BrainWeighve Eating Addiction Telehealth App Expands UCLA Trial
Telehealth provider, eHealth International, expands their UCLA trial of weight loss app, BrainWeighve.
Infinite Scroll, Autoplay Coming to a Stop in California
New laws in California require social media companies to either stop offering “addictive” tools like infinite scroll and autoplay to users under 16 or keep those users off their platforms entirely.
All in the Bloody Family
As all the world knows, Nick Reiner, age 33, is in police custody as the suspected killer last December 14 of his parents, Hollywood luminaries Rob and Michele Reiner.
Rise of the Cigfluencer
The rise of smoking and its popularity with Gen Z tracks with the rise in social media use and the loneliness epidemic.
Tyranny of Unpaid Labor, Missing Data Wrapped in the Flag
Boston-area Adult & Teen Challenge recovery centers are charged with forcing recovery patients into unpaid labor. Removal of federal data collection of addiction across America reflects a similar attitude of looking the other way.
TOFA Boosts GLP-1 Effectiveness
TOFA, short for 5-tetradecyloxy-2-furoic acid, is a compound recently shown to cause weight loss without the muscle loss associated with GLP-1s, at least in mice.
Prediction Markets Placing Big Bets on Midterm Elections
Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket are funding a midterm election gold rush aimed at heading off restrictions.