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Gut researcher highlights important toilet habits – many do the opposite
Many people experience stomach and digestive problems in their daily lives, but according to a Harvard researcher, some common habits may have a greater impact than you might think.
Dietary Habits
Forget Sleeping Pills—This Natural Fix Is in Your Fridge
From melatonin sprays to meditation apps, we’ve tried everything to sleep better. But researchers now say one of the most powerful tools for better rest is already in your...
Diseases
8 warning signs of low blood pressure and when it becomes dangerous
Hypotension gets far less attention than its high-pressure twin, and that is exactly why it slips past.
Diseases
Creatinine levels by age and sex: what your blood test number means
The lab number most people see first tells only half the kidney story.
Vitamins and Supplements
How eating ginger every day can affect your blood pressure and joints
A new NIH-listed meta-analysis puts a number on the daily-ginger habit.
Body
The World’s Deadliest Diseases – the Top 10 Killers
The ten leading causes of death were responsible for 39 million lives lost in 2021 according to WHO – over half of the global total.Many of these are...
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Diseases
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may now be an option for a group of patients long left out
The 2026 American Diabetes Association guidance opens GLP-1 therapy to a new patient group.
Diseases
Your gut bacteria may spread to the people around you more easily than anyone realized
A new Nature study finds gut microbes spread between people, sometimes across continents, faster than expected.
Vitamins and Supplements
Low vitamin C may be quietly speeding up how fast your brain ages
A study of 2,044 older adults links lower plasma vitamin C to shrinking brain volume and weaker memory-network wiring.
Diseases
Why rheumatoid arthritis attacks some joints and not others: The answer starts before birth
Oxford scientists say certain finger joints may be biologically primed for the disease before you are born.
Body
Gut researcher highlights important toilet habits – many do the opposite
Many people experience stomach and digestive problems in their daily lives, but according to a Harvard researcher, some common habits may have a greater impact than you might think.
Diseases
Keeping your blood pressure below 130 may cut your heart disease risk by 15%
New data from a 34,000-adult trial ties a stricter target to fewer heart events and less dementia.
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Aerobic exercise may outperform every other treatment for chronic knee pain
A large new BMJ review ranked simple aerobic activity above every other exercise type tested.
Two a day may keep your gut moving, and 75 trials now back it
New UK guidelines put 2 kiwis a day at the front for chronic constipation care.
Researchers warn: Your toilet can spread particles into the air
Researchers have investigated what happens around a toilet when it is flushed. The findings could be particularly important for hospitals and care homes.
If you take metformin for blood sugar, these habits could be working against it
Alcohol, refined carbs, and long-term B12 loss can each quietly undercut the diabetes drug.
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A glass of beet juice may drop systolic blood pressure within three hours
Nitrate in the drink converts to nitric oxide, which relaxes and widens blood vessels.
The FDA just cleared a blood test for Alzheimer’s
A simple blood draw can now help doctors check for the plaques tied to Alzheimer's.
Scientists may have found why statins cause muscle pain, and how to prevent it
A McMaster study identifies the metabolic-immune loop behind statin myopathy, and how to block it.
How sourdough bread can affect your blood sugar and gut if you eat it daily
Long-fermented loaves reshape the bread's chemistry before it reaches your gut, but only if the sourdough is real.
The back brace millions rely on for chronic pain may not be doing what they think
A new Cochrane review found only very low quality evidence that lumbar supports ease chronic low back pain.
Ultra-processed food may raise your prostate cancer risk by nearly a third
A study of more than 17,000 men links the heaviest ultra-processed food intake to sharply higher prostate cancer risk.
Your fitness tracker may be giving you the wrong calorie number after every workout
A new study finds four popular smartwatches missed calorie burn by 15 to 25 percent.
7 warning signs of a mini-stroke most people write off as nothing
The symptoms fade in minutes, but the stroke risk in the next 48 hours does not.
How eating eggs can affect your liver
Eggs can both benefit and put strain on the liver, and research does not provide one simple answer, reports Parade.Your overall diet matters more...