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RSV Vaccine
The FDA approved an RSV vaccine for the first time. It was approved for those aged 60+ and may be available this fall. RSV is a common disease in children, but also quietly kills something like 14,000 seniors each year.
Will seniors trust a new vaccine after these several years of anti-vaccine propaganda? Most probably will. The rest can live with their choices. Or not.
Slimming Down & Fattening Up
The weight loss industry is undergoing tremendous ructions in the wake of the recent approvals of Wegovy and other weight-loss medications. The latest collateral damage is Jenny Craig, which is reportedly shutting down after 40 years.
The remaining titan of weight loss, WeightWatchers, got into the Wegovy game itself earlier this year by purchasing an online telehealth company that focuses on obesity.
Demand for Wegovy has been so strong, Novo Nordisk is limiting sales of starter doses. As they are currently unable to keep up with demand, Novo runs the risk of leaving existing patients without the product for extended periods.
The supply problem is being exacerbated by people, including many celebrities, using it off label when it is currently only approved for obese patients or those who are overweight with additional health issues.
Ton o’ ‘tonin
The supplement industry in America is a wild west style free for all. The latest evidence for this comes from a study of commercially available gummy melatonin supplements. The authors of the study purchased 25 of them and tested for melatonin & CBD content.
One labeled as melatonin contained no melatonin at all, but plenty of CBD. The melatonin-containing ones held anywhere from 74 to 347% of the labeled dose. Only three of them contained a dose within 10% of what the label stated.
Just another example of how you never can tell what you’re going to get when you purchase a supplement, except poorer. Caveat emptor.
Button on the Finger
A woman posted the results of her finger tendon-fixing surgery on Reddit. She shared the lovely picture demonstrating how the tendon was attached to a button through her fingernail to keep it in place.
Some commenters asked how much they billed for the button. Answer: $24.97
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