An extract from a vine used in Chinese medicine for centuries cut binge-drinking days when people took it only before nights out, a double-blind trial found

Kudzu is a fast-growing vine whose root has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries, including for heavy drinking. Researchers at UC San Francisco put it to…

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read

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Older adults who ate two handfuls of peanuts a day for 16 weeks showed changes in the brain regions that matter most for memory

Peanuts are one of the cheapest and most common snacks in the world. Researchers at Maastricht University in the Netherlands…

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Scientists used AI to read 150,000 Reddit posts about a gray-market weight-loss drug, and the top complaint was the opposite of what it should do

Retatrutide is the next generation of weight-loss drug after Ozempic and Mounjaro, and it is still in clinical trials, not…

4 min read · JAMA Network Open

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More than half of young adults with type 2 diabetes went into remission in six months on a strict diet and exercise plan, compared with 4% on usual care

Type 2 diabetes is showing up in more people under 45, and when it starts young it tends to be…

4 min read · The Lancet Regional Health – Americas

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Scientists tested 10 healthy diets against DNA aging clocks in 7,500 people, and the people who gained the most from eating well were not who you would expect

Mediterranean, Nordic, plant-based, DASH: there is no shortage of diets that claim to be the healthiest. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases compared 10 of them…

Oct 30 · 4 min read