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A primary care physician for every American
“A new report says it’s time to consider primary care a “common good” akin to public education.” | learn more
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Personalized health is the future
AngelList rounds up the “new batch of wellness-minded startups” tackling personalized health. Great to see NutriSense get a mention! | learn more
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Can we live to 200?
From the NYT, this is a high level summary of the different tech on the horizon for extending life. “In the last century, the average human life expectancy doubled. Here’s a roadmap to the innovations that could help us do […]
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How does intermittent fasting affect glucose levels?
New from the NutriSense blog! “Intermittent fasting (IF) is the intentional restricting of our mealtimes to maximize health. Media coverage tends to paint IF as the latest fad diet … except it’s neither a fad nor a diet.” | learn more
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The future of the $1.5 trillion wellness market
An article from some of the smart folks at McKinsey. | learn more
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Digital health startups want to bring glucose monitors to the masses
This post by science reporter Katie Palmer for STAT News discusses NutriSense and other startups in the field. It’s solid reporting. | learn more
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The whipping boy for all of medicine
“If you’re looking for the whipping boy for all of medicine, and most of science, look no further than Galen of Pergamon.” History tells us that he was an uncritical propagator of the ‘four humors’ concept of medicine. This deeper […]
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Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare
“A couple of years ago, Joseph Shrager, MD, professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford School of Medicine, noticed a statistical anomaly in his practice. It seemed that patients were diagnosed with lung cancer at a surprisingly higher rate at 65 […]
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Why does the pandemic seem to be hitting some countries harder than others?
Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene (an excellent book), explores the high variance (10-100x) of coronavirus death rates by country in this article. | learn more
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Chiropractors are bullshit?
I added the question mark – the author, Yvette d’Entremont aka SciBabe, is far more certain. “You shouldn’t trust them with your spine or any other part of your body.” I’m open to hearing contradictory data if any reader wants […]