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Vitamin D Supplements: A Reality Check on Who Actually Benefits
Large trials with more than 30,000 participants found vitamin D pills do little for people who are not deficient, reshaping decades of assumptions.
Jan 20, 2026
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The WHO Has Put Fungal Infections on the Danger List
New guidance targets a threat the agency calls one of the most neglected in global health. The problem is not just the infections, it is how few drugs exist to treat them.
Aug 4, 2026
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West Nile Cases Are Rising in Europe: What Travelers Should Actually Do
WHO says the risk remains low for most people as cases rise in parts of Europe, but bite prevention and awareness of severe symptoms matter.
Jul 31, 2026
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The Finnish Sauna Study Everyone Quotes Is Real, and It Is Weaker Than the Wellness Industry Wants It to Be
Men who used a sauna four to seven times a week had far fewer sudden cardiac deaths over twenty years than men who went once. That finding launched an industry. What the study can and cannot support, and who should be careful.
Sep 6, 2026
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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
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Diaa al-Awady: The Anaesthetist Who Became Egypt's Loudest Doctor
He trained in intensive care, built an audience of millions, was struck off by his own syndicate, and died in a Dubai hotel room at 47. The arguments about him did not stop there.
May 10, 2026
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Global Road Deaths Fell 21%, but the Map Is Unequal
WHO’s new figures show real progress despite a billion more vehicles, while poorer countries and vulnerable road users remain on the wrong side of the decline.
Jul 22, 2026
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World Hepatitis Day 2026 Puts Integrated Care at the Center
WHO is urging countries to connect hepatitis, HIV and STI services around the people who use them, replacing fragmented pathways with earlier testing and care.
Jul 28, 2026
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Retatrutide's Third Receptor Is the Hormone That Raises Blood Sugar. Adding It On Purpose Is the Whole Idea
Semaglutide hits one receptor and tirzepatide hits two. The third one retatrutide adds is glucagon, which does the opposite of what a diabetes drug is supposed to do. It is also where the liver results and the safety questions both come from.
Aug 20, 2026
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Ebola Travel Guidance Returns to the Departure Checklist
Updated traveler attention around Ebola-affected areas underscores a basic rule: monitor official advice, know the symptoms and seek help without stigmatizing whole countries.
Jul 24, 2026
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Slow Breathing Made People Take More Risks, Not Fewer, in a Berlin Brain-Scan Study
Forty-one volunteers who breathed with a long exhale accepted riskier bets for money in an MRI scanner, and those whose heart rhythm responded most showed the strongest reward activity in the brain. A neat result, a small sample, a lesson about calm.
Sep 8, 2026
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How to Hold Yourself Together When the Region Is on Fire
One in five people who live through conflict develops a mental health condition. Most of the useful advice is unglamorous: fix sleep, ration news, keep routine, and treat connection as a necessity rather than a nicety.
Aug 13, 2026
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The 2026 Guidelines Quietly Removed the Hurdles People Had to Clear Before Getting an Insulin Pump
Continuous monitoring is now recommended for adults with type 2 diabetes who are not on insulin at all, and the prerequisites for starting automated insulin delivery have been deleted rather than relaxed. Both changes are about access.
Aug 15, 2026
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Loneliness Raises the Risk of Early Death by About a Quarter, and the World Health Organization Now Counts It as a Cause
A meta-analysis of seventy studies put the increased mortality risk from loneliness at 26 per cent and from living alone at 32 per cent. A WHO commission estimates 871,000 deaths a year. What the numbers mean, and what has been shown to help.
Aug 23, 2026
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Prediabetes Is Not a Disease. It Is a Warning With Unusually Good Evidence Behind It
The label is contested, the thresholds differ between guidelines, and most people who have it never progress. It is also the one point in this whole condition where a trial showed you can change the outcome by more than half.
Jul 10, 2026
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Nearly Half the People in a Trial Put Their Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission. The Follow-Up Is the Interesting Part
DiRECT reported 46 per cent remission at one year and 36 per cent at two. Among those who lost more than ten kilograms, three quarters were in remission. At five years, the picture is more sobering and more useful.
Aug 12, 2026
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Cold Showers and Ice Baths: A Dutch Trial Found Fewer Sick Days, a New Review Found Inflammation. Both Are Right
Three thousand Dutch adults who ended their showers cold took fewer sick days. A 2025 review of eleven trials found stress fell twelve hours after a plunge and inflammation rose. What is known, what is marketing, and why the first minute can kill.
Sep 6, 2026
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A Bedroom That Is Not Quite Dark Is Linked to a Thicker, Stiffer Heart, in the First Study to Measure Both
Eleven thousand people wore a light sensor for a week. Three years later, those who slept in more than three lux, a very dim room, had thicker left ventricles and muscle that flexed less. The differences are small. Cardiologists still care.
Sep 12, 2026
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Six People With Rheumatoid Arthritis Were Given a Cancer Therapy and Three Have Been Off All Medication Since
A phase 1 trial at the Charite in Berlin used CD19 CAR T cells, a treatment built for blood cancers, on patients who had already failed between five and eight biologic drugs. Disease activity fell in every one of them. Three reached medication free remission.
Aug 30, 2026
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Congo Has Started Vaccinating Against Ebola With a Vaccine Built for a Different Ebola
The only licensed Ebola vaccine was made for Zaire ebolavirus. The outbreak killing people in eastern Congo is Bundibugyo. Vaccination began this week anyway, with 20,000 of the 70,000 doses formally designated as a trial.
Aug 29, 2026
