Member-only story
They Claimed You Age In Bursts At 44 And 60. Then I Double Checked
Illustrative vivisection of a deceitful omics paper in a prestigious journal, ballyhooed by top media outlets
What is new?
An omics study published in 2024 suggests that our bodies age dramatically when we hit 40 and again at 60. A closer look at this study, a look that obviously no one has taken so far, invalidates that message.
Why it matters
The media scribes are happy to parrot anything that promotes angst. When that angst is entirely baseless, you deserve to know.
Your takeaways
This autopsy of an omics study is possibly the first to help lay readers better understand this type of research and more critically consume the media’s unquestioning regurgitation of its published results.
It’s MAHA, baby
Make aging healthy again is what I wanted to ‘acronymize’. However, as you might have heard, a colossally more famous person than I, adopted that acronym for an entirely different message (which now has its own website, but you have to find it yourself because I’m loath to leading you to my competition).
