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A BMJ systematic review of 69 trials found calcium and vitamin D supplementation provided little to no reduction in fracture or fall risk among nearly 154,000 older adults studied.

Past-year creatine use among U.S. adolescents roughly doubled between 2019 and 2024, even as anabolic steroid use continued a two-decade decline, according to a national survey of nearly 875,000 students.

A 4-week randomized trial in 20 obese men with hypercholesterolemia found that intermittent hypoxic training combined with caloric restriction produced greater reductions in LDL-C, total cholesterol, and triglycerides compared with normoxic training under identical dietary conditions.

A Bayesian network meta-analysis of 31 randomized trials found aerobic, combined, and high-intensity interval training each associated with reductions in 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure compared with control conditions, with no modality demonstrating clear superiority and all comparisons rated very low to low confidence.

A decade after surgery, patients who got their torn meniscus trimmed fared worse than those who received a sham procedure. The sham group reported less pain, more knee use, and less arthritis progression.

A systematic review of five studies found no consistent short-term safety signals in renal, hepatic, or cardiometabolic outcomes among adolescents using creatine monohydrate.