TB-500 and BPC-157 are often discussed together. They are different peptides, and research on thymosin beta-4 needs another distinction.

BPC-157 gets attention for recovery and healing. A closer look at the human studies shows why the details matter.

Flu activity is rising in Hawaiʻi. Learn the early symptoms, when to test, whether Tamiflu helps, and when children can return to school.

What are prediction markets? Learn how online betting and gambling-like gaming affect Hawaiʻi families, with practical FAQs and prevention tips.

BPC-157, TB-500, MOTS-c, KPV, Epitalon, and Semax are in the news. Here is what the new HHS compounding policy changes—and what patients should ask.

Can wet hair or cold weather make you sick? A familiar warning leads to a closer look at viruses, winter air, and year-round flu in Hawaii.

CagriSema and retatrutide are both next-generation weight-management medications, but they use very different hormone strategies. Here is the simplest way to understand the difference.

Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, NDA, BLA, PDUFA—drug-development headlines come with a lot of shorthand. Here is a patient-friendly look at how an FDA decision actually happens.

California Avenue roadwork is underway between Kamehameha Highway and Puninoni Street. Here is what the project means for traffic, driveway access, and patients visiting Central Health.

Courtrooms, probation services, Satellite City Hall, driver licensing, health and human services: here is what public records actually confirm for the new Wahiawa Civic Center.

Before the new civic center, this stretch of California Avenue held old public-health offices, a WIC clinic that burned in 2020, and places woven into my own nursing-school and family memories.

Products marketed as “enhanced kratom” may contain concentrated 7-OH, an opioid-like substance now drawing warnings from Hawaiʻi health officials. Here’s what local families should know.

A newer synthetic opioid is appearing in counterfeit pills on the mainland. Here’s what Hawaiʻi families should know about street names, pill markings, fentanyl-test limitations, overdose signs, and naloxone.

A random bedtime question—what color is wasp blood?—turned into a family science rabbit hole about hemolymph and the different ways animals move oxygen and nutrients.

A casual question at a barbecue turned into a bigger conversation about exercise, appetite, weight regulation, and when GLP-1 treatment may be worth discussing.

Measles was eliminated from continuous U.S. transmission, but imported cases can still start outbreaks when they reach groups with immunity gaps.

Hepatitis A vaccination is unusual because, when given promptly after certain exposures, it can still be part of preventing illness.

The first pivotal Phase 3 obesity results for retatrutide are in. At 12 mg, participants lost an average of 28.3% of their starting weight over 80 weeks in TRIUMPH-1.

A first period usually means the fastest part of a girl’s growth spurt is behind her. It does not start a two-year countdown. Here is the more accurate way to think about growth after menarche.

Pertussis vaccination dramatically reduces disease, but protection decreases with time. That is one reason whooping cough outbreaks can still occur.