Who’s Really Writing Your Online Prescription?
You order a prescription online and it arrives in days. Some of it is real care. Some is a sales funnel in a white coat. Here is how to tell the difference.
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GLP-1s and Cancer Spread: A Striking ASCO Signal, and Why I’m Not Changing Anything Yet
I take tirzepatide. So when the headline came through this week that GLP-1 drugs might slow the spread of cancer, it intrigued me more than most drug news. This is the medication in my own refrigerator. I went and read the actual study instead of the headline, and the short version is that the signal
Fitness Journey, GLP-1, Medicine 3.0, Strength & Rebuild
Body Recomposition After 50: How I Lost 44 Pounds of Fat and Gained 9 of Muscle at the Same Time
I’m 53 years old and 170 pounds lighter than I was a year and a half ago. That’s the number everyone asks about. It’s also the wrong number. The number that actually tells the story is one the bathroom scale never showed me. Over one six-month stretch, the scale said I’d lost 35 pounds. The
GLP-1, Medicine 3.0
Microdosing GLP-1s: What a Doctor on 1.25mg Tirzepatide Is Actually Betting On
I’m on Zepbound at a normal dose, the kind a doctor prescribes and a pharmacy fills. A reader sent me a video this week that’s a good way into a question I keep getting asked. In it, the New Zealand GP Brad Stanfield, who runs an evidence-minded health channel, explains that he injects 1.25 milligrams
GLP-1, Healthcare, Medicine 3.0
How Americans Actually Get Zepbound and Mounjaro: The Five Channels
The CVS Caremark deal just moved a trillion-dollar stock. Here is how Americans actually get Zepbound and Mounjaro across the five channels, who really decides, and what each one costs in 2026.
GLP-1, Medicine 3.0
Foundayo vs the Wegovy Pill: The First Oral GLP-1s, Compared
The first two oral GLP-1 pills are here. A head-to-head on the real weight-loss numbers, daily routine, manufacturing, cost, and who each one actually fits.
GLP-1, Medicine 3.0
Brenipatide vs Tirzepatide: What the Comparison Actually Looks Like in 2026
People on tirzepatide ask if brenipatide is the upgrade. People reading about brenipatide ask how it compares to the drug everyone is already on. Same class. Very different jobs. A head-to-head comparison.
Fitness Journey, GLP-1, Medicine 3.0, Strength & Rebuild
I Lost 170 Pounds. Everyone Asked If I Was Doing Keto. I Wasn’t.
I’m 170 pounds down on tirzepatide. The most-asked question I get now is ‘is it keto?’ It wasn’t. A 50-something dad untangles what keto, carnivore, low-carb, Mediterranean, and DASH actually are — and what the evidence says about each.
Fitness Journey, GLP-1, Medicine 3.0
Retatrutide: What TRIUMPH-1 Just Showed and the Black Market That Got There First
Lilly’s retatrutide just delivered bariatric-equivalent weight loss in Phase 3. The numbers, why the low dose is the real story, and the gray-market reality that got there first.
Fitness Journey, GLP-1, Medicine 3.0
SURMOUNT-MAINTAIN: The Trial I Wanted on Tirzepatide Dose Reduction
I am at goal weight on Zepbound. SURMOUNT-MAINTAIN is the trial I have been waiting for. Here is what holding the line at a lower dose actually looks like.