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4 stories tagged "uk-biobank"
I Track My REM Sleep Every Night. This Study Made Me Stop Trusting the Number.
The viral headline says more REM sleep guards you against 83 diseases. But a brain sliding toward Parkinson's shreds REM years before diagnosis, and the study's own two-year exclusion test quietly agrees.
Metabolic & WeightThe Headlines Blamed Stress. The Data Blamed Belly Fat, Cigarettes, and Poverty.
In 488,079 UK adults, chronic inflammation tracked with a heart quietly remodeling into a smaller, stiffer pump. The loudest drivers were belly fat, cigarettes, and poverty. The paper points at a druggable inflammation pathway; its senior author discloses fees and grants from Bayer and Google's Cali
InvestigationsThe Sixteen Drug Companies Funding Britain's Biggest Health Study Can Mine Data Its Own Scientists Say Skews Rich and Healthy
Our Future Health signed up 1.9 million volunteers on £354 million of public money and £180 million from 16 drug companies. Its own scientists now warn the sample skews wealthy and healthy, and cannot yet say how common any disease actually is.
Brain & AgingA 272,000-Person Study Linked Higher Tyrosine to Shorter Lifespans in Men. The Supplement Aisle Sells It for Focus.
A UK Biobank analysis of 272,475 people using Mendelian randomization links higher blood tyrosine to about 0.91 fewer years of life in men, with no signal in women. The amino acid is sold widely as a focus and stress supplement. The study measured blood levels, not pills.