Intelligent Medicine Radio for July 5: Hair Growth and Restoration
Part 1: Hair Growth and Restoration
A slew of ultra-powerful weight loss drugs are in the pipeline—ironic that Westerners need them so much? RFK Jr. wants every American to wear a fitness tracker; New study upends belief that inflammation is inevitable with aging; Rating products for hair growth and restoration; Why electric vehicles may make us carsick.
Part 2: Can liver fibrosis be reversed?
Treating episodes of surging blood pressure, hot flashes and nausea with Xanax may miss a root cause; Can liver fibrosis be reversed? Researchers discover 96 environmental chemicals lurking in toddlers’ bodies; 12% of doctors 70 and older found to have cognitive deficits—time to take the keys away? Early to bed, early to rise . . . permits more exercise; Tailored probiotic sponges up toxic PFAS chemicals in GI tract; Let’s retire the misleading BMI as a guide to optimal body composition.
References & Resources
RFK Jr. wants every American to wear a fitness tracker…
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2022 Jul 13;10(7):e35684. doi: 10.2196/35684
Trump’s health secretary RFK Jr. wants every American to wear a fitness tracker and ‘take control of their health”–but we have questions
By Alex Blake, techradar.com June 30, 2025
Aging may not equal chronic inflammation
Neuroscience news, July 2, 2025
Feel carsick in electric vehicles? The science behind the queasiness that can come with the ride
By Miranda Wang, NYPost July 1, 2025
Ozempic maker announces not one but three new weight-loss drugs
By Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas.com, March 24, 2025
Early birds get the burn: Early bedtimes are associated with more physical activity
By Monash University, Medicalxpress.com June 30, 2025
Body fat predicts major health risk that BMI misses
By Melissa Rudy, http://www.foxnews.com June 28, 2025
Tiny gut “sponge” bacteria found to flush out toxic PFAS “forever chemicals
Nature Microbiology, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-02032-5
Expert in law, bioethics sees need for cognitive testing amid graying of the nation’s physician workforce
By Liz Mineo, news.harvard.edu June 30, 2025
Researchers tested 200 toddlers-96 chemicals were lurking in their bodies
Environmental Science & Technology, 2025; DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c13605