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by Mary-Jane 2037 days ago
Were there any tangible benefits observed? Did the participants' heath quantifiably improve in any way? This kind of observation is missing from the article; if the expected benefits of telomere length is increased health and longevity, does the lack of such result suggest that they are less involved in aging than we think?
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The main outcome of the study was to measure an in improvement in cognition: https://www.aging-us.com/article/202188/text
There doesn't seem to be any mention of cognition as a result in the article. The primary endpoint was telomere length.
Sorry, that was a different study that they cite: "Cognitive enhancement of healthy older adults using hyperbaric oxygen: a randomized controlled trial" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32589613/