The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, The FDA just approved the first mitochondrial drug in history. And new research explains why your NAD+ supplements might not be working. Both stories point to the same thing: the longevity industry has been thinking about mitochondrial health wrong. Last week, was on a panel with Dr. Bhargav Sanketi - Sr. Scientist @ Altos Labs and Dr. Veeral Mehta - Investor @ LifeX Ventures, moderated by Mansi Hukmani of...
15 days ago • 8 min read
The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, Surprise! The world's oldest woman had some of the shortest telomeres on record. Meanwhile, researchers just proved your water bottle might be better stress medicine than your meditation app. And Eli Lilly wants you to swallow your GLP-1 instead of injecting it (spoiler: it comes with extra nausea, but worth it?) Master marketers or all looking the same? Wellness/longevity design is starting to take on an eery...
24 days ago • 5 min read
The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, While you were probably thinking about pumpkin spice season coming up *way* too soon, here's what's been happening in longevity: The heart scan announcements from Function Health and Fitnescity Health are the latest from consumer longevity There's apparently a sauna gold rush happening (8+ centers within 5 minutes of each other in my neighborhood) My thoughts on how longevity really is much more wellness than...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, Longevity is evolving. Apple just dropped a bunch of new devices, and said the word "longevity" out loud. That's both exciting and scary—the adolescent consumer wearables market a la Oura, Whoop, Polar, Ultrahuman can expect Goliath to eat up more and more of their share. This past week, I was on a successful panel sharing about women's longevity with PhD founders Estelle Giraud and Amy Divaraniya, and...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, While you were grilling last Labor Day weekend, scientists were busy rewriting the boundaries of human life. In the same week: AI reprogrammed cells 300x better than Nobel Prize-winning biology, researchers declared we’ll probably never live past 100, and another lab extended mouse lives by 73%. And did you know that the average doctor's longevity stack is 7 items? See the survey highlights below. I'll be...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, Shared my thoughts on the three toughest truths we must face in longevity today: We can't extend maximum lifespan (yet!) Anti-aging falls into a regulatory loophole Most evidence in the field is garbage I was also on the Livelong Media podcast for those of you who like listening—it's a fast-paced episode covering different things to focus on for longevity with each decade, and what I think about the more exotic...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, I was quoted recently in this Forbes article on Molecular You, which I'm particularly excited about because they're commercializing multi-omics testing! As a longevity physician and former oncologist, I see multi-omics testing as one of the most exciting frontiers in our field. Genomics tells you about risk, and traditional blood panels only scratch the surface. By contrast, metabolomics, lipidomics, and...
2 months ago • 4 min read
The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, I hope you're all with me in enjoying this summer lull before the madness of the fall, especially conference season in October. This time of the year has also brought yet another sauna business to my block (I live within a 2 block radius of at *least* 5, not counting hot yoga), Meanwhile, the past week has been dominated by AI news, but we're still here to report on science in the world of longevity! Seen on...
2 months ago • 6 min read
The Longevity Letter Longevity & Health Insights By Dr. Hillary Lin, MD Hi Reader, This week’s health headlines swing from revolutionary to alarming. The Gates Foundation just placed a record-breaking $2.5 billion bet on women’s health and longevity. At the same time, two conference-goers landed on ventilators after getting exhibit hall peptide injections, and researchers discovered we now carry a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics - each - in our brains. Today's letter will cover two big...
2 months ago • 5 min read