New post: My substack is back, finally!
I meant to keep this to 1,000 words but I failed.
In any case, here's a round up of 5 major medical breakthroughs in 2024.
I meant to keep this to 1,000 words but I failed.
In any case, here's a round up of 5 major medical breakthroughs in 2024.
Comments
Our prescription drugs kill us in large numbers
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25355584/
Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death
https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/prescription-drugs-are-the-leading-cause-of-death/
WHO: COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy
https://www.who.int/news/item/24-05-2024-covid-19-eliminated-a-decade-of-progress-in-global-level-of-life-expectancy
But: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/06/coronavirus-world-treating-symptoms-not-cause-pandemics-un-report
Julius Marmur: a paper should be as long as it needs to be to explain the data
this data shows how extra ordinarily difficult studies on mental disorders are (look at how all the placebo arms respond briefly !!)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8793038/
It's rare but increasing in frequency, was 1 : 150K, now 15 : 150K - something is driving that.
We really really need more human genome research.
On Tirzepatide some (like NICE) are using the 21% as opposed to 25% figure. Any thoughts on this? I can see they’re at different points in the study but..
(It seems that Substack also gives you the option to hear posts narrated by an AI-generated voice, but… I like listening to audiobooks narrated by the author, so hopefully this makes it a little more personal for you too.)