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Gut Microbiome Testing: What It Can and Cannot Tell You Today

Mail-in stool tests promise personalized nutrition insight, but the same sample sent to different labs can come back with conflicting advice.

Oct 3, 2025/4 min read

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Continuous Glucose Monitors Without Diabetes: Useful Data or Noise?

Over-the-counter glucose monitors reached healthy consumers in 2024, but research suggests their readings may not mean what wearers assume.

Jul 22, 2025/4 min read

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Strength Training for Longevity: Muscle as an Organ of Healthspan

New mortality data pinpoints how much weekly strength training lowers death risk, and shows more is not always better.

Apr 10, 2025/4 min read

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What GLP-1 Drugs Actually Cost in the UAE Right Now

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are all prescribable in the UAE, but shortages and insurance gaps shape who can actually get them.

Mar 10, 2025/3 min read

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Zone 2 Cardio Versus VO2 Max: Sorting the Training Trend From the Evidence

VO2 max strongly predicts longevity, but the evidence that slow, low-intensity Zone 2 training is the best way to raise it is weaker than the trend suggests.

Jan 15, 2025/4 min read

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GLP-1 Drugs Are Becoming More Than Weight Loss Medicine

Tirzepatide just earned an approval that has nothing to do with the scale. Here is what SELECT, FLOW and the new sleep apnea data show.

Jan 8, 2025/3 min read

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Mounjaro and Zepbound: The Case for Two Hormones at Once

Tirzepatide just beat semaglutide head to head in a major trial. Here is what SURMOUNT and SURPASS data actually shows about hitting two receptors.

Dec 9, 2024/3 min read

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What Short Sleep Actually Does to Metabolic Health, According to Research

Trials now show insufficient sleep impairs insulin sensitivity directly, independent of weight gain, reshaping how doctors talk about diabetes risk.

Nov 2, 2024/4 min read

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Creatine: The Most-Studied Supplement and What It Actually Does

Decades of trials back creatine for muscle and strength, and newer research is testing brain benefits, but the hype has outrun some of the data.

Aug 19, 2024/4 min read

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Compounded and Counterfeit Semaglutide: What the FDA Is Warning About

Shortages pushed patients toward compounded semaglutide. The FDA's latest alert shows why that workaround carries real risk.

Aug 5, 2024/3 min read

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GLP-1 Side Effects and Who Should Not Take Them

Nausea is the least of it. Here is an honest look at GLP-1 side effects, the thyroid warning, pancreatitis and who is advised to avoid them.

Jul 10, 2024/3 min read

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