Two founders in Austin teamed up for a health experiment. Cheryl Sew How of Tiny Health provided the lab tests and Scott Hickle of Throne was the n=1 subject. “For one month, he swapped his balanced, high-protein meals for an […]
From Bryan Johnson: “100 million US children exposed to industrial developmental toxins demonstrated a 5-point drop in IQ.” ~ learn more
“Then a lot of you asked “what actually counts as a ‘hospital’”? And after a brief ayahuasca trip, we started asking ourselves the same question (just me, Ben’s clean). So today we want to actually explain organizationally what hospitals actually […]
The NYT’s take on longevity-focused medical providers is … critical. Here’s an excerpt I dislike: “But experts worry that these clinics are capitalizing on people’s fears of aging and death without offering many tangible benefits — because almost none of […]
After a recent revelation that many teabags were spewing plastic particles into my hot tea, I admit I was a bit unnerved. The good news is I checked and my bags are made of paper. “The list compiled below is […]
“William Brangham discussed more with Euan Ashley, a professor of cardiovascular medicine and genetics at Stanford University and the newly named chair of its department of medicine.” ~ learn more
The New Yorker takes aim and fires. “In 1873, Mark Twain co-wrote the novel “The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today,” which satirized an era that was marked by inequality, greed, and moral decay but was painted in a veneer […]
This is really good. “Let’s start with the good. The idea behind HSAs is a fundamentally good one. Introduced in 2003 as part of the Medicare Modernization Act (which also defined the guidelines for high deductible health plans, or HDHPs), […]
If you wondered why the NVO stock (see above) was down almost 20% yesterday, look no further. “[Its] experimental diabetes and weight-loss drug CagriSema fell short of expectations. The drug did not achieve the projected 25% average weight loss anticipated […]
The official FDA shortage is over, and compounders have 60-90 days to stop violating Eli Lilly’s patent protection. “The ruling also previews what will happen when semaglutide — the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s (NVO -17.43%) Ozempic and Wegovy — […]