As hormones shift in midlife, brain, metabolic and cardiovascular health can change too – prompting a rethink of women’s healthcare. #longevity# #womenshealth# #menopause# #brainhealth# #cardiovascularhealth#

In last week's newsletter, I talked about how resistance training can support cardiovascular health in postmenopausal women. It's not just aerobic exercise! You can now read the issue - and sign up for free - in our archive. We send it out every week.

Today, on the sidelines of #UNGA81#, WHO/AFRO’s @DrBenido and Dr @richamla met with Dr Mary-Margaret Pwamang, Apala Guhathakurta and Ben Ramirez of @BloombergDotOrg to discuss strengthening collaboration on lead poisoning prevention, cardiovascular health, civil registration and vital statistics, and regional preparedness. Discussions covered country-level implementation, regional frameworks, data and surveillance, and expanding WHO support to Member States.

🚴Meet the space bike! It may look like an exercise bike on Earth, but it's designed to measure the workloads of astronauts while strengthening their leg muscles and supporting cardiovascular health. Fun fact: Astronauts also pedal in reverse to activate different muscle groups. [📷/CMS]

Space research is helping beat heart disease. 🫀💫 Pneumonia-causing bacteria can lead to long-term heart damage. Researchers are studying this bacterium's effects on heart tissues in space to mitigate infectious diseases and manage cardiovascular health.

In many ways, I am 18. If an alien encountered me, they’d struggle to distinguish me from my son. I know this seems impossible. I also know I look my age, 49. But here are the ways I am indistinguishable from an 18 year old: > Sleep quality > Erection function > Fertility > Resting heart rate > Vascular health > Cardiovascular health > Blood pressure > Metabolic health > Blood glucose control > Bone mineral density > Muscle > Fat > Inflammation (undetectable) > Shitposting And here are some ways I am my age: > Hearing > Somatic mutations Friends, I think I’ve done something no one else has ever done: I am more 18 than I am 49. This is the first rep and we are still figuring things out, but it points toward our inevitable future: better technology and therapies will make youthful vibrance the default. If you’re in your 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and wondering if you can do the same, the answer is yes. If you’re a teen or in your 20s and feel awful, you can too. These results only took me 5 years to achieve. The most powerful things are free, and gated only by choice. It feels amazing. I feel nimble, and spry, and excited by the world. I hope you join me in saying yes to life and no to die culture.

5/8 — BUT ONLY TWO SIGNALS ACTUALLY BUILD BONE This is where most people go wrong. Heavy loading — weights genuinely hard enough that the last reps are a struggle, around 5-6 reps near failure. Impact — jumping, hopping, heel drops. That's it. Those are the stimuli bone responds to. Walking, cycling, swimming, yoga, Pilates, and light weights are all excellent for other reasons — cardiovascular health, mobility, balance, longevity. They will not build density the way heavy progressive resistance and impact will. Most women over 50 have been told to walk more and take calcium. That advice is not wrong. It is simply not sufficient, and it has cost an enormous number of people their independence.