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Aging
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Two hearing aids beat one in the first trial to test it, by a margin the authors won't call meaningful
Fitting both ears is standard practice and has never been tested properly. Randomizing 275 older adults found the two-aid group ahead, and the researchers are careful about how far ahead.
Sep 4, 2026
Blood sodium in the upper normal range tracked up to 3 times the dementia risk
About half of adults do not drink enough, and blood sodium creeps up when they do not. Across 409,000 people followed for up to 30 years, dementia risk began climbing at levels a doctor would read as perfectly normal.
Sep 1, 2026
Dark chocolate cut 13 seconds off a standard attention test across 16 randomized trials
Cocoa research has produced a decade of enthusiastic small studies and no settled answer. A GRADE-assessed pooling of 16 trials and 2,847 people found the clearest gains on tests of executive function and processing speed.
Sep 1, 2026
Four healthy eating patterns each tracked about 12% less acid reflux across 183,878 adults
Reflux advice is a list of foods to avoid. Following 183,878 UK adults for 13 years, the Mediterranean, MIND and DASH patterns and a gut-focused diet index each tracked lower risk, while an inflammatory pattern tracked more.
Sep 1, 2026