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PRIMA’s Retinal Implant Wins Approval to Restore Vision
A tiny implant paired with camera glasses can return useful central vision to some people with advanced macular degeneration, and Europe has cleared its sale.
Jul 23, 2026
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Intermittent Fasting Works About as Well as Eating Less, Because in the Trials That Is What It Turned Out to Be
Three randomised trials put time-restricted eating against ordinary calorie control or against nothing. The eating window on its own did little. Combined with eating less, it did what eating less does. What that means for anyone considering it.
Sep 6, 2026
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How to Measure Your Blood Pressure at Home So the Number Means Something
A home reading is only as good as the way it was taken. Sit, rest, support the arm, use the right cuff, and take readings for a week. The thresholds at home are lower than in the clinic.
Sep 19, 2026
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Two Days After the Nobel for Optogenetics, a Small NEJM Trial Shows It Helped Some Blind Patients Detect Objects
Ten people with advanced retinitis pigmentosa got a light-sensing gene and wore camera goggles. Light sensitivity improved in seven, but sight was not restored and the trial was built for safety.
Oct 9, 2026
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Yoga Nidra Is Not Sleep, and the Research on It Is Better Than the Research on Most Things Sold Beside It
A guided practice of lying still while systematically moving attention around the body. It has accumulated a real randomised trial literature for sleep, stress and anxiety, and a rebranded version has attracted claims that literature does not support.
Sep 4, 2026
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A Cold: What Shortens One, What Only Feels Like It Does, and Why Antibiotics Are Never the Answer
Two hundred viruses, seven to ten days, no cure. Zinc lozenges started early and honey for the cough have modest evidence. Vitamin C, echinacea and most of the pharmacy shelf have none. Rest is not a platitude; it is the treatment.
Dec 23, 2025
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Kenya Confirms Its First Ebola Case, a Man Who Flew In From Uganda After Years in Congo and Died in Nairobi
Officials in Nairobi are tracing 28 close contacts and the passengers on his flight after the Congo outbreak reached a fourth country. The WHO says it is not a reason to restrict travel.
Oct 6, 2026
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CDC and FDA Link Salmonella Illnesses in 12 States to Raw Oysters From Virginia's Little Wicomico River
Twenty-seven people are sick and five were hospitalised, and the recalled shellfish went to restaurants and retailers in 15 states and Washington, DC. Here is what to check.
Oct 20, 2026
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What Short Sleep Actually Does to Metabolic Health, According to Research
Trials now show insufficient sleep impairs insulin sensitivity directly, independent of weight gain, reshaping how doctors talk about diabetes risk.
Nov 2, 2024
