Can brisk walking make you live longer?
Executive summary * This week’s paper uses population study data, but it wasn’t focused on nutrition. It was about self-reported
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Does cannabis help pain management?
Executive summary * A systematic review (find all evidence) and meta-analysis (pool it together) has been done to try to
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Modifiable risk factors
Executive summary * A global team of researchers set out to examine the associations between two outcomes and five risk
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World Diabetes Day 2023
Executive summary * Each year, November 14th is World Diabetes Day. * This World Diabetes Day we look back at
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What happened when keto women switched to ‘Eatwell’?
Executive summary * Diet trials are rare. Most academic papers come from examinations of populations (epidemiological studies). * A paper
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Who lives to 100?
Executive summary * This week’s study is from Sweden. It aimed to see if any biomarkers (blood test measures) were
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Red meat & Type 2 Diabetes
Executive summary * This week’s study made media headlines worldwide and generated much interest on Twitter. * It claimed that
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Does salt cause metabolic syndrome?
Executive summary * A paper called “Dietary salt intake predicts future development of metabolic syndrome in the general population” has
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Trans people & heart disease
Executive summary * This post was inspired by a thought, not a research paper. Sex is a fundamental characteristic in
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LDL-C & heart disease – definitive proof?
Executive summary * PCSK9s are relatively recent additions to the array of cholesterol lowering drugs. They are delivered by injection
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