under the microscope

Sleep to lose weight?

“A randomized trial found that overweight adults sleeping <6.5h/night cut 270 calories/day—just by sleeping 1.2 hours more. No diet or exercise changes.” ~ learn more

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The wellness forecast.

“The wellness industry is at an inflection point: More empowered than ever, consumers are seeking greater control over their well-being. At the same time, the gap between economic growth and health outcomes is widening. … Here’s where we see an […]

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What a $20,000 longevity clinic really buys you.

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 […]

big ideas

Abolish the NIH (National Institutes of Health).

This is compelling. “The NIH is a tyrannical, capricious, self-serving $50 billion a year Kafkaesque Leviathan ruled over by a clique of septuagenarians who couldn’t care less for science or for scientists. The reason biomedical science advances one death at […]

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Sleep health is getting interesting.

Here’s an excellent newsletter from Out of Pocket Health, focusing on the convergence of clinical and consumer sleep. It’s where I learned about the Zest caffeine pills linked above. “Considering how massively underdiagnosed sleep issues are, I think making this […]

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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.” ~ learn more