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Whether it’s social pressure, a higher tolerance for ‘jump scares’, or a need to perform for the ‘gram, Halloween seems to have become a month-long fear-fest. But where does the shock and gore leave people who don’t want extreme horror? If your family or friendship group is a mix of fright fans and apple bobbing…

The fitness industry has a remarkable ability to take something simple and futz with it until you need a spreadsheet. Apparently, just going to the gym wasn’t complicated enough. Now we have optimal meal timing, optimal sleep timing, optimal supplement timing, optimal carbohydrate timing and, of course, optimal training timing. Your biological clock must be…

Collagen protein supplements do not appear to do much for muscle, tendons, pain, or skin. As a protein, collagen is missing one of the nine essential amino acids, and no trial comparing it directly with whey has found collagen ahead for building muscle. For tendons and pain, most data show little to no benefit compared…

Date: October 3, 2026 Source: University of Liverpool Summary: A two-year randomized clinical trial involving 493 adults with overweight or obesity found that diet soft drinks were essentially as effective as water for long-term weight loss and weight maintenance. Participants drinking beverages sweetened with aspartame, acesulfame-K, or sucralose lost a similar amount of weight to…

The pandemic threatens to cause a backslide of progress that has been made with gender equity and success in academic medicine.