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Calcium supplements: uses, evidence, dosing and safety

Calcium is taken for bones, and a 2026 BMJ review found little to no benefit for fractures or falls. Its best evidence is somewhere almost nobody looks: preventing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy.

Aug 6, 2026

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Inositol: uses, evidence, dosing and safety

Inositol does two things, and it does them better than most of the supplement aisle: it lowers the risk of gestational diabetes, and it improves hormone markers in polycystic ovary syndrome.

Aug 6, 2026

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verdict

Iron supplements: uses, evidence, dosing and safety

Iron is the one supplement where taking it without a blood test is genuinely unwise. It fixes a diagnosed deficiency well, and the same dose in the wrong person accumulates with nowhere to go.

Aug 6, 2026

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Sibling study found no autism or ADHD link to paracetamol

Comparing siblings whose mothers used paracetamol in one pregnancy but not the other, a JAMA Internal Medicine study of 124,333 children found the association vanished.

Aug 1, 2026