Results

A Personalized Gene Therapy Helped Two Boys With Severe Epilepsy

Two individualized antisense treatments reduced the effects of a rare SCN2A disorder. The results are hopeful, but they come from two carefully monitored patients, not a broad trial.

Aug 1, 2026

The GLP-1 Era: How Weight-Loss Drugs Changed Us

Semaglutide and tirzepatide went from diabetes treatment to celebrity shortcut to a genuine health story. What happens when one drug becomes a cultural moment.

Apr 20, 2024

When Scientists Dive, Credentials Do Not Remove the Risk

Research divers work under formal scientific diving safety standards, but a marine science background does not make deep or technical diving inherently safer to attempt.

Jun 14, 2026

Ramadan Fasting and Metabolic Health: What Research Shows

Studies from recent Ramadan seasons tie dawn-to-dusk fasting to real metabolic gains, but the benefits depend heavily on what happens after iftar each night.

Apr 20, 2025

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

What DAN's Diving Fatality Data Actually Shows

DAN's annual diving reports track how divers die each year, and the leading cause is rarely the dramatic equipment failure popular imagination assumes it to be.

Jun 19, 2026

Intermittent Fasting: What the Trials Actually Show

A major Cochrane review of nearly 2,000 people found intermittent fasting barely beats ordinary dieting. Here is what the data really supports.

Mar 10, 2026

How Much Protein People Actually Need, By the Evidence

The official protein RDA has stood since the 1970s. New research on aging and muscle loss suggests it may be far too low for a meaningful share of older adults.

Jul 8, 2025

What Actually Happens When You Stop Taking a GLP-1

Trial data on stopping semaglutide shows most of the lost weight comes back within a year. Here is what the STEP 1 extension found.

May 15, 2024

Menopause Brain Fog Is Real, but It Is Not a Personal Failure

A new WHO discussion brings cognition and mental health into menopause care, where sleep, mood, symptoms and individual medical history all matter.

Jul 31, 2026

Food Allergy Treatment Exists Now. It Is Not a Cure.

Oral immunotherapy raises the dose a patient can tolerate before a reaction starts. That protects against accidents, which is not the same as being able to eat the food.

Jul 29, 2026

The Carnivore Diet's Evidence Problem, Explained Plainly

All meat, no plants, and a wave of enthusiastic testimonials online. The actual research base behind the claims is nine small studies with no control group at all.

Apr 5, 2026

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

Exercise as Treatment: What Trials Show for Depression and Anxiety

Meta-analyses now put exercise's effect on depression in the same range as antidepressant trials, with real implications for regions like the Gulf.

Apr 14, 2026

Who Pays When a Dive Goes Wrong Far From Home

Diving emergencies far from shore involve costly medical evacuations and coordination. Here is how that response is actually funded and organised, and who calls the shots.

Jun 25, 2026

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

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

Metformin as an Anti-Aging Drug: The Claims Versus the Trial Data

Biohackers take metformin to slow aging, but the trial designed to actually prove that, TAME, still has not finished enrolling.

May 6, 2024

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

Berberine and the 'Nature's Ozempic' Claim: What Evidence Shows

Berberine lowers cholesterol and blood sugar in small trials, but comparing it to semaglutide misreads both the data and the biology.

Feb 14, 2024

Ozempic and Wegovy: What the Trials Actually Showed

Semaglutide now has a heart disease approval too. Here is what the STEP and SELECT trial data really says, and what it does not.

Mar 13, 2024

Low-Carb vs Low-Fat: What Decades of Trials Converged On

The biggest head-to-head diet trial ever run found near-identical weight loss. The real variable turned out to be the person, not the macro.

Nov 18, 2024

Disabled People Report More Climate Harm, Exposing a Planning Blind Spot

New survey analysis points to greater climate-related health harm among disabled people, strengthening the case for accessible alerts, evacuation and cooling plans.

Jul 24, 2026

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

What Divers Alert Network Membership Actually Covers

DAN is a name every diver knows, but membership and dive accident insurance are not the same thing. Here is what each one actually buys you.

Jun 30, 2025

Inside the DAN Europe Mission That Brought the Maldives Divers Home

Finnish cave specialists, Maldivian coast guard divers and DAN Europe medics carried out a coordinated recovery after the Vaavu Atoll cave tragedy.

May 22, 2026

What GLP-1 Drugs Actually Do Inside Your Body

GLP-1 receptor agonists did not start as weight loss drugs. Here is the biology behind Ozempic, Mounjaro and the hormone they mimic.

Jan 25, 2024

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

Fibre Is the Nutrient Almost Everyone Under-Eats, and Here Is What It Does

Most adults eat about half the fibre they need. The gap matters more than dieters realise, and closing it is not about bran.

May 22, 2024

Why the Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning the Evidence Wars

One Spanish randomised trial cut heart attacks and strokes by roughly 30 percent using olive oil and nuts. Here is why that result has held up so well since.

Jun 18, 2024

Italy Honours the Finnish Divers Who Finished the Maldives Recovery

Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund and Patrik Grönqvist received Italian state honours for a recovery mission defined by preparation, restraint and humanity.

Jul 25, 2026

Plant Protein Versus Animal Protein: What Actually Matters in a Real Diet

Completeness and absorption differ between plant and animal protein, but for most people the practical gap is smaller than assumed.

Mar 12, 2026

Ultra-Processed Food: What the Research Actually Shows

One rigorous NIH trial proved ultra-processed diets cause overeating. A UK parliamentary report says the classification behind it is too blunt.

Jun 2, 2026

Muscle Loss on GLP-1s: What the Evidence Really Shows

New body composition data compares lean mass loss on tirzepatide and semaglutide. Here is what is measured, and what remains unclear.

Jun 15, 2026

Meal Timing and Late-Night Eating: What Circadian Nutrition Research Actually Shows

Chrononutrition research links late eating to worse metabolic outcomes, but the field is younger and messier than headlines suggest.

Sep 25, 2025

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

Technology

A Brain Interface Worked at Home, Where Assistive Technology Actually Has to Live

A man with ALS used an implanted brain-computer interface independently for speech and computer control at home, moving the technology beyond a short laboratory demonstration.

Aug 1, 2026

PRIMA’s Retinal Implant Wins Approval to Restore Vision

A tiny implant paired with camera glasses can return useful central vision to some people with advanced macular degeneration, and Europe has cleared its sale.

Jul 23, 2026

Retatrutide: The Triple Agonist Still Proving Itself

Retatrutide just posted phase 3 weight loss data hitting three hormone receptors at once. Here is what is confirmed and what remains unproven.

May 27, 2026

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

Hydration Facts: How Much Water You Actually Need, and Where 'Eight Glasses' Came From

The eight-glasses rule traces to an unreferenced 1945 guess. Here is what evidence-based bodies recommend instead.

Apr 8, 2025

Never Quit Gluten Before You Get Tested. Here Is Why.

Coeliac blood tests look for antibodies your body only makes while you are eating gluten. Cut it out first and the result can come back clear while the disease carries on.

Jul 16, 2026

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

Design

Warm Minimalism Works When Texture Replaces Clutter

The most livable minimalist rooms are adding grain, woven surfaces, aged metal and imperfect objects without surrendering calm or useful empty space.

Jul 28, 2026

Qatar's New Scholarship Program Prepares Students for Life Beyond the Lecture Hall

The Zad Al-Mubta'ath program will combine academic advice with mental health, financial literacy, cultural guidance and digital security.

Jul 30, 2026

Five Italian Divers Die in Maldives Cave, Rescuer Also Lost

Five Italian divers died in a Maldives cave near Vaavu Atoll on 14 May 2026, and a Maldivian rescue diver died during the search that followed.

May 15, 2026