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Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Ever notice how nutrition advice keeps changing?Yeah, don’t answer that.I’ve been writing about how our diet affects our health for longer than I care to calculate. I’ve watched low-fat come and go. I’ve watched low-carb morph to paleo, and then keto, and then carnivore. I’ve watched people eat according to their blood type or food’s pH. And now we’re saddled with dietary guidelines that double down on meat, saturated fat and protein.Nobody can get a straight answer to the simple question: What should…
Whether they’re using weekly shots or daily pills, more Americans than ever are turning to anti-obesity drugs to lose weight and boost health.About 1 in 8 U.S. adults say they are taking a GLP-1 drug, according to a recent survey by the health research group KFF.Just since January, more than 600,000 prescriptions have been written for Novo Nordisk’s new Wegovy pill, the company said. Early analysis suggests that more than a third of users are new to the drugs, according to Truveta, a health care data company.But medication alone isn’t the answer, experts caution. It also takes lifestyle changes —…
And then there were four.The first round of voting for our business-focused March Madness bracket is done. We’re on to the final four.Thanks to all those who participated, as we got more than 300 votes. Clearly, some of you had an issue with the selection committee — me — because the favorites got decimated.A quick recap, I identified and seeded eight of the top business trends this year. Each week, readers vote for the topics that matter most to them.Let’s get to the results: Every time Dan publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Stay connected…
For some tech CEOs, they’re not just building AI — they’re already living with it. Loading audio narration… Three founders of AI startups in San Francisco shared with Business Insider how they personally use AI in their work and lives, and what some of their favorite tools are for themselves and their team members.From running diagnostics on complex cloud systems to drafting proposals on a time crunch, here is how AI is helping these CEOs keep up with their busy schedules.Vipul Ved PrakashVipul Ved Prakash, the cofounder and CEO of Together AI, which enables developers to train generative AI models,…
March 23 (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and France’s Valneva said on Monday their experimental Lyme disease vaccine showed more than 70% efficacy in a late-stage trial.Pfizer said it had planned to seek U.S. regulatory approval for the vaccine called PF-07307405.There is currently no approved vaccine to prevent Lyme disease – spread by bites from infected blacklegged ticks – after GSK discontinued its Lymerix shot in 2002, citing insufficient consumer demand.While the Pfizer-Valneva vaccine showed 73.2% efficacy from 28 days after the fourth dose, it missed the primary goal in the first analysis due to fewer-than-anticipated Lyme cases being accrued…
While meeting with a venture capitalist last year, 16-year-old Rudrojas Kunvar received an offer that would excite even the most nonchalant teens: accept $300,000 to drop out of high school and run his AI startup full-time.”It was definitely a rough couple of weeks of contemplating,” Kunvar, who lives in Germantown, Maryland, told Business Insider. “That’s a lot of money.”Kunvar had spent the summer before building Evion, a free AI crop-analysis tool that uses images taken by basic camera drones that farmers can purchase themselves.The AI model analyzes images and generates a crop health map that farmers can integrate into their…
Last June, Taylor M. LaSane faced a decision she’d been weighing for years: whether to walk away from her six-figure salary at Google to go all in on the career coaching business she started three years earlier.Google had just offered voluntary buyouts to some US-based employees, including those in the finance organization where she worked, positioning the program as an option for workers who didn’t feel “all in” on the company’s direction.LaSane said her buyout offer included just under six months of severance pay. While the payout would help ease her transition to entrepreneurship, the risk was still significant. She…
March 23 (Reuters) – At least half a dozen Indian generic drugmakers launched cheaper versions of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic and weight‑loss drug Wegovy over the weekend, at globally unmatched prices and slashing treatment costs by about 70%.The patent for semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo’s drugs, expired in India last week, paving the way for drugmakers to flood the market with dozens of brands.Analysts expect more than 40 Indian drugmakers to launch over 50 cheaper variants.Large Indian drugmakers are racing to capture a share of the global obesity market, projected to be worth about $100 billion by…
Amanda Peet is opening up about her breast cancer diagnosis, which she learned around the same time both of her parents were in hospice care.In a personal essay published Saturday in The New Yorker, the actress detailed the difficult period, sharing that she had long been monitored closely due to having “dense” and “busy” breasts, which require extra screening.“I had been seeing a breast surgeon every six months for checkups,” she wrote.Breast cancer deaths fall in US while women in poorer countries face rising risks, report findsAfter a routine scan in late August showed an unusual ultrasound result, Peet said…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — For two hours, Claire Jefferies wanted to get away from the war in Iran and the rising gas prices and just commune with nature. And, so, she treated herself to a little forest bathing.“When I’m here, it’s almost like a protective bubble around me,” the human resources director said amid oaks and flowering magnolias at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina. “It provides a shield.”The Sunday morning session was led by certified forest therapy guide Shawn Ramsey. Jingling a tiny brass bell, she called her dozen or so charges to gather for meditation, breathing…