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.
A coronary calcium score shows whether heart disease is actually present rather than estimating risk. How to read the number, what a zero really means, and the blind spot nobody mentions.
Read the articleHow low should LDL cholesterol be? What the randomised trials and genetic evidence show about lower targets, why no floor of harm has been found, and who the aggressive numbers apply to.
In 1973 a biochemist sewed two mice together and proved fat tissue talks to the brain. Twenty-one years later they found the hormone. Then the drug failed — and that failure explains why weight comes back.
Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA cancer therapy met its Phase 3 endpoints in resected melanoma. How it works, how it started, and the caveats most coverage omits.
Our NHANES 2021-2023 analysis: 70.9% of US adults with an A1C of 5.7-6.4% have never been told they have prediabetes - about 41.7 million people. Method included.
Our analysis of NHANES 2021-2023: 47% of US adults with a healthy BMI have a waist-to-height ratio of 0.5 or above - about 28.7 million people. Method and limits included.
How to lower cortisol: what genuinely regulates it, why adrenal fatigue is not a diagnosis, what the supplement evidence shows, and the red flags worth testing.
Why your weight fluctuates day to day: sodium, glycogen water, exercise and hormones explain the swings, plus how to weigh properly and read the real trend.
What causes heart palpitations: the common triggers, the medical causes worth ruling out, how atrial fibrillation differs, and the red flags needing urgent care.
Type 1 vs type 2 diabetes: what actually differs in cause, onset, treatment and reversibility, how doctors tell them apart, and the myths worth discarding.