, 90+ is what healthy aging research is fighting for. Happy 4th from AGE! #HappyFourthOfJuly #HealthyAging #Longevity #IndependenceDay #AmericanAgingAssociation

Xiamen University: declining Menin in the hypothalamus triggers inflammation, memory loss and bone loss simultaneously. Restoring it reversed those effects in 30 days. A simple amino acid called D-serine restored memory on its own. Published in PLOS Biology. 🔗 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

$225 million invested in aging research. 4,539 researchers funded. Yet the US has fewer than 7,500 geriatricians — and needs 30,000 by 2030. AGE stands alongside organizations like #AFAR in building that pipeline. 🔗 www.afar.org/grant-programs #AgingResearch #Geroscience

The longevity field just shifted its core question. 🔬 Not "what is broken in aging?" but "how do biological systems lose coordination with each other over time?" The 2026 World Congress on Targeting Longevity: aging is a systems problem. Not a single fix. 🔗 www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

A tropical butterfly barely ages — and lives 25x longer than its relatives. Heliconius butterflies show little to no physical decline even in old age. Even without pollen, they outlive relatives by weeks. Nature's blueprint for longevity exists, read it here! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Glucosamine is one of the most popular joint supplements in the world. New research links it to 25% faster progression to Alzheimer's disease. 🔬 Supplements need the same scientific scrutiny as any intervention. Especially for aging adults. 🔗 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #Geroscience

Nearly 50% of adults 65+ didn't decline with age — they actually got better. New Yale study: cognitive AND physical improvements measured in nearly half of older adults over a decade of data. Aging isn't just decline. The science proves it. bit.ly/4b2wW58 #HealthyAging

2,390 researchers from 89 countries agree: longevity science has crossed the clinical threshold. 🌍 The 2026 GESDA Breakthrough Radar says the debate is over. The question now is policy — not possibility. 🔗 www.gesda.global/radar-spotli... #Geroscience #Longevity #AGE2026

Scientists reversed cellular aging in just 2 days. Leibniz Institute on Aging found that declining phosphatidylcholine fragments mitochondria — a core driver of cellular aging. Restoring it via diet reversed the damage in 2 days. 🔗 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #Geroscience #AgingScience

Exercise doesn't just keep you active. It repairs your mitochondria. New PNAS study: physical activity reverses age-related muscle decline by remodeling mitochondria at the cellular level. In mice AND humans. 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Geroscience #HealthyAging

Scientists just mapped human cellular aging at single-cell resolution for the first time. NIH's SenNet initiative tracked senescent cells (damaged cells that won't die) across the body. A foundation for the next decade of aging research. medicine.yale.edu/news-article... #Geroscience #AgingResearch

Did you know your brain can keep forming new connections well into your 80s and beyond? Neuroplasticity doesn't have an expiration date. Research shows that mentally stimulating activities actively support cognitive resilience as we age. #AgingScience #Geroscience #BrainHealth

1 in 4 Americans will be over 65 by 2060. That's not a distant projection. That's 27 years away — and the science of aging needs to catch up fast. AGE funds the researchers targeting that root cause. Not just the symptoms. #AgingResearch #HealthyAging #Geroscience #Longevity #AGE2026

Senolytics don't just delay aging — they may turn back your biological clock. Senolytic compounds reduced epigenetic age in human blood samples. Senescent cells drive epigenetic drift. Remove them — the clock partially resets. 📄 Free: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

#EpigeneticClocks — predictive or just correlative? A 24-year longitudinal study in #NatureAging 2026 answers that. 699 adults. 396 deaths. Faster clock acceleration independently predicts mortality — across 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation clocks. 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #Geroscience

AGE 2026 is a wrap. 4 days. 10 sessions. 3 award lectures. 225+ posters. Trainee programs. Longevity biotech. The full breadth of geroscience. Thank you to every speaker, presenter, trainee, sponsor, and attendee. This community delivered. See you at AGE 2027. 🙌 #AGE2026 #Geroscience #AGE2027

Day 3 of #AGE2026 — done. ✅ Chronobiology & Aging ✅ NIA Funding for ESIs ✅ Trainee Poster Pitches II ✅ Mark Smith Award ✅ Ovarian Decline & Female Aging ✅ Interorgan Communication ✅ 108 Posters ✅ Trainee Data Blitz Tomorrow — Final Day One more day. Make it count. #Geroscience #AGE2026 #Day3

Day 2 of #AGE2026 — done. 🔬 ✅ Opening Remarks · Dr. Adam Salmon ✅ Early Life Effects on Aging ✅ Environmental Toxins & Aging ✅ Denham Harman Award ✅ AFAR Cristofalo ✅ Immune Aging ✅ Longevity Biotech ✅ 117 Posters · Trainee Mixer Follow live → americanagingassociation.org #Geroscience #AGE2026

Slots open for postdoctoral fellows — UT San Antonio Biology of Aging T32 Training Program. · Clinical studies · Grantsmanship training US Citizens/PR only. 1 year renewable. 📩 [email protected] 🔗 age.memberclicks.net/assets/image... #T32 #PostDoc #Geroscience #AgingResearch #BiologyOfAging

Day 1 of #AGE2026 — in progress. ✔️ Nathan Shock Symposium ✔️ Clinical Trial Design Primer ✔️ Trainee RoundTable ✔️ Welcome Reception Tomorrow — Day 2: Opening Remarks · Denham Harman · AFAR Cristofalo · Immune Aging · Longevity Biotech · 117 Posters Be in your seat at 7:50 AM. #Geroscience #AGE2026

Flying into SLC for #AGE2026? Stay a day — it is worth it. 🚂 FrontRunner train to Provo ~$5 🦕 Natural History Museum of Utah 🏛️ Temple Square 🌿 Red Butte Garden 🍽️ 9th & 9th for food & coffee 50 miles from Provo. Easy day trip. Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #SaltLakeCity #Utah #Geroscience #AGE2026

Coming to Provo for #AGE2026? Here is what is waiting outside the convention center. 🥾 Zion National Park — 3 hrs south ☕ Communal, Guru's, Black Sheep Café — walkable 🏞️ Utah Lake — 5 mins from venue ⛰️ Sundance Resort — 30 mins north Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Provo #Utah #Geroscience #AGE2026

The James Joseph / Mark Smith Award Lecture arrives Day 3 of #AGE2026. 🎙️ Speaker: Alberto Espay 👤 Chair: Barbara Shukitt-Hale Neurodegeneration meets geroscience — on the main stage. 📅 June 4 · 12:30 PM MDT · Ballroom A Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #BrainAging #AgingResearch #Awards

#AGE2026 is built for the next generation of geroscientists. 💬 Trainee RoundTable · June 2 · 5 PM 🎤 Poster Pitches I & II · June 3–4 🤝 Mentor Mixer · June 3 · 7:30 PM ⚡ Data Blitz · June 4 · 7 PM ✈️ Travel Awards available This is your meeting Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #TraineeResearcher

Women in AGE Lunch — Friday, June 5 · 12 PM MDT · Ballroom A. A dedicated space for women advancing the science of healthy aging at #AGE2026. Women are not a subset of this field. They are central to it. Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #WomenInAGE #WomenInScience #Geroscience #AGE2026

Final day of #AGE2026 — June 5: 🧬 Adipose Tissue & Aging 💉 Growth Hormone & Longevity 👩‍🔬 Women in AGE Lunch 🏛️ AGE Business Meeting 🏆 Awards Ceremony & Departure Reception The science ends where it should — with recognition. Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #AgingResearch

Day 3 at #AGE2026 — June 4: ⏰ Chronobiology & Aging 🎓 NIA Funding for ESIs 🎤 Trainee Poster Pitches II 🏆 Mark Smith Award · Alberto Espay 👩‍⚕️ Ovarian Decline & Female Aging 🧠 Interorgan Communication ⚡ Trainee Data Blitz In-person & virtual. Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #AGE2026

Where are we now with growth hormone, aging, and longevity? Session 10 at #AGE2026 — dietary arginine, sex-dimorphic GH signaling, organelle homeostasis. Chair: Liou Sun Professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham 📅 June 5 · 10 AM MDT Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #GrowthHormone

Adipose tissue drives aging — not just stores fat. Session 9 at #AGE2026: inflammaging checkpoints, the aging lipidome, and adipose quality driving the male longevity gap. Chair: Cristal Hill 📅 June 5 · 8 AM MDT Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience

Exosomes. Gut-brain axis. Ovarian healthspan signals. Extracellular matrix. Session 8 at #AGE2026 — when interorgan communication breaks down, aging follows. Chair: Michal Masternak 📅 June 4 · 3:00 PM MDT Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #Exosomes

mTOR in ovarian cells. Sex-specific Alzheimer's pathology. CD8+ T-cell dysregulation. Session 7 at #AGE2026 — From Fertility to Frailty Chair: Sarah Ocanas Assistant professor at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 📅 June 4 · 1:00 PM MDT · Ballroom A Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #Aging

NIA program officers. Live Q&A. Career pathways. Funding strategy. Session 6 at #AGE2026 is built for early-stage investigators. Moderator: Christina Stevens 📅 June 4 · 10 AM MDT · Ballroom A Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #NIA #Geroscience #EarlyCareer

Caloric restriction reprograms circadian rhythms. The biological clock shapes how we age. Session 5 at #AGE2026 — Chronobiology & Aging Chair: Kevin Koronowski 📅 June 4 · 8 AM MDT · Ballroom A Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #Chronobiology

siRNA cell reprogramming. GPX4 senolytics in Phase 1. A4LI policy advocacy. Session 4 at #AGE2026 — Longevity Biotech Landscape Chair: Brenda Eap of #AllianceForLongevityInitiatives 📅 June 3 · 3:30 PM MDT Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #LongevityBiotech

CAR T senolytics. Rapamycin in the human immune system. Single-cell immune aging. Session 3 at #AGE2026 — Immune Aging Chair: Ann Griffith 📅 June 3 · 1:30 PM MDT · Ballroom A Register → bit.ly/4vDrGxG #Geroscience #Immunosenescence