Evidence-based health publication
Most health content online is written to rank, not to be true. Every claim we publish traces back to NIH, CDC, Mayo Clinic, or peer-reviewed research — and when the evidence is mixed, we say so.
You can be iron deficient with a completely normal blood count. Why ferritin has to be asked for, why the lab reference range is set lower than most experts would use, the alternate-day dosing finding, and the one group who should never supplement before investigation.
Read the articleHome readings predict cardiovascular risk better than the ones taken at your appointment — if the technique is right. The eight documented errors, how many mmHg each one adds, and the seven-day protocol guidelines are actually built around.
About one in four adults has fat in the liver, and most will never be told. What MASLD actually is, why liver enzymes miss it, the free FIB-4 score that answers the question that matters, and how much weight loss reverses what.
Creatine works, but for a smaller set of things than it is sold for. What the trials show on strength and lean mass, why the brain claims run ahead of the data, the creatinine artifact that confuses lab results, and the only dose that matters.
A study found sucralose and stevia altered the gut microbiome and glucose control in mice, with effects appearing in descendants that never consumed them. It was mice, and that matters more than the headline.
Adults over 40 completed an executive function test 12% faster after a month with a HEPA purifier. The trial was randomised and sham-controlled, but it was a secondary outcome in people living beside highways.
Researchers found that frequent micro-awakenings were associated with higher polygenic Alzheimer's risk in healthy adults aged 50 to 69, but not in younger adults. What that does and does not mean.
A study of more than 17,000 American men linked higher ultra-processed food intake to roughly 30% greater prostate cancer risk. What the design can and cannot establish, and what to do anyway.
Rutgers researchers found waist circumference performed as well as a complex new obesity definition, and that BMI alone missed many people with obesity-level body fat. Our own NHANES analysis found the same gap.
A study linked long-term melatonin use to 90% higher heart failure risk. It was never peer-reviewed, it studied prescription records, and the design cannot separate the supplement from the insomnia.