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05/22/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #504 - 5/22/2026

Today's top stories:
- RFK Jr. fires task force heads
- GLP-1 drugs linked to stalling cancer
- Retatrutide weight loss trial success

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Editor's Notes: Yesterday was Day 21 of ALS Awareness Month - Here's Dr. Beldack discussing the role of optimism and agency in addressing this disease. More promising evidence on additional benefits of GLP-1 drugs - in this case diminishing tumors in older cancer patients. On the road here in Prince...

05/21/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #503 - 5/21/2026

Today's top stories:
- FDA analysis on COVID vaccine/child deaths
- 23andMe links DNA to medical records
- Lawsuit: OpenAI chatbot tied to fatal overdose

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Editor's Notes: Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) released an FDA analysis that demonstrated flimsy evidence linking COVID vaccination to child deaths. Johnson is seeking more disclosures from the FDA. Interesting development at 23andMe - they are offering to link a person's medical records with their DNA....

05/20/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #502 - 5/20/2026

Today's top stories:
- WHO sounds alarm on rapid Ebola spread
- Trump admin unveils major ACA plan changes
- Supreme Court clears path for drug price negotiations

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Editor's Notes: The Ebola outbreak in Africa is growing faster than people originally thought. It's not as contagious as COVID - but it's most certainly more fatal: about 50% of patients who get Ebola die. The Trump Administration is making significant changes to Obamacare plans. On the one hand, Tr...

05/19/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #502 - 5/19/2026

Today's top stories:
- Ebola outbreak: 80+ dead in Congo, American infected
- Sen. Cassidy’s defeat impacts health nominations
- 82% of U.S. physicians now corporate employees

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Editor's Notes: Last week it was Hantavirus - this week it's Ebola. 80 known dead in Africa and one American is infected. Senator Bill Cassidy (chair of Senate Health Committee) was roundly defeated in Louisiana primary. But Dr. Cassidy may get the last laugh as a lame duck: he bent over backwards t...

05/18/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #501 - 5/18/2026

Today's top stories:
- CMS halts new hospice/home health enrollment
- Nurse practitioners: The hottest job in healthcare
- Discovering the "3rd" circulatory system

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Editor's Notes: Reminder: these "notes" are human generated. For a synthesis of all the articles curated for today - scroll to the bottom of this note - and/or - listen to or view our audio and video summaries. Fascinating story in the NY Times below - about the discovery of a 3rd body-wide circulat...

05/16/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #500 - 5/16/2026

Today's top stories:
- New study supports PSA screening for prostate cancer
- Impact of global conflict on healthcare supply chain costs
- Alcoholism as an overlooked public health crisis

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Editor's Notes: (our 500th issue!) PSA screening for prostate cancer got a little boost from a new study which showed some benefit in ultimately lowering deaths from the disease. This topic is bigger than a breadbox - but probably the best thing men can do is have regular (e.g. annual PSA testing) a...

05/15/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #499 - 5/15/2026

Today's top stories:
- CMS withholds $1.3B in Medicaid from CA over fraud claims
- Kennedy spokesman quits over flavored vapes
- New cancer blood test draws investor buzz

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Editor's Notes: CMS is withholding $1.3 Billion in Medicaid funding from California, claiming the state isn't going far enough with stopping fraud. RFK's top public relations guy quit in protest about the Administration's policy of allowing fruit flavored va**ng. Promising development in new types o...

05/14/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #498 - 5/14/2026

Today's top stories:
- Autism-vaccine researcher arraigned
- Lawsuit seeks to halt ChatGPT Health
- FDA head resigns amid RFK Jr. turmoil

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Editor's Notes: Yesterday was Day 13 of ALS Month. Here, Dr. Beldack summarizes the respiratory complications from ALS. We are on the road, so we'll be brief! See you Saturday. See our "top articles" list below. For a synoposis of all 22 articles curated today, see further below, and to see each of....

05/13/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #497 - 5/13/2026

Today's top stories:
- FDA Commissioner Makary resigns
- New study: US avoidable deaths surge
- Teen boys using risky peptide injections

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Editor's Notes: Yesterday was Day 12 of ALS Month - and here's Dr. Bedlack with information on the one diet that has evidence for slowing down ALS progression: A high glycemic diet (Dr. B notes you should talk to your nutritionist especially if you are pre-diabetic). It's official - Marty Makary is....

05/12/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #496 - 5/12/2026

Today's top stories:
- Health advice from influencers sparks concern
- Hospitals blamed for rising costs, push back on critics
- Tick bites surge per CDC

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Editor's Notes: Yesterday was day 11 of ALS month - here's Dr. Beldack talking about the key role nutrition plays in slowing down ALS. The FDA Commissioner (Marty Makary) - is still hanging on - no word as of this writing whether he'll be out soon. A few items below in the back/forth of the

05/11/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #495 - 5/11/2026

Today's top stories:
- 2M lose ACA coverage, but payers & hospitals stay strong
- US lost 314M years of life vs peers
- AI rolls out at federal health agencies

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Editor's Notes: The top article below argues that withdrawal of ACA enhanced subsidies led to 2 million people losing Obamacare from one payer, (systematic of the entire industry) but that insurers and hospitals are still doing fine. Hospitals are making it up through investment income. Payers are c...

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