Family & lifestyle medicine
I’m Dr Adrian Laurence. A practising family and lifestyle medicine doctor writing for people who want to understand their own health. One article a week, on the topics that come up in my clinic and in the research I spend my evenings reading.
A 2026 NHANES analysis of 14,012 adults found finishing the last meal before 9pm was linked to slower biological ageing in heart, liver, and body. Strongest after 40.
Stress doesn't just make your stomach feel off. It physically changes your gut lining, shifts your microbiome, and primes the nerves to over-react. Here's what helps.
A short note on what this site is, who it's for, and how to follow along.
A 3.8-million-person meta-analysis shows exercise intensity predicts mortality more reliably than total duration. Here's what the data means for how you train.
Tennis added 9.7 years of life expectancy in the Copenhagen City Heart Study. Jogging added 3.2. Here's what the data shows, and what probably explains the gap.
Men using a sauna four to seven times a week had a 77% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. The data, the mechanism, and who should be cautious.
Eleven extra minutes of sleep, four and a half more minutes of activity, a small diet improvement. New UK Biobank data shows how much that shift cuts cardiovascular risk.
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“I write the articles I wish my patients had been handed twenty years ago — careful, honest, and grounded in the evidence.”
Dr Adrian Laurence
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