The Lancet Healthy Longevity in conversation with

The burden of musculoskeletal diseases is increasing. Dr Ara Nazarian tells us more about the issues surrounding this and how care can be improved in the USA. Read the full paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00026-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_Jun_25_lanhl [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00026-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_Jun_25_lanhl] Also discussed, the ecological study in The Lancet Regional Health Americas: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(23)00235-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_Jun_25_lanhl [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(23)00235-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_Jun_25_lanhl] Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ [https://thelancet.bsky.social/] https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup [https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup] https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal [https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal] https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet [https://linkedin.com/company/the-lancet] https://youtube.com/thelancettv [https://www.youtube.com/thelancettv]

Socioeconomic status impacts the onset and duration of severe disabilities, but what does this means for public health policy?  Andrew Kingston (Newcastle University, UK) talks to Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Healthy Longevity Philippa Harris about his study on socioeconomic inequalities in disability-free life expectancy in England. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00019-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_14-04-25_lanhl [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00019-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_14-04-25_lanhl] Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ [https://thelancet.bsky.social/] https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup [https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup] https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal [https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal] https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet [https://linkedin.com/company/the-lancet] https://youtube.com/thelancettv [https://www.youtube.com/thelancettv]

Miles Witham discusses his trial on the use of metformin to improve physical performance in older adults with sarcopenia and prefrailty or frailty. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00014-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhl [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00014-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhl] Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ [https://thelancet.bsky.social/] https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup [https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup] https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal [https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal] https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet [https://linkedin.com/company/the-lancet] https://youtube.com/thelancettv [https://www.youtube.com/thelancettv]

Professor Harish Nair and Durga Kulkarni (University of Edinburgh) discuss their systematic review and meta-analysis on the global burden of human metapneumovirus-associated respiratory infections in older adults. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(24)00205-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhl [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(24)00205-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhl] Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ [https://thelancet.bsky.social/] https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup [https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup] https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal [https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal] https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet [https://linkedin.com/company/the-lancet] https://youtube.com/thelancettv [https://www.youtube.com/thelancettv]

Prof. Dannii Yuen-Lan Yeung & Dr. Da Jiang discuss the benefits of a volunteering intervention in mitigating loneliness in older volunteers. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(24)00190-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhl [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(24)00190-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhl] Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ [https://thelancet.bsky.social/] https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup [https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup] https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal [https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal] https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet [https://linkedin.com/company/the-lancet] https://youtube.com/thelancettv [https://www.youtube.com/thelancettv]