- Other countries have drug approval reciprocity (where one country accepts another’s approval including our own FDA approval), so why don’t we?
- Study: Mediterranean diet reduces heart disease in women (24%) by just as much as it does in men.
- Study: Among older patients with metastatic cancer, the majority received aggressive treatment in their final 30 days. A quarter underwent cancer treatment: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy.
- Expert: with the standard deli sandwich, “you’re literally eating a heart bomb.” (WSJ)
Category: Friday Links
Friday Links
- An argument for mask wearing, even after the Cochrane Review meta-analysis.
- An early (and completely uncritical) history of medical licensing. To be paired with Regulation of Medical Care by moi — for balance.
- Why Daylight Savings Time matters: “The body releases sleep-time and wake-time hormones at a particular time.” Studies have shown that deadly car accidents, workplace injuries, and heart attacks increase following the springtime change.
- Should a face-to-face meeting be required before doctors prescribe a controlled substance for a patient?
- California to end Walgreens contract over abortion pills policy.
- What the Biden plan to “save” Medicare doesn’t do: repeal the Democrats’ IRA bill that takes $246 billion out of Medicare. (CBO p. 72)
Friday Links
- Scott Atlas reviews our experience with Covid: mortality rates, natural immunity, vaccines, lockdowns, and more.
- Can Chat GPT replace doctors?
- More than 8 million Americans with diabetes rely on insulin; yet surveys find that one in six people who use insulin say they ration the drug because of the cost.
- Elizabeth Warren report finds that medigap insurers do what every other insurer does: reward agents for sales of its policies. Of course, seniors in Medicare Advantage plans don’t need medigap policies.
- Eli Lilly’s announcement that it will cap at $35 a month what patients pay out of their own pockets for the company’s insulin has two problems: (1) the company already had such a policy in place, and (2) the company says the cap will not have much, if any, effect on what many people are actually paying.
Friday Links
- What Jimmy Carter got right: deregulation that saved consumers hundreds of billions of dollars.
- More than $200 Million in New York City-Purchased COVID Gear Auctioned Off For Just $500,000. Thousands of ventilators de Blasio commissioned for $12 million sell as scrap metal for less than $25K.
- The White House favors an “AI Bill of Rights.” Rights for the robot? No. Rights for people who want to opt out of interacting with the robot.
- Study: Vaccine mandates did nothing to stop Covid spread.
- Health Affairs: Abortions are “health care.”