Do barefoot shoes actually work?
Barefoot and zero-drop shoes can genuinely strengthen your feet, but the researcher most associated with the trend discloses shoe-company funding, and so does the study that contradicts him.
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Fitness & Performance
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What is a healthy resting heart rate?
The American Heart Association puts the normal adult range at 60 to 100 beats per minute. That band is wide enough to hide something: within it, lower generally tracks with better outcomes, and the research is more consistent than the single number suggests.
Is running bad for your knees?
The biggest running and osteoarthritis studies say the opposite of what most people assume, with a few real exceptions worth knowing.
Industry & Business
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Ozlo's $22 million raise bets sleep earbuds can also treat tinnitus.
The Boston sleep-earbud maker just closed a Series B that folds in old convertible notes, and its boldest new claim, that the buds can help tinnitus, rests on one unpublished study.
Corxel's oral GLP-1 pill lands $377 million and a route to Nasdaq.
A SPAC merger will take obesity drug developer Corxel public with $377 million to fund its oral GLP-1 pill CX11, but the drug still has years of trials ahead and two rivals already in front of it.
Yazen raises 50 million euros to pair Ozempic with coaching, despite a regulator's doubts.
The Swedish weight-loss clinic's biggest funding round yet is a bet that doctor-led coaching, not just the drug, is worth paying for.
Mental Wellbeing & Sleep
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Does visualizing success actually work?
Mental rehearsal has a real, measurable effect on performance, but it is smaller than the manifestation crowd claims and it can backfire if you skip the obstacles.
How long does caffeine stay in your system?
A dose timed 6 hours before bed still cut measured sleep by over an hour in a controlled study, and the people losing that sleep didn't notice it happening.
Does napping ruin your sleep, or just shift it around
A short early nap barely touches your night, but a long or late one can quietly steal the sleep pressure you need to fall asleep on time.
Nutrition & Supplements
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Do multivitamins actually work?
The honest answer splits in two: weak evidence for preventing heart disease or cancer in a healthy adult, and a genuinely interesting signal for slowing memory decline after 60.
Does protein powder damage your kidneys?
The honest answer for most healthy people is no, but the real research draws a sharp line between normal kidneys and existing kidney disease.
Does microwaving food destroy nutrients?
The FDA and several peer-reviewed cooking studies say no: microwaving often keeps more vitamin C and flavonoids intact than boiling does, and here is the actual data behind that.
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Trends & Research
Does metformin actually slow aging?
Longevity influencers treat this cheap diabetes drug as an anti-aging staple, but the human trial built to test that claim has not enrolled a single person.
Nutrition & Supplements
Do multivitamins actually work?
The honest answer splits in two: weak evidence for preventing heart disease or cancer in a healthy adult, and a genuinely interesting signal for slowing memory decline after 60.
Fitness & Performance
What is a healthy resting heart rate?
The American Heart Association puts the normal adult range at 60 to 100 beats per minute. That band is wide enough to hide something: within it, lower generally tracks with better outcomes, and the research is more consistent than the single number suggests.
Wellness Travel
Is jet lag worse flying east or west? Here's what the science says
Flying east scrambles your body clock in a way flying west does not, and a 2016 physics model now puts real numbers on exactly how much worse it gets per time zone.
Nutrition & Supplements
Does protein powder damage your kidneys?
The honest answer for most healthy people is no, but the real research draws a sharp line between normal kidneys and existing kidney disease.
Mental Wellbeing & Sleep
Does napping ruin your sleep, or just shift it around
A short early nap barely touches your night, but a long or late one can quietly steal the sleep pressure you need to fall asleep on time.
Nutrition & Supplements
Does microwaving food destroy nutrients?
The FDA and several peer-reviewed cooking studies say no: microwaving often keeps more vitamin C and flavonoids intact than boiling does, and here is the actual data behind that.