Nuts After 50: Useful Heart Food, Not a Cure-All Fix
Nuts can support a heart-healthier diet when they replace less useful snacks, but the evidence favours modest portions over miracle claims overall.
Magnesium-Rich Foods After 50: Useful, Not a Cure-All
Magnesium-rich foods can help fill a common nutrition gap after 50, but the evidence supports a steady food pattern, not miracle claims or quick fixes.
DXA Scans: Useful Bone Signal, Not a Body-Age Verdict
DXA scans can clarify bone-density risk, but body-composition reports still need cautious interpretation, repeatable methods, and clinical context.
Social Jet Lag: Your Sleep Debt Hidden in Weekends
Social jet lag is the gap between weekday and weekend sleep timing. Evidence points to steadier wake times, not a stricter or joyless routine.
Nocturia and Sleep: Why Night Waking Is Treatable
Night-time urination can fragment sleep, but it is often treatable once the pattern, bladder signals, and sleep disruption are separated.
Red Yeast Rice: Cholesterol Signal, Product Problem
Red yeast rice can lower LDL when it contains monacolin K, but variable dosing, statin-like risks, and contamination make the product harder to judge.
How Often Should You Lift Weights for Healthy Ageing?
Twice weekly is the public-health floor. For healthy ageing, lifting frequency works best when it spreads hard, recoverable work across real life.
Glycaemic Variability: Useful Signal, Not Diagnosis
Glycaemic variability can reveal glucose swings that HbA1c hides, but the evidence supports using it as a clinical clue, not a stand-alone diagnosis.
Scheduled Worry: Useful Boundary, Not Anxiety Treatment
Scheduled worry can help contain everyday spirals, but the evidence supports it as a small CBT skill, not a stand-alone treatment for anxiety.
Does HRT Timing Change the Menopause Risk Picture?
What HRT does in the first decade after menopause may differ from what it does later. Here is how timing changes the risk conversation with a clinician.