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Don’t let the man tell you how to sleep.

“If you look to scientific academies for answers about how much you should sleep, you are assuming you are the average person, in spite of all evidence to the contrary. People who say “everyone ought to get 8 hours of […]

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Why I take 75 pills every day… and what they do.

This is not my recommendation. Most days I take zero pills! However, this is what Peter Diamandis wrote. “My meds & supplement routine is built around addressing as many of these as possible. The 12 hallmarks include: Genomic Instability, Telomere […]

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Wellness is getting weird(er).

“The Vielight Neuro-Vagus combo combines our Neuro (brain stimulation) and Vagus (vagus nerve stimulation) devices into an effective system unique to Vielight.” ~ learn more

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The great American poisoning.

“The health of an animal reflects the health of its environment. One glance at a starving boar, ribs pressing through the skin, and you understand the boar’s environment lacks the food it needs to be healthy. … Humans are animals […]

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A critical view on the war against prediabetes.

Science reporter Charles Piller questions the pharmaceutical industry incentives in the fight against prediabetes. “A third of Americans are considered prediabetic—but many may be better off without treatment.” My take: I think he makes a good point about incentives but […]

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Dexcom’s plans for over-the-counter CGMs.

“Dexcom plans to first sell Stelo on a website through individual purchases or a cash-pay subscription model. Sayer said the company started with this avenue instead of a pharmacy to provide more control at launch and allow Dexcom to better […]

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CVS drugs go cost-plus.

“CVS’ new CostVantage model will work with a formula based on how much CVS paid for the drug, a set markup over those costs, and a fee for pharmacy services to fill the prescription, according to a news release. Some […]

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Interview with Whoop’s head of performance science.

Kristen Holmes is in an enviable position for many health researchers, given the large proprietary dataset she has access to. In addition to the data streams from millions of fitness trackers, the company has a pile date-stamped and labeled event […]