GLP-1 drugs fail to provide key long-term health benefit, study shows
“Popular GLP-1 drugs help many people drop tremendous amounts of weight, but the drugs fail to provide a key improvement in heart and lung function essential for long-term good health, University of Virginia experts warn in a new paper. The researchers emphasize that weight loss associated with GLP-1 drugs has many clear health benefits for people with obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart failure, including improving blood-sugar control, short-term cardiorenal benefits and improvements in survival outcomes.”
Implications of childhood psychological maltreatment and peer victimization for COVID-19 PTSD symptoms among adolescents: Mindfulness and self-compassion as explanatory mechanisms in trauma transmission
“Conclusions: Early victimization by family members and peers as primary stressors may contribute to subsequent PTSD symptoms in challenging life contexts due to major public health crises (e.g., the pandemic) through proliferating into secondary stressors of impeded mindfulness and self-compassion. Self-care-specific emotion regulation strategies may uniquely matter more above and beyond the general emotion regulation strategies in explaining such associations. Trainings that facilitate mindfulness and self-compassion could be potential avenues to reduce the deleterious implications of early adversities for later psychological well-being.”
Silent Flow, The First VR Meditation Experience for the Deaf, Launches at DeafNation Las Vegas
“LAS VEGAS, July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nagish, a leader in AI-powered communication tools for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities, in collaboration with Moosh, a creative studio specializing in immersive and interactive experiences using AR, VR and emerging technologies, are proud to announce the launch of Silent Flow, the first-ever virtual meditation experience designed specifically for Deaf individuals.”
Counting Steps Doesn’t Add Up to Enough Exercise
“Counting steps as a measure of exercise is misleading and not a useful indicator of daily exercise goals, according to exercise physiologist Alexander Rothstein, Ed.D.”
Welcome To The Musclespan Movement
“Doctors and women are turning to a new metric as the ultimate indicator of longevity—and a powerful motivator for transformation.”
Exercising 150 minutes 1-2 times a week may lower death risk by 33%
“Research has shown that physical exercise can help increase insulin sensitivity and help regulate blood sugar more effectively in people with diabetes. A new study found that people with diabetes who meet current physical activity recommendations through either regular physical activity or a “weekend warrior” type of format have a reduced risk for both all-cause mortality and cardiovascular-related mortality, compared to people who do not exercise. Scientists also found that study participants who were insufficiently active still had a lower risk for all-cause and heart disease-related mortality than those who were completely inactive.”
The Secret Science Behind Feeling Great
“Columbia biologists propose a more holistic framework for measuring health — asking not what ails you, but what makes you thrive.”
