Top 10 stories of the day — 2 October 2026

Friday, October 2, 2026 · 8 minutes

Valeria and Vitalis on midlife creatine, silent artery plaque by age 29, fatigue after breast cancer treatment, the MIND pattern and grey matter, a null blueberry-mood pilot, diet drinks versus water, ultra-processed food and depression scores, APOE4 vessel cells, cardiolipin in mouse muscle, and anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation. Educational only.

Stories from this day

Association between tooth retention and lower inflammatory dietary pattern in older adults · Frontiers in Aging
Opportunities to enhance assisted living facility care quality through interprofessional collaborative practice · Frontiers in Aging
In a pilot of older sedentary adults, daily blueberry powder shifted gut-enzyme markers; the mood difference was not significant · Hebrew SeniorLife / The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging
In 1,803 people with atrial fibrillation at intermediate stroke risk, a direct oral anticoagulant cut the combined event rate by 69% at 24 months · Yonsei University / European Society of Cardiology / New England Journal of Medicine
In 1,647 Framingham adults, a higher MIND diet score tracked slower grey-matter loss, about 2.5 years over 12 years · BMJ Group / Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
In 381 women followed for two years after breast cancer treatment, depression and stress tracked lingering fatigue more than heart-function changes · UT Southwestern / JAMA Network Open
In 9,879 ARIC participants, dozens of blood proteins sat on the path between social disadvantage and later heart failure · UT Southwestern / Science Advances
Lower cardiolipin in mouse muscle lined up with a fast-to-slow fiber shift; partial restoration reversed wasting in that model · University of Copenhagen / Nature Aging
In 493 adults, diet drinks and water were statistically equivalent for weight change across 104 weeks of a behavior program · University of Liverpool and University of Leeds / British Journal of Nutrition
In 16,808 adults without known heart disease, silent artery plaque was already present in about 1 in 13 people ages 18 to 29 · CNIC and Rigshospitalet / New England Journal of Medicine
In 64 adults ages 45 to 65, daily creatine tracked more lean tissue, including in the group without a workout plan · Texas A&M University / Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
APOE4 changed brain-vessel support cells in human tissue models; blocking a scar signal reversed part of that in aged mice · Mount Sinai / Cell and Cell Stem Cell

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