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Which Soap Is Good for Eczema? Test the Properties, Not the Brand
NIAMS answers this with properties: mild, unscented, non-soap. The National Eczema Association Seal is a checkable mark on 867 products, and it…
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Sea Water, Sun and Chlorine for Eczema: What the Trials Show
A meta-analysis of bleach baths found the bath worked and the bleach added nothing measurable. That result reframes the whole question of…
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Lose It! vs MyFitnessPal: Neither One Has a Single Price
Apple's own listing shows ten in-app purchase prices for Lose It! Premium and six for MyFitnessPal. The real difference is not price,…
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MyFitnessPal Alternatives: Which Ones Still Scan Barcodes Free
Most people looking for a MyFitnessPal alternative want one thing back: the barcode scanner that went premium in October 2022. Lose It!…
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Are AI Calorie Trackers Accurate? What the Gold-Standard Test Found
Measured against doubly labelled water, a food-recognition app was off by an average of 330 calories a day, with a range from…
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High-Dose Vitamin D Did Not Prevent Falls, and Higher Doses Looked Worse
The STURDY trial randomized 688 adults aged 70+ to four vitamin D3 doses. Doses above 1000 IU/day did not prevent falls, and…
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How Much Does Walking Actually Lower Blood Pressure? A 32-Trial Answer
A meta-analysis of 32 randomized trials in previously inactive adults put numbers on walking: 3.58 mmHg off systolic pressure, 1.37 kg off…
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Multivitamins and COVID: What an 18,000-Person Randomized Trial Found
The COSMOS trial randomized adults to a daily multivitamin or placebo and tracked COVID-19 through 2020. It did not reduce infections. A…
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11 More Minutes of Sleep: What a 53,000-Person Study Linked to Lower Heart Risk
A study of more than 53,000 adults followed for eight years linked very small daily increases in sleep, activity and vegetables to…
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Coffee and Liver Disease: What a 354,957-Person Study Found, Including the Decaf Result
A Cedars-Sinai analysis of 354,957 UK Biobank participants followed for a median 13 years linked higher coffee intake to lower cirrhosis, liver…
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Intermittent Fasting Still Worked a Year Later, but Only When the Window Was Fixed
A 12-month follow-up of a Spanish randomized trial found people who ate within a fixed 8-hour window kept off significantly more weight…
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Low-Protein ‘Longevity Diet’ Linked to Longer, Healthier Life
A June 2026 USC study tied high animal protein to double the diabetes rate and found a low-protein, methionine-tuned diet extended healthspan…