Does exercise improve the effectiveness of COVID vaccination?
Executive summary * A study was conducted in South Africa to test the hypothesis that exercise improves the effectiveness of
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Health
Gas stoves & childhood asthma in the US
Executive summary * A four-page paper was widely reported with headlines such as "Gas stove pollution causes 12.7% of childhood
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Drink more & live longer?
Executive summary * A study used the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (ARIC) to examine hydration levels in participants against
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Does not having a COVID jab increase your risk of a traffic crash?
Executive summary * A novel paper generated news headlines in December 2022. It tried to evaluate if COVID vaccination was
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Does intermittent fasting raise the risk of early death?
Executive summary * A study examined the associations of meal frequency, skipping meals, and intervals between meals with all-cause and
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Can governments nudge away obesity?
Executive summary * Behavioural scientists generally, and an organisation called the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) specifically, played a significant role
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The only diet to have reversed heart disease?
Executive summary * A debate was held on live television between a proponent of a meat-based diet and one for
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Saturated fat – an end to the myth?
Executive summary * An article has been published, which aimed to investigate the robustness of the claim that saturated fat
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Diabetes Unpacked
Today’s note happens to fall on World Diabetes Day. I thought I’d share with you the introduction that I wrote
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TRE, HIIT and HbA1c
Executive summary * This week’s study was a 7-week randomised controlled trial. It assigned 131 Norwegian women (aged 18-45, with
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