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The most plausible explanation for teenage unhappiness.
“Honestly, it’s probably the phones…” ~ learn more
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Pharmaceutical blockbusters: the past, present, and future.
“One of the uncomfortable truths about the pharmaceutical industry is that most approved drugs (~55%) don’t make enough money to recoup their development costs. The distribution of drug profits is “fat-tailed”, and the profits from a small fraction of drugs […]
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Prices for surgical procedures within and outside hospital networks.
“A total of 3195 hospitals reported prices and were included in this analysis. For 15 of the 16 procedures, the median negotiated price was significantly higher at facilities within networks compared with independent hospitals.” ~ learn more
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Drug expiration dates are mostly BS.
“Eight long-expired medications with 15 different active ingredients were discovered in a retail pharmacy in their original, unopened containers: All had expired 28 to 40 years prior to analysis. … Twelve of the 14 drug compounds tested (86%) were present […]
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How to assess & improve all aspects of your fitness.
This is a podcast featuring Dr. Andy Galpin, expert in human bioenergetics and muscle physiology. The link is to the show notes, which is a great place to start. He offers a comprehensive framework for answering the question “How do […]
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How it’s going: Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs Company.
“Since I published that first article, Cost Plus Drugs has surpassed 1 million accounts, added over 1,000 low-cost generic drugs to its platform, and formed several strategic partnerships. So, as the company commences its second year of operations on a […]
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The end of a billion-dollar drug.
“AbbVie’s Humira—a monoclonal antibody used to treat autoimmune disease—is the most financially successful drug ever to hit the market, bringing in $200 billion in revenue over its 20-year market rein.” Soon, it “will be saying goodbye to its 20-year throne […]
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Huberman Lab on the science & use of cold exposure.
I’ve been taking advantage of the cold plunge at my gym the past few weeks, and I was wondering if I was doing it right. That led me to this article. “Done correctly, deliberate cold exposure can positively affect brain […]
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The problem with mental health bots.
In October 2022, Wired took a look at the most popular mental health chatbots on the market and the research backing them. “[A] 2020 review that pooled all the data on mental health chatbots available at the time concluded that, […]
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Measuring performance in psychiatry: a call to action.
This article is from 2015: “The absence of a comprehensive set of well-accepted measures capable of demonstrating the value of behavioral health treatment makes building a case for devoting resources to treatment more difficult.” ~ learn more