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Why Might It Be Safer to Take NSAIDs Like Ibuprofen on an Empty Stomach?

NSAID painkillers like Advil and Aleve cause more than 100,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths each year in the United States alone. Up to 30% of regular users develop stomach ulcers, yet most patients and doctors remain unaware of the true risks.

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January 7, 2026

Plant-Based Diets Could Save Millions of Lives and Trillions of Dollars a Year

How many lives would be saved if everyone ate vegetarian or vegan?

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January 5, 2026

The Negative Effects of Cold Plunges for Building Muscle

Cold plunges following strength training are discouraged since they substantially attenuate long-term gains in muscle...

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January 2, 2026

Friday Favorites: Repelling Mosquitoes – Is DEET the Best? What About Natural Alternatives?

What are the pros and cons of DEET mosquito repellent? Also, picaridin, citronella, and lemon...

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December 31, 2025

Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Safe and Effective?

Swapping even half your salt for potassium chloride may make you more than a decade...

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December 29, 2025

Are the Benefits of Cold Plunges and Cryotherapy Just a Placebo Effect?

There have been five placebo-controlled studies on cold water immersion. What did they find?

December 26, 2025

Friday Favorites: Is Six Hours of Sleep Enough?

Just because we don’t have evidence that there is a growing epidemic of sleep deprivation...

December 24, 2025

Healthy, Easy Recipes: Black Bean Stew, Kale Salad, and Molasses Cookies

Recipes from my new How Not to Age cookbook

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December 22, 2025

Best Temperature, Timing, and Duration for Cold Plunges for Athletic Performance Recovery

What are the effects of cold water immersion on the recovery of physical performance compared...

December 19, 2025

Friday Favorites: The Side Effects of Burning Incense

Burning incense has been found to generate about four times the particulate matter as burning...

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December 17, 2025

Can You Reverse Type 2 Diabetes with a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet?

Weight loss isn’t necessarily required for type 2 diabetes remission, but what is?

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December 15, 2025

What Is the Best Statin Cholesterol-Lowering Drug?

Which is the safest and most effective statin?

December 12, 2025

Friday Favorites: Soul Food That’s Good for the Soul

The best of soul food’s origins are tied to the plant-centric West African diet.

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