Women's health after 40, and what the research actually supports
Cranberry and urinary health is one of the oldest supplement stories there is. It’s also a useful case study, because three regulators looked at the same evidence and reached three different answers — and all three answers are still on shelves somewhere. If you’ve ever wondered why one product says the berry helps and another … Read more
Korea’s national health screening is available to foreign residents on the same terms as Korean nationals, provided you’re enrolled in the National Health Insurance Service. Plenty of people who qualify never use it. The notification arrives in Korean, gets set aside, and the year passes. That’s worth fixing, and not only for the obvious reason. … Read more
Reading a Korean supplement label is mostly a matter of recognising eight or nine short phrases. You don’t need to learn Korean. You need to know where to look and what a handful of character strings mean — and one of them is the difference between a regulated product and an ordinary snack with confident … Read more
The menopausal transition is the stretch of years before periods stop for good, when the body starts changing while cycles are still happening. Sleep gets patchy. Cycles drift. Something feels different, but a blood test comes back looking unremarkable — and the appointment ends without a clear answer. I used to assume a hormone panel … Read more
High-dose vitamin D and fall risk is worth revisiting for a reason beyond vitamin D itself. It’s one of the clearest available examples of a pattern that keeps catching people out — including researchers who designed the trials. Most of us carry two assumptions about dose. First, more of a good thing produces more effect. … Read more