Doctors have long advised many atrial-fibrillation patients to avoid coffee
By The Long View · Aug 26, 2026
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Seven drug regulators, including the EU, UK, and Canada, have warned since 2019 that antidepressant-linked sexual side effects can persist…
By Lab Report · Aug 26, 2026
People who live past 110 may retain an unusual form of immune resilience
By Lab Report · Aug 26, 2026
Sweden ran the health records of 3.4 million adults against its national dog registry for twelve years and found single people who owned a…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Running uphill can demand more energy, but running back downhill can leave the muscles more damaged
By The Long View · Aug 25, 2026
Scientists assumed semaglutide’s long-term effects would depend on silencing the brain’s hunger neurons
By The Long View · Aug 24, 2026
A gut bacterium called Roseburia inulinivorans increased muscle strength in mice, while older adults with detectable levels had 29 per cent…
By The Long View · Aug 24, 2026
South Korean women are projected to become the first national population in history with an average life expectancy above 90. An Imperial…
By The Long View · Aug 24, 2026
Older adults following earlier meal schedules had a 10-year survival rate of 89.5%, compared with 86.7% among later eaters—but Harvard and…
By Lab Report · Aug 24, 2026
Sleep apnea starts with a blocked airway, but some of the damage may travel through the gut
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
A natural experiment involving more than 280,000 Welsh adults found that shingles vaccination cut new dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven…
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
The Mediterranean diet we know was effectively invented in 1958 by an American physiologist studying the island of Crete
By The Long View · Aug 21, 2026