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Creatine: Help You Hold On to Muscle in Midlife?

Creatine: Help You Hold On to Muscle in Midlife? Around your mid-40s, your body starts quietly losing muscle. It’s not something you notice at first. Then the stairs feel steeper, opening a jar needs effort, and your regular workout no longer gives the same results. Strength training has always been the go-to solution. Now a

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The Brain Gene That Never Stopped Moving

The Brain Gene That Never Stopped Moving Most of your DNA isn’t really yours—well, not in the way you might think. About half of the genome is made up of fragments from transposons, pieces of genetic material that used to copy and paste themselves around the genome. Scientists call these “jumping genes.” Over time, most

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Your 20s Workouts Still Matter In Your 60s

Your 20s Workouts Still Matter In Your 60s My uncle used to say every year for about twenty years that he’d “get back into shape eventually.” He’s 58 now, and on blood pressure medicine he probably could have avoided. I think about that a lot after reading this research because it basically confirms what many

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Will Reeve Reveals He Secretly Battled Cancer Just Months After His Wedding

Will Reeve Reveals Secret Cancer Battle

Will Reeve Reveals Secret Cancer Battle Will Reeve just told the world something he’d been carrying quietly for most of this year. The Good Morning America correspondent, son of the late Superman actor Christopher Reeve, shared on air that he spent the summer fighting testicular cancer, all while keeping it largely private from viewers who

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WHO Extends Polio Travel Rules On Pakistan

WHO Extends Polio Travel Rules On Pakistan If you have a flight booked out of Pakistan in the coming weeks, this one affects you directly. The World Health Organization has kept its polio-related travel restrictions on Pakistan in place for three months, saying the virus is still circulating and hasn’t stopped crossing the border with

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