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How Balding Became Big Business - WSJ video: Only 2 medications are FDA-approved as of 2019: minoxidil and finasteride: References: https://on.wsj.com/32SeoPz

From Consumer Reports : Glaucoma More than 2 million Americans have glaucoma, but 50% know it. Glaucoma often goes undiagnosed because it causes no symptoms until vision declines, at which point treatment no longer helps. People aged 40-60 should be examined by an optometrist every 3-5 years ; those older than 60 need an eye exam every 1-2 years. Many eye doctors screen for glaucoma with tonometry (measures eye pressure) but that’s not enough. Relying only on intraocular pressure (IOP) when screening for glaucoma could miss up to 50% of all cases. The exam should also include an ophthalmoscopy , which involves examining your optic nerve. The most common treatment for glaucoma is eye drops known as prostaglandin analogs (PGAs), which lower eye pressure. Generic versions of most of those drugs are much cheaper than the brand-name versions. Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) There are two main forms of AMD: 1. Dry AMD , more common variety, which is treated mainly with dietary supplem...

By my former colleague at the University of Chicago, John Schumann : Keep Things Simple For A Healthy, Long Life: 1. Get enough sleep. 2. Move your body throughout the day. 3. Eat well — a healthy assortment of foods. Mostly plants, and not too much. 4. Interact socially. Isolation is not good for the body, soul or mind. 5. Take some time to reflect on what you are grateful for. Interventions that promote longevity, remembered by mnemonic: DEEP purple - “eat colorful plant foods: D ietary modification, E xercise, active E ngagement, P urposeful living (click here to enlarge the image). References: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/02/459970110/keep-things-simple-for-a-healthy-long-life

There is evidence that hunger increases discounting for food rewards, biasing choices towards smaller but sooner food reward over larger but later reward. Researchers found strong evidence that hunger causes large increases in delay discounting for food, with an approximately 25% spillover effect to non-food commodities. This discounting can cause negative outcomes in many non-food domains: - consumer - investment - medical - inter-personal Caution may be necessary when making decisions involving non-food outcomes while hungry. In conclusion, sleep and eat on it, before making a final decision. References: https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-019-01655-0 https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/empty-stomachs-lead-to-poor-decisions-research-says-951019.html

Interventions that promote longevity, remembered by mnemonic: DEEP purple - “eat colorful plant foods: D ietary modification, E xercise, active E ngagement, P urposeful living (click here to enlarge the image ). Valter D. Longo (born October 9, 1967) is an Italian-American biogerontologist and cell biologist known for his studies on the role of fasting and nutrient response genes on cellular protection aging and diseases and for proposing that longevity is regulated by similar genes and mechanisms in many eukaryotes. He is currently a professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology with a joint appointment in the department of Biological Sciences as well as serving as the director of the USC Longevity Institute. Dr Longo (PhD) is widely publsihed, he has more than 120 articles listed in PubMed as of 2019: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Longo%20VD%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=31442398 Valter Longo's longevity diet proposals relies on 2 major approaches:...

Michal Kosinski is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He has published on privacy risks, psychometrics, and psychological profiling.

"Cardio IQ Advanced Cardiovascular Tests" are marketed by Quest labs and recently discussed by Dr Hyman and Dr Attea here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5bLggnbtyI Quest has a 2016 webinar that discussed why Advanced Cardiovascular testing is beneficial, reviewed two cardiovascular risk factors Lp(A) and ApoB, biomarkers for assessment of inflammation, clinical importance of LDL sub-fractions, introduced the Cardio IQ Report as a management solution beyond the routine lipid panel: https://education.questdiagnostics.com/presentations/advanced-insights-into-residual-cardiovascular-risk?presentation_id=262 More info about the test and examples are here: https://www.questdiagnostics.com/home/physicians/testing-services/condition/cardiovascular/cardio-iq-report.html Here are additional tests focused on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases: https://www.questdiagnostics.com/home/physicians/testing-services/condition/cardiovascular/cvd-test-descriptions.html References: https://...