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'Nature's own Ozempic' or berberine is all over social media. But does it really help you lose weight?

Influencers have been enthusiastically claiming its success in helping them lose weight, with their posts viewed by millions. You might be surprised what the evidence shows.

Do Shrinking Chromosomes Put Older People at Higher Risk of Severe COVID?

FatBlaster Max has just been banned. Why? Here's everything you need to know about diet supplements

With FatBlaster Max recently banned from sale, it’s a good time to look at what diet pills actually contain, and whether they work.

Are chemicals shrinking your penis and depleting your sperm? Here's what the evidence really says

A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of shrinking penises. Professor Shanna Swan, a US epidemiologist who studies environmental influences on human development, recently published a new book called Countdown. In it, she suggests sperm counts could reach zero by 2045, largely owing to the impact of a range of environmental pollutants used in manufacturing everyday products: phthalates and bisphosphenol A (BPA) from plastics, and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used, for example, in waterproofing. Under this scenario, she says, most couples wanting to conceive would need to rely on assisted reproductive technologies.