Mastodawn

Injectable peptides touted as new fountain of youth. But the science isn't there
Crocodile dung. Tapeworms. Raw meat facials. Yes, at some point in history these wildly popular — and wildly unproven — treatments were how people tried to stay young. Right now, plenty of influencers will tell you that injectable peptides are the answer. But the scientists? Not so much.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/injectable-peptides-explainer-9.7151279?cmp=rss

CBC Saskatchewan 6h ago

At 80 years old, he braves the Saskatchewan winter on a bicycle
Retired lawyer Louis Stringer is always on the move. He regularly cycles the roads of his community of Gravelbourg, 200 km southwest of Regina, in summer and winter.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7152819?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories 7h ago

Steven Saus [he/him]10h ago

Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It

Rosa María Carranza has worked and paid taxes for more than two decades, but a provision in the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make her and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully ...

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#aging #california #health-care-costs #hhs #immigrants #insurance #medicare #race-and-health #states #trump-administration
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/immigrant-seniors-medicare-california-big-beautiful-bill-eligibility-taxes/

Bich Nguyen 11h ago

"The belief is that they’ll be discharged from the hospital and in two or three weeks, they’ll be back to normal,” said Dr. Brad Butcher, who was Mr. Masterson’s doctor and wrote about PICS recently in the medical journal JAMA. “That doesn’t comport with reality.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/health/post-icu-syndrome.html

#healthcare #hospitals #ICU #CriticalCare #rehabilitation #MentalHealth #aging

For Many Patients Leaving the I.C.U., the Struggle Has Only Just Begun

A long stay in intensive care can bring physical, cognitive and mental health challenges that can take months or longer to resolve.

The New York Times

Martin Rundkvist 18h ago

Awkward when you read about asexual people and you're 54 and you think to yourself that yeah, there was a time when I would have considered twice a month pretty much asexual.

#sex #aging

Waywords Studio 19h ago

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 -

I'm sure the reason that I've held off on this novel has nothing whatsoever to do with its unreliable narrator whose aging memory contorts his sense of self!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #julianbarnes #thesenseofanending #manbookerprize #aging #memory #hubris