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Top 10 foods rich in lithium – and why this overlooked mineral matters for your brain
Lithium is best known as a psychiatric treatment, but in tiny amounts it’s naturally present in what we eat and drink. New research suggests this trace element could support...
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
Your Long COVID may be quietly raising your heart and kidney risk
A new analysis of 2.6 million COVID cases finds younger adults face outsized relative risks.
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.
Body
The Body Can Sense Death – And It All Starts With The Nose
Death remains one of life’s biggest mysteries, but new research reveals that our bodies might detect it before our minds do.Through scent and instinct, our subconscious reacts to...
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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.
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.
Body
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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.
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.
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A new headset can treat your depression without medication
The FDA has cleared the first prescription brain-stimulation device that adults can use at home.
These vaccines and health checks are relevant after 50
After the age of 50, a number of vaccines and health screenings become particularly relevant.Here is an overview of the recommendations that can help...
Drinking coffee every day may cut your liver disease risk by nearly half
A large UK study links heavy coffee drinkers to sharply lower rates of cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver death.
A daily probiotic may help you sleep better if you deal with anxiety or depression
A 12-week trial in adults with sleep and mood problems found real, measurable gains.
7 warning signs of giant cell arteritis most people over 50 mistake for a headache
Giant cell arteritis mimics an ordinary headache but can steal sight in days.
Heart rate variability by age: the ranges that reveal how well your body recovers
Your smartwatch shows you a number in milliseconds. Here is what a healthy one looks like.
If you take Adderall or stimulant ADHD meds, these foods may cut how well they work
The FDA label warns that vitamin C and acidic foods can blunt Adderall absorption.
Taking warfarin? These common foods could work against your medication
Consistency matters more than avoidance, but grapefruit, cranberry and several supplements are a different story.
What time should you go to bed? The best bedtime based on your age
A UK Biobank study of 88,026 adults points to a sweet spot for lights out.