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Metabolic Polygenic Risk Score

Your genes can now predict metabolic disease BEFORE you get sick -- and BMI misses it completely.

A study in Cell Metabolism built the most powerful metabolic risk score ever, using data from 8.5 MILLION people across the world's largest biobanks.

Dogs & Cancer Survival (56% Lower Death Risk)

As a medical school professor, I never expected to prescribe this: get a dog.

A study of 6 MILLION cancer patients just found that dog owners had a 56% lower risk of dying within 5 years of their cancer diagnosis.

Published in Scientific Reports, the research matched 27,631 dog owners to 27,631 non-owners by age and sex. The survival gap wa... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-39952-z

CKM Syndrome (90% of Americans)

A condition affects nearly 90% of American adults -- and 9 out of 10 have never heard of it.

It's called CKM syndrome: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic syndrome. The AHA just defined it, with the first clinical guidelines coming in 2026.

When heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity overlap, the risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart f... https://newsroom.heart.org/news/about-9-in-10-havent-heard-of-condition-that-affects-nearly-90-of-u-s-adults

Antibiotics & Gut Microbiome

As a medical school professor, I taught that antibiotics are targeted weapons. New research says I was wrong about how "targeted" they really are.

A study of 14,979 adults in Nature Medicine found that a SINGLE course of antibiotics can reshape your gut microbiome for 4 to 8 YEARS.