I spent several years as a health and medical writer, and published lots of advice columns in my time. You know the kind: packed with tips for losing weight, getting in shape, picking the right foods and so on, ad nauseam. Between you and me, those stories weren't my favorite assignments. Plenty of readers found them lacking, too. They'd write in asking for more information. They didn't want just distilled tips and plans. They were curious about the research behind the advice — how and why scientists came to conclusions that they did. And they didn't want old news or advice based on research that was sometimes conducted years ago. They wanted to know what was in the works. What was coming next.
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