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STAT covers the latest research and news on aging, from the biology of growing older to the challenges and opportunities of an aging population. Topics include the search for treatments for age-related diseases, the economic and social impact of aging, and the ethical implications of extending human lifespan.

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Health Annalisa Merelli

Pregnancy increases biological age — but recovery and breastfeeding can undo the damage, study finds

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: Harvard longevity scientist sparks furor with claim about reversing aging in dogs

Politics Associated Press

STAT Plus: Biden ‘continues to be fit for duty,’ his doctor says, after president undergoes annual physical

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

What STAT readers think about octogenarian presidents

Health Olivia Goldhill

STAT Plus: Presidential age debate obscures a simple fact: Some cognitive skills improve as we get older

First Opinion Lawrence K. Altman

STAT Plus: I’ve reported on the health of every president since Reagan. Here’s what I think about Trump and Biden

First Opinion Arthur L. Kellermann

The health care system is ignoring world’s most promising approach to preventing cardiovascular disease

Health Annalisa Merelli

A neuropsychologist clarifies science on aging and memory in wake of Biden special counsel report

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Health Deborah Balthazar

As NIH grant runs out, Dog Aging Project founders look to raise up to $50 million

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: Using AI, scientists create blood test that measures organ aging and predicts disease risk

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First Opinion Robert Kadlec, Sue Anne Bell, and Michael Wasserman

Congress must reauthorize the National Advisory Committee for Seniors and Disasters

First Opinion Kristina Carvalho

Do dementia villages actually work? We just don’t know

Health Allessandra DiCorato

Older adults are vulnerable in a warming climate. Better buildings could help protect them

Business Tara Bannow

Medicare’s proposal on nursing home staff is ‘insanity,’ key expert says

Health Ambar Castillo

Stress in childhood linked to physical and cognitive problems in older age, according to new study

Health Ambar Castillo

Black Americans living in disadvantaged neighborhoods age faster than white peers, study finds

First Opinion Jason Karlawish

The FDA needs a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab

Biotech Adam Feuerstein and Damian Garde

STAT Plus: FDA panel unanimously endorses Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug

In the Lab Damian Garde

STAT Plus: Study finds supplements of amino acid taurine slow aging in mice and monkeys

Health Kay Lazar — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Cracking an intriguing secret of centenarians: Why so few are ravaged by Alzheimer’s disease

Health Gina Ryder

Demand for home health aides is soaring. So why are they still so undervalued?

Biotech Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: Its founder hopes to reverse aging, but first Tally Health wants to test how fast your biological clock ticks

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: No more ‘playing God’: How the longevity field is trying to recast its work as serious science

First Opinion Michelle Carnahan

Make 2023 the year of prioritizing women’s health

Health Amanda Seitz — Associated Press

U.S. plans crackdown on nursing homes that sedate patients with unnecessary antipsychotics

Biotech Matthew Herper and Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: ‘This is not a cure’: Consensus begins to emerge on new Alzheimer’s drug

Health Kay Lazar — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: The secret to longer, healthier life? Ambitious new trial focuses on ‘super agers’ and seeks thousands of families.

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: ‘If this works, it changes everything’: Altos Labs founders lay out plan to reverse disease

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor