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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
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...
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
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.
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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.
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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.
Latest Articles
This drug may lower your risk of death even if you have never had a heart attack
A trial found a survival benefit in high-risk patients with no prior heart attack.
Researchers find new link between sitting and cancer risk
A major new study suggests that long, uninterrupted sitting may be linked to a higher risk of cancer death.
Going plant-based may protect your heart or raise your risk by 40%: one thing decides
A study of nearly 64,000 adults finds that diet quality, not the plant label, decides.
This is how stopping drinking alcohol can affect your body
Taking a break from alcohol can affect everything from sleep and weight to blood pressure, mood and testosterone within just a few weeks, reports...
On a low-carb diet? Your genes may be quietly raising your cholesterol
A new Stanford analysis finds that genetic risk sharply amplifies LDL spikes on low-carb diets.
The best time of day to exercise based on your sex
A 12-week trial split its results neatly by sex and time of day.
If you drink alcohol, the type you choose may affect your heart risk
A large UK study points to a sharp split between wine and everything else.
8 in 10 young cancer patients found it themselves. Doctors missed the signs
In a Canadian survey, just 2% of young cancer patients were caught at a routine checkup.
Over 70 and heart-healthy? A daily statin may still cut your heart attack risk by 30%
A large new trial in adults aged 70 and older changes what we thought we knew about statins.