The Acknowledgments and the authors’ affiliation have been corrected. Joint first authors. Joint last authors. This study was funded through a UK British Heart Foundation project grant number PGF/10/82/28608. It was also supported by the Imperial College/Kings College MRC-PHE for Environment and Health and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Respiratory Disease Biomedical Research Unit

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Large-language-model trial suggests facts and evidence really can change people’s minds.

Daily dose of the common medication metformin preserved cognition and delayed decline of some tissues.

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