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VO2 max strongly predicts longevity, but the evidence that slow, low-intensity Zone 2 training is the best way to raise it is weaker than the trend suggests.
Jan 15, 2025
FDA approval of the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor adds a once-daily option for adults who need greater LDL reduction, but it does not replace individualized cardiovascular care.
Aug 1, 2026
Insulin is a peptide. So is Ozempic. So is the unlabelled vial someone is selling on Telegram. The word describes a chemical class, not a level of evidence, and that gap is where the market lives.
Aug 11, 2026
Two large pooled analyses now agree: the drop in mortality with more walking is steep up to about seven thousand steps a day and shallow after that. What the studies found, what they could not show, and what to do with a phone that counts.
Sep 6, 2026
Meta-analyses now put exercise's effect on depression in the same range as antidepressant trials, with real implications for regions like the Gulf.
Apr 14, 2026
Three thousand Dutch adults who ended their showers cold took fewer sick days. A 2025 review of eleven trials found stress fell twelve hours after a plunge and inflammation rose. What is known, what is marketing, and why the first minute can kill.
Sep 6, 2026
New research on mindful technology use reframes burnout as a work-design problem involving notifications, norms and control, not just an employee resilience problem.
Jul 24, 2026
A new WHO discussion brings cognition and mental health into menopause care, where sleep, mood, symptoms and individual medical history all matter.
Jul 31, 2026
WHO reports sustained transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while Uganda begins enhanced surveillance. Clear facts matter more than fear.
Jul 31, 2026
Grooves in fossil teeth that nobody could explain, arecoline in the residue, and a frog-egg assay to prove the dose reached the brain. The Griffith University paper in Science Advances pushes human drug use back by more than ten thousand years.
Sep 17, 2026
