Why feeling alone is more dangerous than being alone
You can be in a room full of people and still feel completely invisible. Most of us understand that feeling intuitively, but now science is catching up. Loneliness has far less to do with how many people are in your life and far more to do with how you feel within those relationships. The first […]
Heart health for women has a blind spot and it is quietly becoming a crisis
The image most people carry of a heart attack victim is a man. Chest clutched, jaw tight, pain spreading down the left arm. It is a portrait shaped by decades of medical dramas and public health campaigns, and it has done a quiet kind of damage by leaving an enormous population largely out of the […]
New study finds 1 gene variant that boosts GLP-1 results
GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide and tirzepatide have become some of the most talked about medications in modern medicine, reshaping how millions of people approach weight loss. But a sweeping new study suggests that the results people experience may have less to do with willpower or lifestyle and more to do with what is written […]
Why Diet Soda Drinkers Face a Surprising Health Warning
For years, diet soda has been positioned as the sensible alternative for people trying to cut back on sugar. A new study involving more than 103,000 participants suggests that framing may need to be reconsidered, particularly when it comes to liver health. The research found that both sugar-sweetened and low or non-sugar-sweetened beverages were associated […]
The blood type most dangerously linked to type 2 diabetes
For people with blood type B, a sweeping new analysis of global health research adds one more factor worth keeping on the radar: a modestly but meaningfully elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The finding comes from a 2024 umbrella review one of the most comprehensive types of scientific analyses available which examined more […]