this organ is REDUCING death risk

[00:00:00]Have you thought about your thymus recently? Do you even remember it exists? If you've forgotten about your little thymus, it's an organ in your chest and sits right behind your breastbone. As a kid, it's got a pretty important job. It trains your T cells, which are basically your immune system's smart soldiers. Once you hit puberty though, it starts shrinking and gets smaller and smaller and the assumption was that it probably didn't matter in our adult lives since it gets so teeny tiny. Turns out we were being unnecessarily rude to our dear thymus. A study out of Mass General Brigham scanned chest CT images from over 25,000 people to measure thymus health across a population. It turns out people with a healthier thymus had about a 50% lower risk of dying from any cause, even after controlling for age and other health factors. They even looked at the thymuses thymy, {question mark} of over 1,200 cancer patients on immunotherapy treatments and saw patients with a healthier thymus were about 44% less likely to die and 37% less likely to have their cancer progress. The theory on what's happening here is that a healthier thymus likely produces more diverse T cells, so your immune system stays more adaptable and better at catching new threats. So, how can we keep this guy nice and healthy?

[00:01:16]Basically, do what you're doing now to stay healthy, like eating well and exercising. If you take care of yourself, the thymus is happy. I'd like to personally apologize to the thymus for all the slander it dealt with for decades in the community. I'm so sorry.

[00:01:32]Please keep doing your job and keeping me alive longer. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:01:36]Thank you.