AI Evolution: From Tools Access to Builder Teams
Tinkerers survive. Builders thrive. @heathermirj of @solvhealth breaks down the 3 phases of AI transformation: giving everyone access to tools, then AI-ing each piece of your existing stack, then making every team member a builder of end-to-end workflows. WATCH / LISTEN: Spotify: https://t.co/ry1BdXwJS7 Apple: https://t.co/6wZURMUtLG Youtube: https://t.co/4bpwHlZ32I
Army Ranger’s Psilocybin Journey Shows New Standard Care
The Army Ranger Who Found Magic Mushrooms Save Lives. My conversation with Neil Markey — 75th Ranger Regiment, Harvard Chan, Beckley Retreats — was the cleanest case this year for why psilocybin is moving from fringe to standard-of-care. Neuroplasticity. "Betterment of the...
Vertical Integration Hijacks Search Rankings, Controls Patient Flow
A practicing psychiatrist Googled her own name and was the 452nd result. The first seven clinics that came up were not hers. The clinic ranked first had no clinical staff she had ever met. This is vertical integration in U.S....
Cancer Immunotherapy Surge: Emerging Treatments and Future Outlook
I wrote about the remarkable proliferation of cancer immunotherapies, and what's in store https://t.co/od4MeFMGik https://t.co/5jI10LLbLq
BCI Controls Neuroprosthetic Grasps via Surface and Implanted Electrodes
“application of a BCI as a control system for neuroprostheses based on surface (a) and implanted (b) electrodes, respectively. (c) grasp pattern for palmar grasp. (d) grasp pattern for lateral grasp” https://t.co/TUIIbe84hi
Distributors Accept Near‑Retail Prices, Driving High Drug Costs
Let me give you an example of where there is no gov intervention, and the impact on brand drug pricing. When a brand manufacturer sells a drug to one of the big 3 drug distributors that control more than...
Consider Hernia First in Women’s Chronic Pelvic Pain
Femoral hernias kill 5% of the women who get them. Women are 10 times more likely than men to have them. Six randomized trials have enrolled seven women total. That is the actual research foundation behind how we manage one...
Self‑collected HPV Tests Could Boost Cervical Cancer Screening
What at-home HPV testing means for cervical cancer screening Pap smears transformed cervical cancer prevention. Now, self-collected HPV testing may help more women stay up to date on screening. https://t.co/EA20D8vqBF https://t.co/5j9JDu6svX
New US Dietary Guidelines Flawed, Protein Section Unsubstantiated
On the things wrong in them new US dietary guidelines (DGAs) in today's @NEJM, the "most significant reset of federal nutrition policy". Section on protein below, elsewhere gets ino beef tallow and other changes w/o evidence https://t.co/uepeVk2a38 https://t.co/q6QV9r27rP
Deep Brain Stimulation Saved My Life From Depression
What is deep brain stimulation (DBS) for depression, and what would induce someone to undergo a brain surgery like this? Hear from guest Jon Nelson how it saved his life. https://t.co/qSWninYAR8 https://t.co/BGafQaZaCf
Independent Researcher Questions Censorship Despite Humanitarian Work
But why GITMO? I make low cost vaccines to help humanity, so far 100 million doses administered at $2-3 per dose bypassing big pharma. Haven’t made a dime. And I write books with academic presses on the history of science...
Leukemia Drug HHT Delays Aging, Extends Mouse Lifespan
Homoharringtonine exhibits senotherapeutic activity that mitigates diet- and age-associated obesity and insulin resistance and extends lifespan in mice [an FDA-approved anti-leukemic drug; authors found that "HHT treatment delays aging and extends the lifespan in progeroid and aged mice"] https://t.co/LEegM8XUtR
Semaglutide Drives Significant Fat Loss in Bariatric Non‑responders
For patients who did not respond well to bariatric surgery, semaglutide shifted weight loss far beyond placebo over 68 weeks. Most of that loss came from body fat rather than muscle. obesity
Lifestyle Medicine Spotlighted at JAMA Obesity Summit
It was a real honor to participate in the JAMA Obesity Summit this past week in Chicago at the AMA offices. I was delighted to be invited to speak at this closed meeting, attendance by invitation only. There were about...
20 Phase‑3 Trials Poised to Redefine Cancer Care
In the wake of the #ASCO26 data drop, we reflect on 20 key phase 3 trials which could make a significant impact. Some of these may make their competitors irrelevant if they change the standard of care: https://t.co/EGtw35EsSk https://t.co/CG0Oe4QxDg