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Do Weighted Blankets Actually Help You Sleep?
The best trial is genuinely good and genuinely striking. It was also in psychiatric patients, and the number it produced is the kind that needs replicating.
Fibermaxxing: Does More Fibre Actually Help?
A rare wellness trend pointing at something real. The catch is in the name: the benefits plateau around the recommended intake, not above it.
Matcha vs Coffee: Which Is Better for Focus?
The theanine claim has better evidence than most tea folklore, and the most recent meta-analysis on it was co-written by a tea company and a consumer…
Is Tech Neck Real, or Just a Good Story?
Neck pain in screen workers is common and real. The specific claim that looking down at a phone causes it has held up worse than a…
Do Desk Workers Need Electrolyte Powder? Mostly Not, and Here Is the Arithmetic
Searches for electrolyte mixes are up 306 per cent. The evidence they lean on comes from athletes, rehydration solutions and a study funded by a hydration…
Does Brown Noise Help You Sleep or Focus?
The most popular focus sound has no studies of its own. The white and pink noise research it borrows from splits sharply by who is listening.
Does “Japanese Walking” Actually Work?
The fastest-growing fitness search of 2026 rests on solid but narrow evidence, and the trial that tested it in the wild found the hard part was…
Does Magnesium Actually Help You Sleep?
The most searched sleep supplement of 2026 rests on 151 older adults and a manufacturer-funded trial whose competing interests were initially left out.
Does Using AI Make You Worse at Thinking?
Fifty-four people, one EEG study, and a headline that ran everywhere. What that study can and cannot show, and the retraction that reshaped the counter-evidence.
Can Changing What You Eat Actually Help Depression?
A striking result from a small trial, delivered alongside existing treatment, and a published challenge asking whether recruitment explains the effect size.
Is There Really a Correct Way to Sit?
The posture advice everyone receives rests on a causal claim one review could find no support for. Who funded that review is part of the story.
Does Eating Late Actually Matter?
Identical food, different body. The physiology is now specific rather than suggestive, and what follows for a healthy person is still a separate question.
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