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A healthier world is one of the clearest signs of an emerging golden age. Discover inspiring developments in medicine, nutrition, mental health, fitness, preventive care, and overall wellness that are reducing suffering, extending lifespans, and helping people reach their highest potential.

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Magnesium Benefits: Everything You Need to Know

You’re standing in the vitamin aisle of your favorite grocery store looking for magnesium. A friend recently reminded you that getting enough magnesium in your diet is important. Picking up a supplement should be simple enough, right?

Apparently not.

There’s magnesium glycinate, citrate, and oxide, in different doses and at very different prices. And there are a lot of brands to choose from.

Your friend told you she started taking magnesium and simply feels better. You’re curious, but skeptical. Before choosing a bottle, a more basic question occurs to you: Do I need a magnesium supplement at all?

It’s a good question. Magnesium is essential to our health, and many Americans don’t get the recommended amount from food. But that doesn’t necessarily mean taking more will make us healthier.

So what does magnesium actually do for us, how much do we need—and when does getting more provide a real benefit?

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Regenerative Medicine: From the Battlefield to a Hospital near You

How battlefield injuries are accelerating regenerative medicine research and application. Read about bioengineered skin, nerve regeneration, and more.
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health science, medical innovations

One Medical Record, Better Care: Interoperability Explained

Explore “interoperability” in healthcare: how sharing your digital patient records with your different providers—and with you—leads to better medical care.
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health innovations, healthcare, Indonesia, legal innovation, new technology

Heart-Healthy Diets: What the Evidence Shows about Reversing Heart Disease 

For decades in the US, heart disease has been treated as a condition to manage, not reverse. Lifestyle changes are encouraged, but usually seen as supportive rather than decisive. However, a different line of research, focused on heart-healthy diets, challenges that paradigm.
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diet, health

Longevity in Finland & Sweden: Everyday Habits Behind Longer Lives

Across parts of Finland and in pockets of Sweden, people are living longer, healthier lives than average. Why? Movement, social connection, time outdoors, and public systems are built into the fabric of daily living. Are these the cornerstones of longevity?
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finland, health, longevity, Sweden

Function Health & Comprehensive Blood Testing Explained

Learn how companies like Function Health are expanding access to comprehensive blood testing, allowing individuals to track health biomarkers and better understand their own health data.
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health, technology

Autophagy: What It Is & How Fasting Activates It

Our understanding of autophagy began with a lone scientist staring into a microscope, watching a quiet miracle unfold inside a starving yeast cell. It was the beginning of a discovery that would eventually earn him a Nobel Prize.
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autophagy, health, longevity

Bringing Light to Off-grid Maternal Health Clinics

When the power goes out in rural clinics, maternal health and newborn life hang in the balance. Enter the Solar Suitcase, a lifesaving device developed for maternal health clinics in Africa, South America, Asia, and beyond.
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maternal health, rural clinics, solar-powered

Cancer Prevention: A Metabolic Understanding

For decades, cancer has been framed chiefly as a genetic disease—mutations in key genes driving cells to grow when they should not. But according to a growing body of researchers, that view is at best a partial picture of how cancer develops.
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cancer prevention, health innovations

Mamavation’s Role in the Fight Against PFAS

Harmful chemicals are often hidden in everyday products. However, a grassroots organization called Mamavation offers a lifeline to consumers who want to stay informed about toxins in the products they buy and consume.
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chemicals cleanup, environmental toxins, forever chemicals, PFAS