Starbucks faces a federal lawsuit over eight 'sugar-free' protein drinks, one of which its own US menu lists at 16 to 21 grams of sugar. The same page says no sugar is added, so the case tests whether a printed gram count can answer a name that promises none.
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- Builder 24%
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- Operator 48%
- Investor
- Investor 28%
Reality
- Evidence80
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- Hype gap+8
- Incentives55
- Confidence76
JAMA tally puts race-day cardiac death near one in 500,000 US distance-race finishes
Runners died at the Milwaukee and Cardiff half marathons on Oct. 4, 2026, against a JAMA count of 59 deaths in 29.3 million US race finishes. That is about one per 500,000 finishes, and the advice attached is to stop for chest pain or faintness even with the finish in sight.
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- Evidence55
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Letting the arm hang unsupported raises systolic blood pressure readings by about 6.5 mmHg
Johns Hopkins researchers found letting the arm hang unsupported raised systolic readings by about 6.5 mmHg against a desk-supported arm. The team says an error of that size could lead to wrong hypertension diagnoses in clinics that skip arm support.
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- Evidence55
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- Incentives40
- Confidence60
AHA and ACC now tell doctors to treat high cholesterol earlier and more aggressively
AHA and ACC released their first dyslipidemia guidelines since 2018, adding coronary artery calcium, ApoB and Lp(a) to the risk workup. Their stated rationale is how long a patient's cholesterol has been high.
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- Evidence52
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- Hype gap+8
- Incentives30
- Confidence55
A first joint AHA and Headache Society grant tests whether migraine weakens brain vessels
Migraine with aura has been tied to higher stroke and heart attack risk for years without anyone showing how. Four newly funded projects go after the cell biology, and the flagship one starts in the laboratory.
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- Evidence42
- Adoption15
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives72
- Confidence52
Mouse cerebral veins narrowed within 100 milliseconds of an abdominal contraction
A Penn State group watched the superior sagittal sinus in moving mice and found it clamped down about ten times faster than cerebral arteries respond, in time with core muscle activity.
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- Evidence45
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- Hype gap+20
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- Confidence45
USDA scientists trace falling omega-3s in farmed salmon to a diet of soy and canola
Federal advice tells Americans to eat fatty fish and to pick salmon, an instruction that holds only while the species keeps standing in for the nutrient. The USDA-led study says the feed underneath it changed.
Reality
- Evidence45
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- Hype gap+10
- Incentives50
- Confidence42
ACC and AHA extend athlete heart guidance to four million firefighters, medics and Marine pilots
Two cardiology bodies have set out how clinicians should judge whether someone is fit to answer the next call, filling a gap the writing group's vice chair says he spotted after decades of guidance written for competitive sport.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption24
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives45
- Confidence55
Hernandez's 18-trial review credits contact frequency for the blood-pressure gains
A University of Illinois team reports systolic pressure and inflammatory markers improving within eight to 12 weeks, though the comparison carrying that finding runs between trials rather than inside any one of them.
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- Evidence44
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- Hype gap+36
- Incentives66
- Confidence49
Five-year records tie long-term melatonin use to 90% higher heart failure risk among insomnia patients
The absolute gap between the two groups is 1.9 percentage points over five years, and the nonuser arm was defined by the absence of a melatonin record, which is a fragile definition for something sold off the shelf.
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- Evidence30
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- Hype gap+42
- Incentives55
- Confidence58
Coronary calcium earns one narrow job: breaking statin ties in the 3-to-10 percent band
Two August analyses of the same cohort found calcium scores only change predictions at borderline and intermediate PREVENT risk. CTs ordered for other reasons did the job as well.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption44
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives52
- Confidence55
Midlife exercise and blood sugar predicted cognitive decline differently by ethnic group
A 402-person San Antonio cohort found physical activity tracked with slower decline in Hispanic participants and fasting glucose in non-Hispanic white ones. The subgroups are roughly 200 people each.
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- Evidence38
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- Hype gap+34
- Incentives72
- Confidence42