Research we love
The work we read, and where our positions come from. Each page sets out what the organization published and, separately and labelled as ours, what it changes here.
10 sources, read closely
Choose one to see what it found, how strong that is, and what we take from it.
The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care
The Lancet on dementia risk
Fourteen risks, and which of them you can change.
Read moreWorld Health Organization
The World Health Organization on healthy ageing
Five capacities, and why function is the measure.
Read moreStanford Center on Longevity
Stanford's New Map of Life
Ten principles for a hundred-year life.
Read moreHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard on telling evidence from hype
Five questions to ask of any health claim.
Read moreCochrane
Cochrane's plain-language rule
Why our briefs always say where evidence is weak.
Read moreMcMaster University, Optimal Aging Portal
McMaster's rated evidence, for Canadians
Canada's evidence portal for ageing well.
Read moreAmerican College of Lifestyle Medicine
The six pillars of lifestyle medicine
The six things the evidence keeps returning to.
Read moreCanadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Fifty thousand Canadians, followed for twenty years
What the national ageing study is finding.
Read moreLópez-Otín and colleagues, published in Cell
The twelve hallmarks of ageing
The cell biology under the longevity claims.
Read moreCanadian Frailty Network
The frailty network's five actions
Five things that hold off frailty, from AVOID.
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