Women's health after 40, and what the research actually supports
Most interaction advice arrives as a list of things to avoid. That framing is incomplete, and in one important case it’s backwards. Understanding the three mechanisms behind these interactions makes the advice easier to apply — and explains why the standard rule for one common medication is not “avoid” at all. Three mechanisms, not … Read more
Hyaluronic acid holds water — up to a thousand times its own weight — which is why it works so well applied to skin or injected into a joint. Swallowing it raises a different question. The molecule is enormous, and the body has efficient machinery for taking large molecules apart. So what actually arrives? An … Read more
At a 2018 ophthalmology meeting, an instant poll asked the audience whether omega-3 supplements help dry eye. Ninety percent said yes, at least for some patients. A large trial published that same year suggested the other ten percent had it right. The way that trial was designed — and argued about afterwards — is more … Read more
Ginkgo has been used in China for centuries and sold across the West for decades. Few supplements have accumulated as much history, or as much research. That research includes a trial of 3,069 older adults followed for six years. It’s worth knowing what it found. The circulation hypothesis The proposed mechanisms are specific, which … Read more
The phrase assumes a dial. Turn it up, get more protection. Turn it down, get less. That picture is intuitive, and it’s how most immune-related products are described. It also doesn’t match how the system works — and the mismatch isn’t a technicality. Both directions cause disease. The system has two failure directions Immunology … Read more