longevity
Brisk Walking Linked to Less Frailty in Small Trial
A cluster-randomised trial of 105 frail adults found brisk walking beat a comfortable pace, though the main result did not survive the authors' sensitivity check
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longevity
UK Biobank study links social gap to biomarker shifts
A UK Biobank analysis of 20,048 adults found biomarker scores worsened faster with lower education and money worries, and predicted later death and heart disease
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minerals
ASA review finds most sampled health ads likely breach rules
The ASA rated 582 paid-for online health ads across seven priority topics and found more than 86% of them at medium or high risk of breaching the CAP...
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gut-health
Sugary foods deepen antibiotic gut disruption, study finds
Nature study of 173 blood cancer transplant patients links sweets eaten during antibiotic treatment to a 24% fall in gut bacterial diversity per 100g of sugar
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regulation
Retatrutide Phase 3 results published, drug stays unlicensed
The Lancet has published Phase 3 TRIUMPH-2 results for retatrutide, a triple agonist that holds no licence from the MHRA or any other medicines regulator
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pricing
Menopause supplement prices dwarf a 6p multivitamin, Which? finds
Which? analysed 26 menopause supplements and reported none had the right nutrients at useful levels, with the priciest at £485 a year against a £22 rival
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regulation
ASA bans Huel ad over exclusive diet and endurance claims
The ASA has banned a Huel ad featuring Spencer Matthews, ruling that an ultramarathon anecdote implied an all-Huel diet was acceptable and aided endurance
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longevity
Insomnia Tied to 26% Higher Stroke Risk in Major Review
A European Academy of Neurology review of studies covering over 1.3 million people links insomnia to a 26% higher stroke risk and more hospital admissions
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longevity
EAT-Lancet Diet Leaves Blood Signature, UK Biobank Study Finds
A UK Biobank study of 204,938 adults found 163 blood proteins and 37 metabolites linked to the plant-forward EAT-Lancet diet and to later health outcomes
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gut-health
Gut Microbiome Patterns Track Type 2 Diabetes in 229,000 Adults
An EASD conference abstract using data on 229,025 UK and US adults links hundreds of gut bacteria to type 2 diabetes, but cannot yet show who will develop...
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longevity
Insomnia Therapy Tied to Slower Biological Aging, Trial Finds
A UCLA randomised trial of nearly 100 older adults found CBT-I therapy for insomnia slowed a key marker of biological aging versus sleep education alone
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research
Vitamin C Linked to Longer Survival in Blood Disorder Trial
A 109-patient CANCER journal trial found lower three-year death rates with daily vitamin C in blood disorder patients, though the finding is exploratory
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