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Beauty
A prescription bleeding drug quietly became one of dermatology's most-recommended pigmentation treatments. Here is what the research actually says about the oral form, the 2% serum on the shelf, and why they are not the
Wellbeing
The Monday-morning lie-in feels restorative. The metabolism trials are less impressed — and the epidemiology is messier than either camp of TikTok will tell you.
Beauty
It gets called "the underrated one" so often it's stopped being underrated. Here's what the actual clinical evidence says azelaic acid can (and can't) do — and why patience matters more than percentage.
Wellbeing
A Stanford randomised trial tested the viral double-inhale, long-exhale breath against three other techniques. Here's what actually beat what — and how to use it in a real day.
The FYPIRL edit
If your "acne" is a field of near-identical little bumps, sometimes itches, and won't budge after weeks of BHA or antibiotics, you might be treating the wrong thing entirely.
Wellbeing
The TikTok pitch compressed a modest, uneven diabetes-trial literature into a GLP-1 comparison it can't support. The real research is more interesting — and much narrower.
Beauty
The 44-person head-to-head trial that launched a thousand serum labels — and the honest limits of what it proves.
The FYPIRL edit
The "silicone-free" panic has outlived the science. A recent dermatology review lays out what silicones actually do on your hair — and where the real trade-off sits.
Beauty
K-beauty's most-Instagrammed hero ingredient has real clinical trials behind it. It also has a formulation problem that makes most of them harder to read than the marketing would suggest.
Wellbeing
The adaptogen everyone's taking for calm has real data behind the hormone number — and a quieter finding about whether people actually feel calmer.
Everyday Better
Is the iPhone Duo worth it? Compare Singapore prices, early hands-ons, battery claims and the 18 Pro, plus what to check before pre-ordering.
Around Singapore
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