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Health & longevity research, read closely · regenerated 2026-11-02

What the evidence actually says about living well — with the study behind every claim.

65 interlinked pages distilled from 34 research sources by an LLM-maintained wiki. Every source is labelled by its study design and size, every thesis carries a confidence rubric, and every finding keeps its population, dose and duration attached. Research notes, not medical advice.

By topic

Concepts are the stable ideas; sources are the studies and reporting behind them.

Theses, graded

A thesis exists only once two independent sources bear on a question. Sorted by confidence.

85–100 · High confidence
70–84 · Corroborated
50–69 · Emerging
0–49 · Exploratory

No thesis has cleared the two-source bar yet. The 31 concept pages below are where the open questions live — each names what evidence would settle it.

Latest research

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Hot Coffee Could Cause Oesophageal Cancer (Economist)
Hot Coffee Could Cause Oesophageal Cancer (Economist) Summary The capture holds only the opening paragraph: a study published on 8 September 2026 in the International Journal of Cancer "adds to a growing body of evidence
Cohort study · n=977,282The Economist · Sat Sep 19 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Philippine Standard Time)
A Transplanted Pig Kidney Buys Time for a Human One (Economist)
A Transplanted Pig Kidney Buys Time for a Human One (Economist) [!note] Partial capture The raw file holds only the article's opening paragraph. The case it describes — Tim Andrews, Massachusetts General Hospital — is do
Case report · n=1The Economist · Sat Sep 12 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Philippine Standard Time)
From Protein to Matcha Food Fads Spread Faster Than Ever (Economist)
From Protein to Matcha Food Fads Spread Faster Than Ever (Economist) Summary A Business-section piece (sub-head: "Supply chains struggle to keep up") on how social media now builds demand for a single ingredient in weeks
SourceThe Economist · Sat Sep 05 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Philippine Standard Time)
How to Combine Exercise with Video Games (Economist)
How to Combine Exercise with Video Games (Economist) [!note] Partial capture The raw file holds only the lede. The rest of the article's content was reconstructed from a syndicated summary of the piece (an industry-news
Randomised trial · n=227The Economist · Sat Sep 05 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Philippine Standard Time)
Can Joggers Outrun Injury (Economist)
Can Joggers Outrun Injury (Economist) [!note] Partial capture Only the opening paragraph was captured. The Economist's framing below is from that lede; the study findings come from the paper's own summaries (BJSM blog, c
Cohort study · n=5,205The Economist · Sat Oct 24 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Philippine Standard Time)
Do You Need to Walk 10,000 Steps a Day (Economist)
Do You Need to Walk 10,000 Steps a Day (Economist) [!note] Partial capture The raw file holds only the opening paragraph of this Well Informed column. The Economist's framing below is from that lede; the findings are fro
Meta-analysisThe Economist · Sat Oct 17 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Philippine Standard Time)
Nagging People to Eat Healthily Does Not Work (Economist)
Nagging People to Eat Healthily Does Not Work (Economist) Summary The capture holds only the opening scene (oblea stalls in Bogotá's Simón Bolívar park: "Life's too short not to eat the food that you love"). The article'
ReportageThe Economist · Sat Oct 10 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Philippine Standard Time)
Edible Medical Sensors (Economist)
Edible Medical Sensors (Economist) Summary A long-read on ingestible/edible electronics — sensors and capsules the size of a Tic Tac that travel the GI tract, take continuous chemical readings, and transmit data wireless
SourceThe Economist · Sat May 30 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Philippine Standard Time)
How confidence and evidence are graded
The rubric, the study-design labels, and the honest limits.