The First mRNA Flu Shot Is Here. It Did Not Use mRNA’s Biggest Advantage
Moderna’s mFLUSIVA was approved on August 5. The most interesting thing about it is what its own approval failed to demonstrate.
Preventive Health
Preventive Health
Healthcare, Medicine 3.0, Preventive Health
P&G Is Buying Thorne. Everyone Is Worried About the Wrong Thing.
I have three Thorne products in my cabinet. Here is what the P&G Thorne acquisition actually changes, based on the brands bought before it.
Longevity, Medicine 3.0, Nutrition, Preventive Health
Blue Zones Started as a Scientific Claim. Now Cities Pay for Certification.
A trademark, a Netflix series, and about $100,000 a year for a city to keep the certification. The business kept growing while the science underneath it kept shrinking.
Healthcare, Preventive Health
Peptides Promise Everything. An FDA Panel Just Said Yes to Six of Seven.
The FDA’s compounding committee voted on seven peptides, recommending BPC-157. What peptides are, why the market exploded, and what the vote does and does not decide.
Medicine 3.0, Preventive Health
Daily Low-Dose Tadalafil: What’s Proven, What’s Plausible, and What Isn’t
My TRT clinic prescribed 5 mg of tadalafil a day. Here is what it is actually proven to do for the prostate and ED, what the podcasts oversell, and the one drug interaction to never ignore.
GLP-1, Medicine 3.0, Preventive Health
Why I Take a Diabetes Drug and Have Never Had Diabetes
I take a diabetes drug and have never had diabetes. A plain-English map of the type 2 diabetes drugs, and why the best ones now protect your heart and kidneys, not just blood sugar.
Nutrition, Preventive Health
Romaine Keeps Making People Sick. I Quit It, and I’m Not Missing Much.
A cyclospora outbreak just sickened 1,645 people across 34 states, and romaine keeps causing E. coli recalls. Is romaine lettuce safe to eat, and is it even worth it? A hard look, and what I eat instead.
Longevity, Mental health, Preventive Health, Work
Don’t Retire From Something. Build Toward Something.
Finding purpose in retirement is the part no one plans for. Why a project beats a blank calendar, what the research on hobbies and mattering shows, and how to start before you retire.
Heart & Bloodwork, Preventive Health
The 2025 Blood Pressure Guidelines Didn’t Change Who Has Hypertension. They Replaced an Outdated Calculator.
The 2025 blood pressure guidelines sound like a shake-up. Here’s what actually changed about who gets medication, and why it barely moved the needle.
Preventive Health, Strength & Conditioning
Cold Plunges Got the Hype. Saunas Got the Evidence.
Cold plunges get the attention, but the sauna is the one with decades of hard-outcome data. What the evidence actually says, and why I sauna and skip the plunge.