November 26, 2024 | Volume XIII | Issue 48

137M US adults are eligible for GLP-1s

Fierce Healthcare reports:


Amid ongoing concerns about the cost and supply of GLP-1s, a new study suggests that a wide swath of American adults would benefit from the drugs.


Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) estimated that 137 million people are eligible for semaglutide drugs for either weight loss, diabetes management or cardiovascular event prevention.

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The great American acid trip

Charles Fain Lehman reports for The Free Press:


In 1966, the poet Allen Ginsberg offered a remedy for America’s broken soul: If everyone tried LSD, he said, we would discover “some ray of glory or vastness beyond our conditioned social selves, beyond our government, beyond America even, that will unite us into a peaceful community.” 


Psychedelics, in other words, could save America.


More than half a century later, the nation’s psychedelic movement finds itself with a new figurehead: Rick Doblin. As the founder of the nonprofit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Doblin has spent decades pushing for the liberalization of access to psychedelics—drugs he believes can cure the world of trauma and usher in a new golden age. His goal, he says, is to create “a world of net-zero trauma by 2070.” 

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Addressing the mental health crisis

Sonja Tarrago, MD writes for KevinMD:


The U.S. is grappling with a mental health crisis. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one in five US adults live with a mental illness. This includes disorders such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and more, ranging in severity from mild-moderate to severe.


Telehealth has proven to be an effective tool in addressing the crisis...

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Vaping impacts blood vessels & oxygen, new study says

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According to new research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, vaping has an immediate effect on how a person's blood vessels work and how much oxygen they can breathe in.

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